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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:
Nov. 06, 2001
Filed:
Jul. 03, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Koichi Matsumura, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/28 ; G03B 7/099 ; G03B 1/503 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 7/28 ; G03B 7/099 ; G03B 1/503 ;
Abstract
A camera having a function of detecting the direction and intensity of a light source such as the sun is arranged to prevent a shadow from appearing by emitting a flash light when the result of detection indicates a condition under which a shadow is expected to appear at an object of shooting.