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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2000
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1997
Fuji Photo Film Co., Ltd., Kanagawa, JP;
Fuji Photo Optical Co., Ltd., Saitama, JP;
Abstract
A camera which includes a recording unit for recording photographic information in a record area on a magnetic layer of a photographic film for each exposed frame, and a regenerating unit for scanning the magnetic layer to determine the presence or absence of the recorded information. The regenerating unit includes a magnetic head for scanning the magnetic layer and generating a corresponding signal, an amplification circuit for amplifying the signal generated by the magnetic head, a smoothing circuit for obtaining an envelope waveformn, and a magnetic information detecting circuit for determining whether magnetic information is recorded in the magnetic record area for each frame on the photographic film by sampling the voltage level of the signals output from the smoothing circuit a plurality of times, integrating or averaging the sampled voltage levels, and comparing the integrated or averaged sampled voltage levels with a reference voltage. The magnetic head has a small number of coils sufficient for detecting the presence of recorded information, but insufficient for accurately reproducing the recorded information.