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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:
Jun. 04, 2002
Filed:
Jan. 28, 2000
Applicant:
Inventor:
Tetsuo Kohno, Suita, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/502 ; G02B 1/514 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 1/502 ; G02B 1/514 ;
Abstract
A method of converting a frame-format in a taking optical system comprises steps of arranging a plurality of lens units constituting the taking optical system except for the lens unit disposed at the object-side end or at the image-side end and determining the configuration of the lens unit disposed at the object-side end or at the image-side end based on the desired frame-format.