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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 23, 2008
Filed:
Jan. 10, 2007
Applicants:
Kazunori Gomi, Nagano, JP;
Nobuo Komatsu, Nagano, JP;
Inventors:
Kazunori Gomi, Nagano, JP;
Nobuo Komatsu, Nagano, JP;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
The number of drive motors in a digital camera having multiple imaging optical systems is curtailed. The digital camera has a first imaging optical system and a second imaging optical system. The first imaging optical system has a zoom lens group and a focus lens. The second imaging optical system has another zoom lens group and another focus lens. The focus lens groups are actuated commonly by a focusing drive motor. The former focus lens group is moved by a gear Gand an outer peripheral gear of a lens guide ring. The latter focus lens group is moved by a feed screw.