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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:
May. 07, 1996
Filed:
Dec. 15, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Koichi Ohmori, Yokosuka, JP;
Kenji Suzuki, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
354410 ;
Abstract
An apparatus having a constitution for detecting directions of the user's visual axis and exhibiting desirable functions of the apparatus according to detected data, and a constitution for judging output from an object sensor according to predetermined algorithm and exhibiting functions of the apparatus according to the result of judgement, wherein proper operations are performed even when detection of the visual axis directions is forbidden.