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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 28, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 31, 1990
Yukio Ogawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Kiyoshi Alyfuku, Kanagawa, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera has a data imprinting function provided with transport means for transporting photosensitive means, data imprinting means for imprinting data on a frame of the photosensitive means during transportation by the transport means after that frame of the photosensitive means has been exposed, reader means for reading the regular maximum number of exposure frames from a code provided on the photosensitive means, counter means for counting the number of exposed frames of the photosensitive means, and restricting means for restricting, on the basis of the regular maximum number of exposure frames read out by the reader means and the counted content of the counter means, restricting the imprinting data on the photosensitive means during transportation beyond either the last frame or the last frame but one of the regular maximum number of exposure frames.