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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. 10, 1996
Filed:
Apr. 21, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsuki Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
35428912 ; 354475 ;
Abstract
A camera has a mode changeover device which covers parts of a mode display device while revealing others when a photographing mode is selected by the operator. One of a masking member or the mode display device moves relative to the other when a selection switch is operated, thus revealing a portion of the mode display device corresponding to the selected mode. Furthermore, each revealable portion of the mode display device has displayable submode indicators, allowing the operator to reveal and obscure entire groups of selectable submodes.