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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:
Mar. 11, 2003
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2000
Tatsuya Sato, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera is provided which commences exposure at a timing at which a shake amount is reduced. An exposure operation commencement instruction section gives an instruction to commence an exposure operation. A focusing lens drive device drives a focusing lens responsive to the instruction. An exposure operation commencement decision section determines a required delay time based on the shake state of the camera body after the instruction to commence the exposure operation has been given. An exposure device commences the exposure operation according to the determined delay time. And an operating state of one of the focusing lens drive device, the exposure operation commencement decision section and the exposure device which is being operated is displayed in a discernible form. The focusing lens drive device, the exposure operation commencement decision section and the exposure section are successively operated in response to the instruction.
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