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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:
Jul. 14, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 30, 1990
Applicant:
Inventor:
Etsuro Furutsu, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354286 ; 354400 ;
Abstract
The present invention relates to a camera system having an auto-focusing device which carries out a so-called overlapped operation in which storing of a light signal by a focus sensor and calculation of a lens drive distance based on the stored value are performed while a lens is driven. In the present invention, where a lens system mounted on the camera does not have a characteristic suitable to the overlapped operation, it is automatically detected and the overlapped operation is inhibited to prevent improper proceeding of the overlapped operation.