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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:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 10, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Hiroshi Ootsuka, Sakai, JP;
Shinichi Maehama, Sakai, JP;
Katsunori Maeda, Takatsuki, JP;
Shigeto Ohmori, Sakai, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 1/720 ; G03B 1/302 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 1/720 ; G03B 1/302 ;
Abstract
A camera system includes a camera main body having a photographic device for photographing an image of object to produce image signal and a monitor device separatable from the camera main body. The monitor device is provided with a control portion for controlling the exposure of photographic device in addition to a display portion. The operator can check a photographed image before or after the image is recorded on a film. Also, the monitor device selectively provides a singular display of monitor image for usual shooting and a continuous display of monitor images for serial shooting.