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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 21, 2003
Filed:
Feb. 08, 1999
Daiki Tsukahara, Hiratsuka, JP;
Hiroshi Wakabayashi, Yokohama, JP;
Hitoshi Aoki, Tokyo, JP;
Noboru Akami, Yokohama, JP;
Yuji Katano, Kawasaki, JP;
Noriyasu Kotani, Tokyo, JP;
Seijiro Noda, Yokohama, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A display apparatus in a camera for displaying photographic information using rotating elements. The display apparatus includes rotating pointers which rotate about display scales to display the photographic information. The display apparatus further includes a control unit which receives camera control information and in response to the control information, the control unit controls driving circuitry which causes the rotating display pointer to point to an index on the display scale representing the photographic information.