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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. 28, 1993
Filed:
May. 12, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hisashi Tokumaru, Osakasayama, JP;
Masayuki Ueyama, Toyonaka, JP;
Yasuaki Serita, Sakai, JP;
Minoru Kuwana, Sakai, JP;
Hiroshi Ootsuka, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
3541951 ;
Abstract
The present invention discloses a camera having power zooming function to execute zooming by electric power in accordance with manual operation and power focusing function to execute focusing by electric power in accordance with manual operation, in which both the power zooming and power focusing can be executed by one operation member. The operation member can be rotated and moved back and forth, and can execute power zooming responding to its rotation and power focusing responding to its movement back and forth.