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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 05, 1994
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1992
Tetsuo Miyasaka, Kanagawa, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera of the present invention which is controllable by execution of a program therefor operates in accordance with the control program for controlling the driving of each constituent camera element, the program being one inputted from an external unit. The camera comprises inputting section for inputting the control program consisting of an English character/numeral string, detection section for detecting whether or not the English character/numeral string satisfies specified conditions, symbol-code producing section for producing a symbol code in the case where the English character/numeral string satisfies the specified conditions, memory section for storing, in the form of a set of data, the symbol code an the foremost address of a subroutine used to execute a control instruction represented by the symbol code correspondingly to this symbol code, searching section for searching the foremost address in accordance with the symbol code, and execution section for causing each constituent camera element to operate in accordance with the address searched by the searching section.