The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document.
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. 23, 2001
Filed:
Feb. 05, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Taeko Tanaka, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ;
Abstract
A lens control apparatus includes a lens, a counter which indicates a driving position of the lens, and a control part which initializes a count value of the counter every time the lens passes a predetermined reference position during an image pickup operation.