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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 15, 2005
Filed:
Dec. 03, 2002
Applicant:
Mitsumasa Okubo, Hino, JP;
Inventor:
Mitsumasa Okubo, Hino, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B017/00 ; G03B017/04 ; G03B017/18 ; G03B005/04 ; G03B013/02 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A CPU judges whether a current operating state of a camera corresponds to an in-service state of a lens barrel or an in-service state of a self-timer, and performs light emission control over a front display LED or a rear display LED by controlling an LED drive circuit. The front display LED or the rear display LED is constituted by integrating LED chips having a plurality of types of colors. Therefore, the front display LED and the rear display LED can emit the light in a plurality of different colors by using one light source.