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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 18, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 05, 1995
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kenichiro Amano, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396319 ; 396389 ;
Abstract
A camera of the kind making a discrimination between exposed and unexposed states of each of frames of a film by detecting information recorded in a magnetic recording part provided at each of the frames is arranged to detect the information twice for one and the same frame by causing the film to be transported in different directions and to finally decide the state of exposure of the frame according to whether the results of the detection made twice coincide with each other or not, so that the discrimination can be accurately carried out.