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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. 10, 1992
Filed:
Jul. 18, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsuyoshi Kakita, Topkyo, JP;
Yasushi Hishino, Topkyo, JP;
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354266 ; 381105 ; 381110 ;
Abstract
A camera for taking a photograph by automatically releasing a shutter, comprising; a detector for detecting a sound pressure level, and a pre-programed CPU for determining a first period of time that the detected sound pressure level exceeds a predetermined sound pressure level in which the camera releases the shutter when the first period of time exceeds a second period of time, and the CPU varies the second period of time according to an increase rate of the sound pressure.