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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:
Nov. 30, 1999
Filed:
Jan. 27, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshiyuki Kumakura, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396210 ; 396310 ; 396319 ; 396389 ;
Abstract
An apparatus such as a camera which makes it possible to start using a film at a position of an unused frame comprises a detecting device which detects a position of an unused frame of a film, and a control device which executes a control operation so that the film can start to be used at the position of the unused frame in accordance with a detection result by the detecting device, the control device making a determination as to a state of noise which acts on the detecting device and varying the control operation in accordance with a result of the determination.