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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:
Oct. 09, 2007
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2003
Applicants:
Tomoya Kitajima, Tokyo, JP;
Junichi Shinohara, Tokyo, JP;
Noriaki Ojima, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An auto focusing apparatus comprises a contrast AF (auto focusing) means (), an outside light AF means (), a release button (), a focusing accurate priority button () and control means (). The control means controls the contrast AF () and outside light AF () to select a contrast AF operation when the focusing accurate priority button () is pressed before the release button () is pressed and to select an outside light AF operation when focusing accurate priority button () is not pressed before the release button () is pressed.