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Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 1999

Filed:

Apr. 16, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:

Hiromu Mukai, Kawachinagano, JP;

Shigeto Ohmori, Kawachinagano, JP;

Assignee:

Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G02B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359642 ; 359643 ; 359644 ; 359645 ; 396373 ; 396374 ; 396375 ;
Abstract

A viewfinder optical system has a relay lens system and an eyepiece optical system. The relay lens system refocuses a primary image as a secondary image. The relay lens system consists of a single lens element which has a surface having optical power of diffraction. The eyepiece optical system magnifies the secondary image and has a surface having optical power of diffraction.


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Mukai, Hiromu. (1999). Viewfinder optical system (U.S. Patent No. 5978145). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/5978145

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