GB2345983B - Electronically controlled camera - Google Patents

Electronically controlled camera

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Publication number
GB2345983B
GB2345983B GB0010302A GB0010302A GB2345983B GB 2345983 B GB2345983 B GB 2345983B GB 0010302 A GB0010302 A GB 0010302A GB 0010302 A GB0010302 A GB 0010302A GB 2345983 B GB2345983 B GB 2345983B
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United Kingdom
Prior art keywords
electronically controlled
controlled camera
camera
electronically
controlled
Prior art date
Legal status (The legal status is an assumption and is not a legal conclusion. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation as to the accuracy of the status listed.)
Expired - Fee Related
Application number
GB0010302A
Other versions
GB0010302D0 (en
GB2345983A (en
Inventor
Hiroshi Nomura
Kazuyoshi Azegami
Takamitsu Sasaki
Yasushi Tabata
Norio Numako
Yoshinari Tanimura
Takuma Sato
Masaaki Kishimoto
Current Assignee (The listed assignees may be inaccurate. Google has not performed a legal analysis and makes no representation or warranty as to the accuracy of the list.)
Pentax Corp
Original Assignee
Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Co Ltd
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Filing date
Publication date
Priority claimed from JP1787696A external-priority patent/JP3255571B2/en
Priority claimed from JP05837996A external-priority patent/JP3385154B2/en
Priority claimed from JP05838096A external-priority patent/JP3450574B2/en
Priority claimed from JP05834996A external-priority patent/JP3411744B2/en
Priority claimed from JP05838196A external-priority patent/JP3650458B2/en
Priority claimed from JP8058377A external-priority patent/JPH09230213A/en
Priority claimed from GB9614331A external-priority patent/GB2303222B/en
Application filed by Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Co Ltd filed Critical Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Co Ltd
Priority claimed from GB9701530A external-priority patent/GB2309603B/en
Publication of GB0010302D0 publication Critical patent/GB0010302D0/en
Publication of GB2345983A publication Critical patent/GB2345983A/en
Application granted granted Critical
Publication of GB2345983B publication Critical patent/GB2345983B/en
Anticipated expiration legal-status Critical
Expired - Fee Related legal-status Critical Current

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    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05B—ELECTRIC HEATING; ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; CIRCUIT ARRANGEMENTS FOR ELECTRIC LIGHT SOURCES, IN GENERAL
    • H05B41/00—Circuit arrangements or apparatus for igniting or operating discharge lamps
    • H05B41/14—Circuit arrangements
    • H05B41/30—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by pulses, e.g. flash lamp
    • H05B41/32—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by pulses, e.g. flash lamp for single flash operation
    • H05B41/325—Circuit arrangements in which the lamp is fed by pulses, e.g. flash lamp for single flash operation by measuring the incident light
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B23—MACHINE TOOLS; METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • B23P—METAL-WORKING NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; COMBINED OPERATIONS; UNIVERSAL MACHINE TOOLS
    • B23P15/00—Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass
    • B23P15/24—Making specific metal objects by operations not covered by a single other subclass or a group in this subclass dies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B29—WORKING OF PLASTICS; WORKING OF SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE IN GENERAL
    • B29D—PRODUCING PARTICULAR ARTICLES FROM PLASTICS OR FROM SUBSTANCES IN A PLASTIC STATE
    • B29D1/00—Producing articles with screw-threads
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/02—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
    • G02B7/04—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
    • G02B7/08—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification adapted to co-operate with a remote control mechanism
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G02—OPTICS
    • G02B—OPTICAL ELEMENTS, SYSTEMS OR APPARATUS
    • G02B7/00—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements
    • G02B7/02—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses
    • G02B7/04—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification
    • G02B7/10—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification by relative axial movement of several lenses, e.g. of varifocal objective lens
    • G02B7/102—Mountings, adjusting means, or light-tight connections, for optical elements for lenses with mechanism for focusing or varying magnification by relative axial movement of several lenses, e.g. of varifocal objective lens controlled by a microcomputer
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/02—Bodies
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/02—Bodies
    • G03B17/04—Bodies collapsible, foldable or extensible, e.g. book type
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/02—Bodies
    • G03B17/12—Bodies with means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets
    • G03B17/14—Bodies with means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets interchangeably
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B7/00—Control of exposure by setting shutters, diaphragms or filters, separately or conjointly
    • G03B7/08—Control effected solely on the basis of the response, to the intensity of the light received by the camera, of a built-in light-sensitive device
    • G03B7/091—Digital circuits
    • G03B7/097—Digital circuits for control of both exposure time and aperture
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B7/00—Control of exposure by setting shutters, diaphragms or filters, separately or conjointly
    • G03B7/08—Control effected solely on the basis of the response, to the intensity of the light received by the camera, of a built-in light-sensitive device
    • G03B7/10—Control effected solely on the basis of the response, to the intensity of the light received by the camera, of a built-in light-sensitive device a servo-motor providing energy to move the setting member
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B7/00—Control of exposure by setting shutters, diaphragms or filters, separately or conjointly
    • G03B7/16—Control of exposure by setting shutters, diaphragms or filters, separately or conjointly in accordance with both the intensity of the flash source and the distance of the flash source from the object, e.g. in accordance with the "guide number" of the flash bulb and the focusing of the camera
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B9/00—Exposure-making shutters; Diaphragms
    • G03B9/08—Shutters
    • G03B9/10—Blade or disc rotating or pivoting about axis normal to its plane
    • G03B9/24—Adjusting size of aperture formed by members when fully open so as to constitute a virtual diaphragm that is adjustable
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B2217/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B2217/002—Details of arrangement of components in or on camera body
    • H—ELECTRICITY
    • H05—ELECTRIC TECHNIQUES NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • H05K—PRINTED CIRCUITS; CASINGS OR CONSTRUCTIONAL DETAILS OF ELECTRIC APPARATUS; MANUFACTURE OF ASSEMBLAGES OF ELECTRICAL COMPONENTS
    • H05K3/00—Apparatus or processes for manufacturing printed circuits
    • H05K3/22—Secondary treatment of printed circuits
    • H05K3/28—Applying non-metallic protective coatings
    • H05K3/281—Applying non-metallic protective coatings by means of a preformed insulating foil
GB0010302A 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera Expired - Fee Related GB2345983B (en)

Applications Claiming Priority (9)

Application Number Priority Date Filing Date Title
JP1231796 1996-01-26
JP1787696A JP3255571B2 (en) 1996-02-02 1996-02-02 Optical axis direction position detecting device and focal length detecting device for lens barrel
JP05838096A JP3450574B2 (en) 1996-02-21 1996-02-21 Camera lens position control device
JP8058377A JPH09230213A (en) 1996-02-21 1996-02-21 Electronically controlled camera
JP05838196A JP3650458B2 (en) 1996-02-21 1996-02-21 Camera lens position control device
JP05837996A JP3385154B2 (en) 1996-02-21 1996-02-21 Electronic control camera
JP05834996A JP3411744B2 (en) 1996-02-21 1996-02-21 Camera lens position detecting device and its code plate
GB9614331A GB2303222B (en) 1995-07-07 1996-07-08 A lens shutter type of zoom lens camera and a method of controlling such a camera
GB9701530A GB2309603B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera

Publications (3)

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GB0010302D0 GB0010302D0 (en) 2000-06-14
GB2345983A GB2345983A (en) 2000-07-26
GB2345983B true GB2345983B (en) 2000-09-06

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GB0010299A Expired - Fee Related GB2346021B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera
GB0010278A Expired - Fee Related GB2345982B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera
GB0010302A Expired - Fee Related GB2345983B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera
GB0010326A Expired - Fee Related GB2345984B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera
GB0010273A Expired - Fee Related GB2345981B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera

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GB0010299A Expired - Fee Related GB2346021B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera
GB0010278A Expired - Fee Related GB2345982B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera

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GB0010326A Expired - Fee Related GB2345984B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera
GB0010273A Expired - Fee Related GB2345981B (en) 1996-01-26 1997-01-24 Electronically controlled camera

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GB2221107A (en) * 1988-06-30 1990-01-24 Asahi Optical Co Ltd Position detecting device

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GB2345984B (en) 2000-09-06
GB2345983A (en) 2000-07-26
GB0010299D0 (en) 2000-06-14
GB2345984A (en) 2000-07-26
GB2346021A (en) 2000-07-26
GB0010326D0 (en) 2000-06-14
GB0010273D0 (en) 2000-06-14
GB2346021B (en) 2000-09-06
GB2345982B (en) 2000-09-06
GB2345981B (en) 2000-09-13
GB2345982A (en) 2000-07-26
GB2345981A (en) 2000-07-26
GB0010278D0 (en) 2000-06-14

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