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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:
Oct. 18, 1994
Filed:
Apr. 15, 1992
Applicant:
Inventors:
Masao Yajima, Shimosuwa, JP;
Kazuo Higashiura, Shimosuwa, JP;
Assignee:
Sankyo Seiki Mfg. Co., Ltd., Nagano, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348349 ; 348355 ;
Abstract
An automatic focusing apparatus comprises an image pickup device for obtaining an image of a subject by way of an optical system and transmitting a video signal of the image, a device for specifying an in-focus position detection area within the field of the optical system and a CPU for storing in-focus signals transmitted from the in-focus device and detecting the in-focus position of the subject within the area predetermined by the in-focus device on the basis of the stored in-focus signals.