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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1996
Junichi Itoh, Hachioji, JP;
Keiji Kunishige, Hachioji, JP;
Koji Mizobuchi, Sagamihara, JP;
Yoshiaki Kobayashi, Hachioji, JP;
Toshiaki Ishimaru, Hino, JP;
Akira Watanabe, Akikawa, JP;
Yasunobu Otsuka, Hino, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for recording data to a film, executing: both unchangeable recording such as optical recording, and changeable recording such as magnetic recording for relatively important data, which is required protection from data failure and is permitted to change such as date, date print mode, and trimming direction of printing area, and executing: only magnetic recording for relatively unimportant data, which is allowed some data failure and has few possibility of changing such as aperture value, shutter time value, photometric value, exposure compensation value, and object distance value; wherein the apparatus is housed in a detachable back cover of a camera, and data being transmitted from the main body of the camera to the back cover.