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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. 27, 2003
Filed:
Dec. 02, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Shinichi Kodama, Hino, JP;
Yukihiko Sugita, Kokubunji, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 1/302 ; G03B 1/310 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/700 ; G03B 1/302 ; G03B 1/310 ;
Abstract
An improved camera includes a photographing optical system and a finder optical system, existing independently from each other. In order that a finder observation image will not be obstructed by a camera lens, the camera comprises a driving circuit for respectively driving the photographing optical system and the finder optical system, and an optical system control circuit for controlling the photographing optical system in a manner such that the finder optical system will not be obstructed by the photographing optical system.