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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:
Mar. 07, 2000
Filed:
Jul. 27, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Katsunori Nakamura, Kawasaki, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396121 ; 396159 ;
Abstract
In a camera in which a sensor receives reflected light from a subject during flash emission to control the amount of flash light emission on the basis of the output of the sensor, a plurality of focus detecting areas are provided within a light-receiving area of the sensor, and when one of the plurality of focus detecting areas is selected for focus adjustment, the camera sets an evaluation criterion for the output of the sensor in accordance with a position of the selected focus detecting area.