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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:
May. 12, 1998
Filed:
Jan. 15, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tsugio Takahashi, Setagaya-ku, JP;
Hitoshi Aoki, Nerima-ku, JP;
Yoshio Imura, Machida, JP;
Hidenori Miyamoto, Kawasaki, JP;
Daiki Tsukahara, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyasu Kotani, Okegawa, JP;
Hideya Inoue, Yokohama, JP;
Jun Nagai, Chigasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396207 ; 396263 ; 396285 ; 396515 ;
Abstract
A device (e.g., a camera) loaded with a film unit operates to detect a characteristic of the film unit, such as the state of an information part of the film unit. The detection result is used as a basis to control the performance of a further operation, such as a phototaking operation or a state-setting operation for the information part.