The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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:
Jan. 16, 1996
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Osamu Sato, Tokyo, JP;
Satoshi Nakano, Tokyo, JP;
Isamu Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Toshiyuki Kitazawa, Tokyo, JP;
Takayuki Sensui, Tokyo, JP;
Masato Yamamoto, Tokyo, JP;
Toshimasa Yamanaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takenao Shishikura, Tokyo, JP;
Akio Takahashi, Tokyo, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An exposure control apparatus of a camera having a photometer for detecting a brightness of an object to be taken, an exposure value calculator for calculating an optimum exposure value in accordance with the object brightness, and an exposure factor setting device for setting a pair of exposure factors having a shutter speed and a diaphragm value, including an exposure factor manual setting device, a specific program exposure mode in which the exposure factors corresponding to the optimum exposure values are automatically set, and an exposure factor modifying device for enabling the exposure factor manual setting device to manually set one of the exposure factors when the exposure factor manual setting device is actuated in the specific program exposure mode.