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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. 14, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 19, 1991
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yoshiro Ichihara, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354403 ; 35412711 ; 354266 ; 3542381 ;
Abstract
This invention relates to a camera which permits a shutter release operation to be performed by means of a remote-control device. The invention provides a camera system which has a display device for informing a photographer positioned at a location remote from the camera system of the state of a photographic preparatory operation, such as the state of charging of a flash unit, when the camera system is in a mode which permits its shutter release operation to be performed in response to a signal from the remote-control device. The camera system realizes a display suitable for use in remote-controlled photography.