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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. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 27, 1995
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396335 ; 396340 ; 396 60 ;
Abstract
A pseudo telephotographic camera includes a photographing device which photographs pictures in two separate pseudo telephotographic frames which together define a panoramic size picture frame. The panoramic size picture frame is formed by optically intercepting the upper and lower portions of a standard frame on a film. The pseudo telephotographic frames are formed on a left and right half of the panoramic size frame by a first mask and a second mask. Alternatively, the pseudo telephotographic frames are formed with a center mask and by moving the film in a predetermined sequence to expose a left half and a right half of the panoramic size frame.