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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 29, 1999
Filed:
Jul. 29, 1997
Yoshio Imura, Kawasaki, JP;
Hideki Kanbayashi, Kawasaki, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens driving device is disclosed, whereby it is made unnecessary for a user side to determine focusing when focusing is to be performed by an operation ring in a manual preference automatic focusing mode. The lens driving device includes an operation ring rotated for performing automatic focusing, a rotary encoder for detecting the operation amount of the operation ring, a motor for performing lens driving according to an operation amount detected by the rotary encoder, a body side CPU for detecting a defocusing amount at least during lens driving and a lens side CPU for forcibly stopping the lens driving of the motor when a defocusing amount detected by the body side CPU becomes equal to a preset value or lower.