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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. 27, 2011

Filed:

May. 13, 2008
Applicants:

Akira Futami, Higashikurume, JP;

Koji Kato, Tama, JP;

Takashi Okamura, Hachioji, JP;

Inventors:

Akira Futami, Higashikurume, JP;

Koji Kato, Tama, JP;

Takashi Okamura, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

Olympus Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A camera according to the present invention includes a picture-taking lens unit including a picture-taking optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light and an optical finder unit including a finder optical system having a bending optical system which optically bends incident light. A pre-bending optical system and a post-bending optical system in the bending optical system of the optical finder unit are arranged adjacent to a pre-bending optical system and a post-bending optical system in the bending optical system of the picture-taking lens unit, respectively. The body of the camera is therefore decreased in size.


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