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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:
Mar. 10, 1998
Filed:
Nov. 21, 1996
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shozo Yamano, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396104 ; 396128 ;
Abstract
An automatic focus adjustment device is provided that includes a focus detector that detects focus data of a photographic lens, a storage device that stores the focus data, and a focus adjustment device that performs focus adjustment of the photographic lens, based on the focus data stored in the storage device. The automatic focus adjustment device further includes a selection device that selects whether to store focus data in the storage device based on one of a length of a focus data detection interval in the focus detector; a size of a change in focus data in the focus detector; and reliability data detected by an identification device.