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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 12, 1991
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
358227 ; 358228 ; 358209 ; 358909 ;
Abstract
An automatic focusing system includes an image pickup system for picking up an image and for outputting an image signal, a compression part for digitally compressing the image signal from the image pickup system and for outputting a compressed image signal, an operation part for obtaining focal information by carrying out a digital operation on the compressed image signal, and an adjusting part responsive to the focal information for automatically adjusting a focal point of the image pickup system to an in-focus position.