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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. 13, 2001
Filed:
May. 23, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kazuyuki Maeda, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 1/300 ; G03B 3/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 1/300 ; G03B 3/00 ;
Abstract
A focusing device has a first unit for producing information for focusing an optical unit and a second unit for forming, based on a predetermined number of pieces of the information derived from the first unit, an operation instruction signal for operating the optical unit. The second unit, when an actuating signal is input while a number of pieces of information from the first unit is still smaller than the predetermined number, forms the operation instruction signal based on a smaller number of pieces of information than the predetermined number.