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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:
Aug. 21, 2001
Filed:
Oct. 18, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Shigeru Takeshita, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/704 ; G02B 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/704 ; G02B 1/514 ;
Abstract
An apparatus, such as an image pickup apparatus, includes an optical unit, and an operating device which brings the optical unit to a usage start position by drawing in the optical unit after drawing out the optical unit from a stowage position. The operating device causes a focal-length varying operation to be performed by further drawing in the optical unit from the usage start position.