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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. 12, 2002
Filed:
Jul. 05, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Corporation, , JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ; G03B 1/506 ; G03B 1/502 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/503 ; G03B 1/506 ; G03B 1/502 ;
Abstract
There is described a strobe device particularly suited for image capturing apparatus equipped with wide-angle lens. The strobe device includes a reflector to reflect a strobe light, a light-emitting tube to emit the strobe light and an optical panel to transmits the strobe light. In the strobe device embodied in the present invention, a maximum luminous intensity of the strobe light, illuminated by the strobe device, is arranged in a direction being different from a direction of a strobe light axis.