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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:
Jan. 22, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Minoru Ishiguro, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiko Tanaka, Saitama, JP;
Fumio Iwai, Saitama, JP;
Yasuhiro Nishitani, Saitama, JP;
Kazuhisa Horikiri, Saitama, JP;
Assignee:
Other;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/738 ; G03B 1/702 ; G03B 1/104 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/738 ; G03B 1/702 ; G03B 1/104 ;
Abstract
A camera system includes a taking lens and a lens cover type of operation card. The operation card incorporates a function of operating the camera system and covers the taking lens when attached to a front of the camera. The operation card may also be attached to another surface of the camera, and may be entirely detached from the camera and used as a remote control device.