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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:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Jun. 21, 1994
Applicant:
Inventor:
Yasuhiro Tamekuni, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396104 ;
Abstract
A camera includes a focus adjusting circuit for performing focus adjustment of an objective lens, a panning detecting circuit, and a controlling circuit for controlling, on the basis of a detection signal provided by the panning detecting circuit, the focus adjustment of the objective lens which is performed by the focus adjusting circuit, so that a focus adjusting operation can be restrained from being repetitively performed during panning.