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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 11, 2000
Filed:
Dec. 30, 1997
Masahiro Oono, Saitama-ken, JP;
Hisao Iwanade, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Saitoh, Saitama-ken, JP;
Koji Sato, Saitama-ken, JP;
Sukenori Shiba, Saitama-ken, JP;
Tatsuya Yoshida, Saitama-ken, JP;
Nobuyuki Nagai, Saitama-ken, JP;
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A time-sharing drive apparatus for a camera having a plurality of motors includes a motor drive control system which alternately drives the motors in a time-sharing control. When the camera includes a zoom lens provided with a first stationary lens group, a second movable lens group and a third movable lens group, the motors are composed of a first motor which opens and closes a diaphragm of the zoom lens, a second motor which moves the second lens group, and a third motor which drives the third lens group. The motor drive control system which drives the first, second and third motors is controlled via a time-sharing system.