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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 14, 1993
Filed:
Oct. 15, 1991
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadao Takagi, Yokohama, JP;
Ken Utagawa, Yokohama, JP;
Toshimi Watanabe, Machida, JP;
Minoru Kato, Kawasaki, JP;
Yoshihiro Takeuchi, Tokyo, JP;
Hideya Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354471 ; 354219 ;
Abstract
A camera operation directing device includes an eye-gaze direction detection device for detecting a direction of an eye-gaze of an observer who is looking into a finder, in a predetermined eye-gaze operation area within the finder and for outputting an eye-gaze operation signal, and a photographic operation direction device for directing the photographic operation, including at least starting of a photo-taking operation, in accordance with the eye-gaze operation signal from the eye-gaze direction detection device.