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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:
Sep. 05, 1995
Filed:
Dec. 09, 1993
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuaki Hirota, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348345 ; 354400 ; 2502012 ;
Abstract
A video camera having an imaging device providing a video signal comprises; lens means for focusing an object leading to the imaging device, signal processor or processing outputs of the imaging device to video signals, focus detection means for detecting focus information of the object, drive means for driving the lens according to outputs of the focus detection means, and control means for controlling the lens position from first position to a predetermined position when the power is supplied.