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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. 06, 1993
Filed:
Nov. 01, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354412 ; 354400 ; 354456 ; 354214 ; 354268 ;
Abstract
A camera includes an abnormal state detecting circuit for detecting an abnormal state of the camera, a counter for counting the number of times for which the abnormal state of the camera is detected by the abnormal state detecting circuit, and a setting instruction circuit for setting the camera into an operation inhibiting mode in response to a counted value of the counter when the abnormal state of the camera has been detected by the abnormal state detecting circuit a predetermined plural number of times.