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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:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Jun. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Isamu Hirai, Tokyo, JP;
Katsuki Machida, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
359819 ; 396354 ;
Abstract
A photometering apparatus having a photometering lens and a light receiver to measure a finder screen of a single lens reflex camera, wherein the photometering lens and the light receiver are arranged so that the focusing screen is substantially conjugate with a light receiving surface of the light receiver, and a transparent optical element is inserted between the photometering lens and the light receiver.