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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.

Date of Patent:
Sep. 07, 2004

Filed:

Sep. 18, 2002
Applicant:
Inventors:

Yukitaka Takeshita, Saitama, JP;

Michio Cho, Saitama, JP;

Kiyotaka Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;

Hideo Kobayashi, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/702 ; G03B 1/718 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 1/702 ; G03B 1/718 ;
Abstract

The present invention provides a camera comprising such a function for self-photographing that a self-photographer cannot only determine whether or not he or she is within the angle of view but can also determine his or her position within the angle of view more accurately than in the prior art. The present invention provides a camera that photographs a subject present within a photographing angle of view, according to a photographing operation, the camera comprising an indicator, and an optical path regulating member that allows, during self-photographing, a photographer to view the indicator with information on the photographer's own position within the photographing angle of view.


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