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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:
Dec. 15, 1992
Filed:
Sep. 03, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinya Yomogizawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Akihiro Nami, Kanagawa, JP;
Hideo Ikari, Kanagawa, JP;
Makoto Miyawaki, Kanagawa, JP;
Chikara Aoshima, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354219 ; 354432 ;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus in which an image of an object is converted by an image sensor into video signals to be supplied to a monitor is disclosed wherein a control circuit controls the substantial exposure of the image sensor and the monitor is inhibited from displaying the video signals when the exposure is not adequately controlled by the control circuit.