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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:
Feb. 12, 2008
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2005
Applicants:
Tadashi Sasaki, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohisa Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tadashi Sasaki, Saitama, JP;
Masayuki Miyazaki, Tokyo, JP;
Masao Wada, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohisa Koizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Fujinon Corporation, Saitama, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 3/10 (2006.01); G03B 13/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In a lens system in which a momentary mode in which AF is operated when an AF switch SWis pressed and a continuous mode in which the AF is continuously operated can be selected, a CPU uses the AF switch SWfor use in the momentary mode as an AF stop switch, and stops an AF process when the AF switch SWis pressed (turned on) in the continuous mode.