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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. 27, 2001
Filed:
Apr. 17, 1998
Applicant:
Inventor:
Fumihito Wachi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/514 ;
Abstract
A lens drive control device includes a zoom lens, a drive mechanism for driving at least one lens unit which constitutes the zoom lens, a control circuit for controlling the drive mechanism, and a switch for switching between a shooting state and a non-shooting state of the zoom lens, wherein, when the zoom lens is switched from the non-shooting state to the shooting state by the switch, the control circuit causes the drive mechanism to drive the zoom lens to a zoom position other than a wide-angle end.