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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 1993
Filed:
Dec. 11, 1992
Toshiki Fujisawa, Tokyo, JP;
Haruki Nakayama, Tokyo, JP;
Konica Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
This invention relates to an electronic camera of an electronic lens shutter type including a film rewinding apparatus. The film rewinding apparatus comprises a camera back which openable for mounting or dismounting a film cartridge, an open camera back detection device for detecting the open camera back, a film rewinding device for rewinding a film, a film detection device provided in a film passage to detect a presence of the film, and a film rewind control device which stops rewinding of the film for a time specified by a timer when the film detection device detects that there is no film during the film rewinding, inhibits subsequent rewinding of the film when the open camera back is detected during the specified time, and resumes rewinding of the film when the open camera back is not detected during the specified time and the specified time is over.