JPH09230205A - Zoom lens camera - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To obtain a zoom lens camera capable of focusing in a short time regardless of a focal distance by providing a specified lens moving means. SOLUTION: When a zoom operation means 62 is operated, a control means 210 drives an entirety moving motor 25 to integrally move a front group lens L1 and a rear group lens L2. When a shutter release means 63 is operated at least in a part of focal distance area out of the focal distances set by the operation means 62, both of the motor 25 and a rear group moving motor 30 are actuated to perform focusing. At such a time, the moving amounts of the lenses L1 and L2 by the motors 25 and 30 are determined not only by the moving amount obtained based on a distance information to an object by a range- finding device 64, but also by the moving amount obtained by the focal distance information set by the operation means 62. When the focusing action is performed by actuating both motors 25 and 30 in the case the release means 63 is operated, the degree of freedom is obtained in the control of the lens position and the control thereof is facilitated.

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to a camera having a zoom lens for moving at least a front lens group and a rear lens group individually.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Since a zoom compact camera is a camera for observing an image of a zoom finder optical system which is different from the image of a zoom photographing optical system, when a zoom operating means for changing a focal length is operated. , It is not always necessary to maintain the in-focus state for zooming a subject having a specific subject distance (usually a subject at infinity). Therefore, for zooming, for example, the entire front lens group and the rear lens group are moved, and the rear lens group is moved and focused during focusing, thereby increasing the degree of freedom of the lens configuration and the lens driving mechanism.

As described above, in the structure in which the lens group is moved integrally during zooming and the rear lens group is moved during focusing, generally when the lens group is moved together and the focal length (distance to the film surface) changes, The amount of movement for moving the rear lens group for focus adjustment changes. Therefore, in the focal length region where the rear lens group movement amount is large for focus adjustment, the focusing time becomes longer than in the focal length region where the lens movement amount is small.

[0004]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention has been made on the basis of awareness of the problems of conventional zoom lenses. In a zoom camera that moves the entire lens group during zooming and moves the focusing lens group during focusing. An object of the present invention is to provide a zoom lens camera capable of focusing in a short time regardless of the focal length.

[0005]

SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention, which achieves this object, is a zoom lens camera having at least a front lens group and a rear lens group, in which, during zooming, the front lens group and the rear lens group are integrally moved to adjust the focus. In the case of, a lens moving means for independently moving the front lens group and the rear lens group is provided, and this lens moving means, when the front lens group and the rear lens group are integrally moved, depending on the moving position, It is characterized in that the rear lens group is moved to a predetermined position with respect to the front lens group. Also, the present invention
The front lens group and the rear lens group are integrally moved back and forth integrally, and the rear lens group moving means is arranged to move the rear lens group toward and away from the front lens group. When the front lens group and the rear lens group are moved by the moving means, the rear lens group is moved according to the moving position. As the position to move the rear lens group,
It may be an infinity in-focus position, a position in which an object at the shortest distance is in focus, a position in which an object between them is in focus, or a position out of the focus range.

[0006]

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE PREFERRED EMBODIMENTS The present invention will be described below based on illustrated embodiments. In this embodiment, the present invention is applied to the lens shutter zoom lens camera shown in FIG. 13. First, the concept of this zoom lens camera will be described with reference to FIG. The lens configuration is the front lens group L
1 group and the rear lens group L2.

The camera body includes a whole moving motor driving means 60, a rear group moving motor driving means 61, and a zoom operating means 6.
2, a shutter release means 63, a distance measuring device 64, a photometric device 65, an AE motor driving means 66, and a control means (CPU) 210 for integrally controlling these are provided.

When the zoom operation means 62 (wide zoom button 62WB, telezoom button 62TB, etc.) such as a zoom lever provided on the camera body is operated, the control means 210 controls the whole movement motor drive means 60 to the front group. A movement command for moving the zoom lens including the lens L1 and the rear lens group L2 from the wide side to the tele side or a movement command for moving from the tele side to the wide side is given. Overall movement motor drive means 60 that receives this movement command
Drives the overall movement motor 25 to move the zoom lens from the wide side to the tele side or from the tele side to the wide side. The focal length is changed by the operation of the zoom operating means 62 by the photographer and is set to an arbitrary focal length. Although not shown, the image magnification of the viewfinder field changes in association with the change in the focal length by the zoom operation means 62.
Therefore, the photographer can know the change in the focal length due to the operation of the zoom operation means 62 by observing the change in the image magnification of the viewfinder field. The focal length set by the operation of the zoom operation means 62 can be recognized by the numerical value displayed on the LCD display panel 224 (see FIG. 16), for example.

The control means 210 also controls the whole movement motor control means 6 when the shutter release means 63 is operated.
The entire moving motor 25 driven via 0 is driven, and the rear group moving motor 30 driven via the rear group moving motor control means 61 is driven to focus the zoom lens on the subject. The shutter release means 63 is provided with a release button 63B and a photometric switch SWS and a release switch SWR which are interlocked with the release button 63B. The control means 210 causes the photometric switch SWS to be turned on by pressing the release button 63B one step to turn on the distance measuring device 64. A distance measuring command to the front group lens L1 and the rear group lens L2 are driven by driving the whole moving motor 25 and the rear group moving motor 30 based on the distance measuring result. The focus adjustment process for moving to the position is executed, and the release switch SWR is turned on by pressing the release button 63B in two steps, and the AF / AE is performed via the AE motor drive means 66.
The AE motor 29 of the shutter unit 21 is driven to operate the shutter 27. Upon driving the shutter, the control means 210 receives the photometric output from the photometric device 65 and
The motor 29 is driven to drive the shutter blades 27 of the shutter 27.
Open a for a predetermined time. The shutter release means 6
Although not shown in the figure, 3 includes switch means for causing the control means 210 to execute focus adjustment processing.

When the zoom operation means 62 is operated, the control means 210 drives the whole movement motor 25 to move the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 integrally. The rear lens group moving motor 30 may be operated via the rear lens group moving motor control means 61 at the same time as this movement, but an important point in this zoom lens camera is that the front lens group lens is operated by the zoom operation means 62. This means that the movement of L1 and the rear lens group L2 is not performed by the conventional zooming concept in which the focal length is continuously changed without moving the focal position. That is, when the zoom operation means 62 is operated, only the whole movement motor 25 is operated to move the front lens group L.
1 and the rear lens group L2 are moved back and forth without changing the air gap between them, and both the overall movement motor 25 and the rear lens group movement motor 30 are operated to operate the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2. Can be moved while changing the air gap between them (without considering the focal position).

In the aspect, the subject at a specific distance cannot always be in focus. However, in the lens shutter type camera such as the present camera which does not observe the image by the photographing optical system, the subject is focused during the shutter release. There is no problem at all as it fits. Further, in the mode, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are moved while permitting the movement of the focal position. Focusing is performed by operating both the overall movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30 during shutter release.

According to the operation of the zoom operation means 62, the above
When the shutter release means 63 is operated in at least a part of the focal length range of the focal length set by the zoom operating means 62 after executing any one of the control modes, the whole moving motor 25 and the rear group moving motor Thirty
Both are operated to focus on the subject. The amount of movement of the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 by the overall movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30 at this time is not limited to the movement amount obtained from the subject distance information by the distance measuring device 64, and
It is determined in consideration of the movement amount obtained by the focal length information set by the zoom operation means 62. As described above, when the shutter release means 63 is operated, if the whole movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30 are operated to perform the focusing operation, the degree of freedom in controlling the lens position is increased, and the control is performed. Will be easier.

Theoretically, when the zoom operation means 62 is operated, the whole moving motor 25 and the rear group moving motor 30 are operated.
The shutter release means 63 is operated by changing only the view field magnification and the focal length information of the finder without operating any of the above.
When the is operated, its focal length information and distance measuring device 64
The overall movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30 are simultaneously operated according to the subject distance information according to, and the front group lens L1 and the rear group lens L2 are moved to positions uniquely determined by the focal length information and the subject distance information. You can also let it.

Next, an embodiment in which the zoom lens barrel of the above concept is embodied will be described mainly with reference to FIGS. 11 and 12. The schematic configuration and operation of the zoom lens barrel 10 will be described first. The first movable barrel 20 and the second movable barrel 20 will be described in order from the front.
A movable lens barrel 19, a third movable lens barrel 16, and a fixed lens barrel block 12 are provided. The third movable lens barrel 16 is screwed into the tubular portion of the fixed lens barrel block 12, and advances and retreats in the optical axis direction with rotation. The third movable lens barrel 16 has a linear guide cylinder 17 whose rotation is restricted, which moves integrally in the optical axis direction, inside, and the second movable lens barrel 19 rotates relative to the linear guide cylinder 17. While moving forward and backward along the optical axis. First movable lens barrel 2
0 is restricted in rotation, and moves forward and backward in the optical axis direction due to relative rotation with respect to the second movable lens barrel 19. The whole movement motor 25 is fixed to the fixed lens barrel block 12, and the shutter mount 4 having the AE motor 29 and the rear group movement motor 30 mounted thereon.
0 is fixed to the first movable lens barrel 20. The front lens group L1 is a lens having a positive power and is supported by the lens support barrel 34, and the rear lens group L2 is a lens support barrel 5.
It is a lens having a negative power supported by 0.

The fixed lens barrel block 12 fixed to the front of the aperture plate 14 of the camera body has a female helicoid 12a and a plurality of linear guide grooves 12b parallel to the optical axis O on the inner peripheral surface of its cylindrical portion. have. A code plate 13a having a predetermined pattern is fixed to the bottom of one of the plurality of straight guide grooves 12b. This code board 13
“A” is configured as a part of the flexible printed circuit board 13 located outside the fixed barrel block 12. The aperture plate 14 has an aperture 14a that determines the exposure area on the film.

The cylindrical portion of the fixed lens barrel block 12 has a gear accommodating portion 12c which bulges outward in the radial direction and extends in the optical axis direction.
Are formed (see FIG. 7). This gear storage 12c
The drive pinion 15 which is long in the optical axis direction is rotatably accommodated in the. Both ends of the shaft 7 of the drive pinion 15 are rotatably supported by the support hole 4 provided in the fixed lens barrel block 12 and the support hole 31a provided in the gear support plate 31, respectively. The tooth surface of the drive pinion 15 projects to the inner peripheral surface of the fixed barrel block 12.

A code plate 13a having a predetermined pattern is fixed to the bottom of the straight guide groove 12b ', which is one of the plurality of straight guide grooves 12b (see FIG. 7). The linear guide groove 12b 'is provided so as to be located at a substantially diagonal position of the photographing screen in the fixed lens barrel block 12. The code plate 13 a is provided parallel to the optical axis O over substantially the entire axial (optical axis) direction of the fixed lens barrel block 12, and is one of the flexible printed circuit boards 13 located outside the fixed lens barrel block 12. It is organized as a section. The flexible printed circuit board 13 has an entire movement motor 2
The photo-interrupter 1 constituting the encoder for detecting the rotation of the overall movement motor 25 is mounted by the rotary plate 2 fixed to the rotary shaft 5 (see FIG. 12).

In the cylindrical portion of the fixed lens barrel block 12, a gear accommodating portion 12c which bulges outward in the radial direction and extends in the optical axis direction.
Are formed (see FIG. 7). This gear storage 12c
The drive pinion 15 which is long in the optical axis direction is rotatably accommodated in the. Both ends of the shaft 7 of the drive pinion 15 are rotatably supported by the support hole 4 provided in the fixed lens barrel block 12 and the support hole 31a provided in the gear support plate 31, respectively. The tooth surface of the drive pinion 15 projects to the inner peripheral surface of the fixed barrel block 12.

A third movable lens barrel 16 is screwed onto the inner circumference of the fixed lens barrel block 12. This third movable lens barrel 16
Is a plurality of straight guide grooves 16 extending in the optical axis direction on the inner peripheral surface.
c, and has a male helicoid 16a that meshes with the female helicoid 12a of the fixed barrel block 12 and an outer peripheral gear 16b (see FIG. 6) that meshes with the drive pinion 15 on the outer periphery of the rear end portion. The drive pinion 15 includes a third movable lens barrel 16
Has a length in the axial direction that meshes with the outer peripheral gear 16 in the entire movement range in the optical axis direction.

On the inner circumference of the third movable lens barrel 16, a linear guide barrel 17 is supported so as to be movable integrally with the third movable lens barrel 16 in the optical axis direction and relatively rotatable around the optical axis. . The linear guide cylinder 17 has a rear end flange portion 17d provided on the outer periphery of the rear portion with a plurality of engagement protrusions 17c protruding outward in the radial direction,
A retaining flange portion 1 having a smaller diameter than the flange portion 17d, which is provided in front of the rear end flange portion 17d with a slight gap.
7e and. A plurality of cutout portions 17f are formed in the circumferential direction of the retaining flange portion 17e. The third movable lens barrel 16 has a plurality of engagement projections 16d (FIG. 11) protruding inward in the radial direction on the inner circumference of the rear end portion.
Insert d from the above-mentioned notch 17f to insert both flanges 17
It is located in the gap between d and 17e, and is connected to the linear guide tube 17 by rotating relative to the linear guide tube 17. An aperture plate 23 having an opening 23a having substantially the same shape as the aperture 14a is fixed to the rear end surface of the linear guide cylinder 17.

The linear guide cylinder 17 has a plurality of engaging projections 17c.
Is slidably engaged with a linear guide groove 12b parallel to the corresponding optical axis O, and relative rotation with respect to the fixed lens barrel block 12 is restricted. The engaging protrusion (straight guide key) 17c ', which is one of the engaging protrusions 17c, has a straight guide groove 12
A contact terminal (brush body) 9 for generating a signal corresponding to focal length information at the time of zooming is fixed by sliding contact with a fixed code plate 13a at the bottom of b '. The engaging projections 17c 'are provided so as to be located at substantially diagonal positions on the photographing screen, and are provided with a radially projecting portion 70 and the projecting portion 7.
Mounting screw hole 7 formed in 0 parallel to the axis (optical axis) direction
1 and a pair of positioning protrusions 72 protruding rearward. The engaging protrusion 17c is slidably engaged with the straight guide groove 12b parallel to the optical axis O of the fixed lens barrel block 12, and its rotation is restricted.

The contact terminals 9 are a pair of brush portions (electrical contact pieces) 9a that are substantially orthogonal to the fixed portion 9b and are in sliding contact with the code plate 13a.
And a pair of positioning holes 9d that fit into the pair of positioning protrusions 72. The pair of brush portions 9a are electrically connected to each other via the fixed portion 9b.

The code plate 13a, as shown in FIG.
It is provided with four types of electrode patterns ZC0, ZC1, ZC2, and ZC3 arranged in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction. These electrode patterns ZC0, ZC1, ZC2, ZC3 are
When the pair of brush parts 9a slide in the longitudinal direction of the code plate 13a, a predetermined signal (voltage) is applied by conducting the electrode patterns ZC0, ZC1, ZC2, ZC3 which are predetermined according to the sliding position. For output, they are combined with each other to form a predetermined pattern.

The straight guide tube 17 also has an inner peripheral surface,
A plurality of straight guide grooves 17a parallel to the optical axis O and a plurality of lead grooves 17b penetrating the peripheral wall of the guide cylinder 17 and inclined with respect to the circumferential direction and the optical axis direction are formed.

A second movable lens barrel 19 is fitted on the inner circumference of the linear guide barrel 17. The second movable lens barrel 19 has a plurality of lead grooves 19 on the inner peripheral surface thereof, the lead grooves 19 having an inclination opposite to that of the lead grooves 17b.
c has a plurality of follower protrusions 19a having a trapezoidal cross-section, and a follower pin 18 located on the follower protrusions 19a. The follower pin 18 includes a ring member 18b and a center fixing screw 18a that supports the ring member 18b on the follower protrusion 19a. The follower protrusion 19a is
Slidably fitted in the lead groove 17b of the straight guide cylinder 17,
The follower pin 18 is the linear guide groove 1 of the third movable lens barrel 16.
6c is slidably fitted. Therefore, when the third movable lens barrel 16 rotates, the second movable lens barrel 19 rotates and moves straight in the optical axis direction.

The first movable lens barrel 20 is fitted on the inner circumference of the second movable lens barrel 19. The first movable lens barrel 20 engages a plurality of follower pins 24 provided on the outer periphery of the rear end portion with the corresponding inner peripheral lead grooves 19c, and the linear guide member 22.
Directed by. This linear guide member 22 is
As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, an annular portion 22a, a pair of guide leg portions 22b extending from the annular portion 22a in the optical axis direction,
The straight guide groove 1 which is projected outward in the radial direction of the annular portion 22a.
7a and a plurality of engaging projections 28 slidably engaged with each other, and a guide leg portion 22b is inserted between the inner peripheral surface of the first movable lens barrel 20 and the AF / AE shutter unit 21 so as to be able to linearly guide. doing.

The annular portion 22a of the linear guide member 22 is
The second movable lens barrel 19 is coupled to the rear end of the second movable lens barrel 19 so as to be movable in the optical axis direction and rotatable relative to the optical axis. The rectilinear guide member 22 has a rear end flange portion 22d provided with a plurality of engaging projections 28 protruding outward in the radial direction on the outer periphery of the rear portion.
And a retaining flange portion 22c having a diameter smaller than that of the flange portion 22d, which is provided in front of the rear end flange portion 22d, and has a plurality of cutout portions 22e in the circumferential direction of the retaining flange portion 22c. Have (see FIG. 1). The second movable lens barrel 19 has a plurality of engagement projections 19b (FIG. 11) protruding inward in the radial direction on the inner circumference of the rear end portion. The linear guide member 22 is located in the gap between the flange portions 22c and 22d.
It is connected to the linear guide member 22 by rotating relative thereto. With the above configuration, when the second movable lens barrel 19 rotates in the forward and reverse directions, the first movable lens barrel 20 moves straight forward and backward with respect to the second movable lens barrel 19 while the rotation is restricted. To do.

A barrier device 35 having barrier blades 48a and 48b is mounted on the front end portion of the first movable lens barrel 20, and a shutter composed of three shutter blades 27a (FIG. 5) is provided on the inner peripheral surface. An AF / AE shutter unit 21 including 27 is fitted and fixed. The AF / AE shutter unit 21 has a plurality of fixing holes 40a (FIG. 3) formed at equal angular intervals on the outer periphery of the shutter mount 40. The plurality of follower pins 24 also serve as fixing means for the AF / AE shutter unit 21, and the pin hole 20a formed in the first movable lens barrel 20 and the fixing hole 40a.
The follower pin 24 is fitted in and fixed to the first moving lens barrel 20 (see FIG. 4). The follower pin 24 can be fixed by, for example, bonding, screwing, or the like. Reference numeral 41 is a decorative plate fixed to the front end of the first movable lens barrel 20.

The AF / AE shutter unit 21 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 12, a shutter mount 40, a shutter blade support ring 46 fixed to the rear of the shutter mount 40, and a lens support supported so as to be movable relative to the shutter mount 40. Tube 50 (rear group lens L
2). The front lens L1, the AE motor 29, and the rear group moving motor 30 are supported by the shutter mount 40. The shutter mount 40 has an annular portion having a photographing opening 40d through which the lens support tube 34 is inserted, and three leg portions 40b extending rearward from the annular portion. Two of the gaps between the three leg portions 40b are provided in the pair of guide leg portions 2 of the rectilinear guide member 22.
It is configured as a straight-ahead guide portion 40c which slidably engages with each other and guides movement.

The shutter mount 40 further has an AE gear train 45 that transmits the rotation of the AE motor 29 to the shutter 27.
And the rotation of the rear group movement motor 30 to the screw shaft 4
3 and the photo interrupters 56 and 57 connected to the flexible printed circuit board 6.
And rotating plates 58, 59 having a large number of slits extending in the radial direction in the circumferential direction are supported. By the photo interrupter 57 and the rotating plate 59, the rear group moving motor 3
An encoder for a rear lens group moving motor that detects the rotation of 0 is configured, and the photo interrupter 56 and the rotating plate 58 constitute
An AE motor encoder that detects the rotation of the AE motor 29 is configured.

The shutter 2 is provided between the shutter mount 40 and the shutter blade support ring 46 fixed to the mount 40.
7, a support member 47 that pivotally supports the three shutter blades 27a of the shutter 27, and an annular drive member 49 that applies rotational force to the shutter blades 27a. The annular drive member 49 is provided with three operation protrusions 49a that engage with the three shutter blades 27a at equal angular intervals. The shutter blade support ring 46 is provided on the front wall portion with the photographing opening 4
6a and three support holes 46b provided at equal angular intervals around the photographing opening 46a, and the straight guide portion 4 is provided on the outer peripheral portion.
It has a bending restriction surface 46c exposed from 0c and slidably supporting the inner peripheral surfaces of the pair of guide leg portions 22b (see FIGS. 9 and 10).

The support member 47 located in front of the shutter blade support ring 46 includes a photographing opening 47a facing the photographing opening 46a, and three shaft portions 47b facing the three supporting holes 46b (see FIG. 5). Only shown). Each of the three shutter blades 27a has, at one end, a shaft hole 27b through which the shaft portion 47b is inserted, and at the other end, a shielding portion that shields the photographing openings 46a and 47a.
Between the one end and the other end, there is an elongated hole 27c through which the operation protrusion 49a is inserted. The support member 47 includes shafts 47b that respectively support the shutter blades 27a.
The shutter blade support ring 46 is fixed to the corresponding shutter hole support ring 46 in a state of being fitted into the corresponding support hole 46b.

The annular drive member 49 has a gear train 4 on its outer peripheral portion.
It has a gear portion 49b that receives rotation from 5. Further, the support member 47 has three circular arc grooves 47c along the circumferential direction at positions close to the three shaft portions 47b. The three operation protrusions 49a of the annular drive member 49 penetrate the three arcuate grooves 47c to form the elongated holes 27 of each shutter blade 27a.
c is engaged. The shutter blade support ring 46 is inserted from the rear side of the shutter mount 40 while supporting the annular driving member 49, the support member 47, and the shutter 27, and is screwed to the shutter mount 40.

Behind the shutter blade support ring 46, a lens support cylinder 50 is disposed on the shutter mount 40 via slide shafts 51 and 52 so as to be relatively movable. The shutter mount 40 and the lens support cylinder 50 are urged to move away from each other by the coil spring 3 fitted to the slide shaft 51, thereby removing play between them. The drive gear 42a provided in the gear train 42 is restricted from moving in the axial direction, and a female screw is formed on the inner periphery thereof. A screw shaft 43 whose one end is fixed to the lens support cylinder 50 is screwed into this female screw, and these drive gears 42a are
The screw shaft 43 and the screw shaft 43 constitute a feed screw mechanism. Therefore, when the rear group moving motor 30 is rotationally driven to rotate the drive gear 42a in either forward or reverse directions, the screw shaft 43 moves forward and backward with respect to the drive gear 42a, and is supported by the lens support barrel 50, that is, the lens support barrel 50. The rear lens group L2 then moves relative to the front lens group L1.

Pressing members 53 and 55 for pressing the motors 29 and 30 supported by the shutter mount 40 are screwed to the front of the shutter mount 40. Motors 29 and 30 and photo interrupters 56 and 57 are connected to the flexible printed circuit board 6 whose one end is fixed to the shutter mount 40. In a state where the first to third movable lens barrels 20, 19, 16 and the AF / AE shutter unit 21 are assembled, the aperture plate 23 is fixed to the rear end surface of the linear guide barrel 17, and the front end of the fixed lens barrel block 12 is fixed. An annular retaining member 33 is fitted in the portion.

A pair of driven barrier plates 4 are provided at the front of the first movable lens barrel 20, which is the frontmost portion of the zoom lens barrel 10.
Barrier device 3 provided with 8a and driving barrier plate 48b
5 are provided. An annular plate 96 is fixed to the back surface of a decorative plate 41 fixed to the front end portion of the first movable lens barrel 20, and both barrier plates 48a and 48b are pivotally mounted between the decorative plate 41 and the annular plate 96. . In addition, the first movable lens barrel 2 at the front end of the first movable lens barrel 20
A barrier drive ring 97 including a pair of barrier drive levers 98a and 98b is rotatably provided between the front end surface 20b of 0 and the back plate 96. The barrier drive ring 97 is rotated in the forward and reverse directions by the barrier connecting gear 92 that is rotationally driven by the rotation of the rear group moving motor 30, and the barrier drive lever 9 is rotated.
The driving barrier plate 48b is opened and closed together with the driven barrier plate 48a via 8a and 98b.

In the above embodiments, the zoom lens composed of two groups, the front group lens L1 and the rear group lens L2, is shown. However, the present invention can be applied to a zoom lens further including a fixed lens group, It is not limited to this embodiment. Further, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 supported by the lens supporting cylinder 50 are connected to the AF / AE shutter unit 2
The whole drive motor 30 is mounted on the unit 21 as one of the constituent members. According to this configuration, there is an advantage that the support structure and the drive structure of the rear lens group L2 can be simplified, but the rear lens group L2 is not attached to the shutter mount 40,
Even if the AF / AE shutter unit 21 including the annular drive member 49, the support member 47, the shutter blades 27, the shutter blade pressing ring 46, and the like is provided as a separate member and is supported by a support member different from the unit, the main zoom is performed. The lens is approved.

The present zoom lens camera operates as follows by the rotation of the overall movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30. When the power switch is turned on in the lens retracted state of FIG. 9 in which the zoom lens barrel 10 is most retracted, the overall movement motor 25 is driven to rotate in the positive direction by a slight amount. Then, this rotation is transmitted to the drive pinion 15 via the gear train 26 supported by the support portion 32, and the third
Since the movable lens barrel 16 is rotated in the extending direction, the second movable lens barrel 19 and the first movable lens barrel 20 are slightly extended in the optical axis direction together with the third movable lens barrel 16, and the camera sets the zoom lens wide. The camera is ready to shoot at the edge. At this time, the focus amount of the zoom lens composed of the front and rear group lenses L1 and L2 is based on the fact that the amount of advance / retreat of the linear guide tube 17 with respect to the fixed lens barrel block 12 is detected by relative sliding of the code plate 13a and the contact terminal 9. Distance is detected.

When the zoom tele switch is turned on in this photographing possible state, the whole moving motor 25 is rotationally driven in the positive direction, and the third moving lens barrel 16 is rotated in the feeding direction via the drive pinion 15 and the outer peripheral gear 16b. . Therefore, the third movable lens barrel 16 is extended from the fixed lens barrel block 12 due to the relationship between the female helicoid 12a and the male helicoid 16a, and at the same time, the linear guide cylinder 17 is moved by the engaging projection 1
7c and the linear guide groove 12b, the third movable lens barrel 1 is not rotated relative to the fixed lens barrel block 12.
6 and advance to the front of the optical axis. At this time, the second movable lens barrel 19 engages the follower pin 18 with the lead groove 17b and the rectilinear guide groove 16c at the same time, so that the second movable lens barrel 16 rotates relatively in the same direction as the third movable lens barrel 16. Relative to the optical axis. In addition, the first movable lens barrel 20
Is linearly guided by the linear guide member 22 and the follower pin 24 is moved and guided by the lead groove 19c, so that the AF / AE shutter unit from the second movable lens barrel 19 does not rotate relative to the fixed lens barrel block 12. 21 and advance to the front of the optical axis. At this time, the focus position of the zoom lens composed of the front and rear group lenses L1 and L2 is based on the fact that the advancing / retreating position of the linear guide tube 17 with respect to the fixed lens barrel block 12 is detected by the relative sliding of the code plate 13a and the contact terminal 9. Distance is detected.

When the zoom wide switch is turned on, the whole moving motor 25 is rotationally driven in the opposite direction, and the third moving lens barrel 1
6 is rotated in the retracting direction and retracted into the fixed lens barrel block 12 together with the linear guide cylinder 17. At the same time, the second movable lens barrel 19 is retracted with respect to the third movable lens barrel 16 while rotating in the same direction as the third movable lens barrel 16, and the first movable lens barrel 2
0 is fed into the rotating second movable lens barrel 19 together with the AF / AE shutter unit 21. Also during this retraction drive, the rear group moving motor 30 is not driven, as in the above-described retraction drive.

Since the rear lens group moving motor 30 is not driven while the zoom lens barrel 10 is driven during zooming, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are integrally integrated with each other while keeping a constant distance from each other. In the direction (see FIG. 8). The focal length input via the zoom code plate 13a is displayed on the LCD display panel 224.

When the release button 217B is pushed one step at an arbitrary focal length set by the zoom operation means 31, the control means 210 measures the distance by the distance measuring device 64, measures the light by the light measuring device 65, and moves the whole body. Motor 2
The front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are moved by both the lens group 5 and the rear lens group moving motor 30 by a moving amount obtained by the set focal length information and the subject distance information by the distance measuring device 64.
To set the focal length and focus on the subject. When the release button 217B is double-pressed in this state, the AE motor 29 rotationally drives the annular drive member 49 according to the subject brightness information from the photometric device 65 via the AE motor control circuit 66, and a predetermined exposure is performed. The shutter 27 is driven so as to satisfy the condition. After completion of the shutter release, both the whole movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30 are immediately driven, and the front group lens L1 and the rear group lens L2 are driven.
Is returned to the state before the shutter release.

When the power switch 212 is turned on and the power is turned off, the zoom lens barrel 10 is driven by the entire moving motor 25 which is driven to rotate as shown in FIG.
The lens is retracted to the lens storage position shown in FIG. Before that, the whole moving motor 25 is activated to move the rear lens group L2 to the home position.

14 to 16 are a front view, a rear view and a plan view showing the appearance of an embodiment of a lens shutter type camera of the present invention equipped with the zoom lens barrel shown in FIGS. 1 to 13. Is. A zoom lens barrel 12 is mounted on the front surface of the camera body 201 substantially in the center thereof, and further on the front surface, a light receiving element 65a for photometry and an AF sensor window 6 are provided.
4a, finder window 207a of the finder optical system,
A flash unit 209 and a self-timer display lamp 224 are provided. A battery lid 202 is provided on the bottom surface of the camera body 201.

On the back surface of the camera body 201, a back cover 203 for loading / unloading a film (patrone), a back cover opening / closing lever 204 for unlocking a lock mechanism for locking the back cover 203 in a closed state, and distance measuring A green lamp 223 for displaying a result, a red lamp 222 for displaying a strobe charge state, an eyepiece 207b of the finder device, and a power button 216B are provided.

On the upper surface of the camera body 201, from the left of the drawing, a midway rewind button 230B and an LCD panel 22 are provided.
4, mode button 228B, drive button 229B,
A release button 217B, a wide button 62WB, and a tele button 62TB are provided.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing an embodiment of the main circuit configuration of this zoom lens camera. This camera includes a CPU 210 as a control unit that controls all the functions of the camera.

The CPU 210 controls the whole movement motor 25 via the whole movement control circuit 60, the rear group movement motor 30 via the rear group movement motor control circuit 61, and the AE motor 29 via the AE motor control circuit 66. Drive control. Further, the CPU 210 controls the film feeding control circuit 22.
5, the film feeding motor 226 for loading, winding, and rewinding the film is driven and controlled.
Further, the CPU 210, via the strobe circuit 231,
Controls the flash of the built-in flash.

The CPU 210 becomes operable with the battery 211 loaded, and the power switch 212, the back cover switch 213, the mode switch 214, the drive switch 215, the tele switch 62T, and the wide switch 6 are provided.
2W, midway rewind switch 216, photometric switch SW
In response to the operation of S and the release switch SWR, the function according to ON / OFF of the switch is executed.

The power switch 212 is a power button 212B.
Is a switch interlocked with the
Power is turned on (battery 21
1) is supplied), and when turned on in the power-on state, the power is turned off. The back cover switch 213 is a switch that is turned on / off in conjunction with opening and closing of the back cover.
Depending on the state change, the film feeding motor is driven to execute the film loading process, or the number of shots counter is cleared. The mode switch 214 is a switch that changes the shooting mode in conjunction with the mode button 214B. Each time the mode switch 214 is turned on, an automatic strobe light emission mode, a strobe forced light emission mode, a strobe light emission prohibition mode, a slow shutter mode, a bulb mode, etc. are selected. Switch the mode. The drive switch 215 is a switch that changes the drive mode in conjunction with the drive button 75B, and switches the mode such as the time-lapse shooting mode, the self-timer mode, the continuous shooting mode, and the multiple exposure mode each time it is turned on. The tele switch 62T is a button interlocked with the tele button 62TB, and when turned on, the entire movement motor 25 is tele-zoomed (lens extension).
Drive in the direction. The wide switch 62W is a switch interlocked with the wide button 62WB, and when it is turned on,
Wide zooming of the whole movement motor 25 (lens retreat)
Drive in the direction.

The photometric switch SWS and the release switch SWR are switches interlocked with the release button 217B. The photometric switch SWS is turned on by pressing the release button 217B one step (half), and the release switch SWR is pressed by two steps (full). Turned on, and between the one-step push and the two-step push,
The photometric switch SWS maintains the ON state. Here, when the photometry switch SWS is turned on, photometry and distance measurement are executed, and the overall movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30 are driven based on the distance measurement result to measure the front group lens L1 and the rear group lens L2. When the release switch SWR is turned on by driving to a position where a distant object is in focus, the AE motor 29 is driven to execute the exposure process based on the photometric value. When the exposure is completed, the whole movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 3
0 is driven to return the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 to the positions before the movement, and the film feeding motor 226 is activated to wind the film by one frame.

The CPU 210 has a DX code information input circuit 218 for reading information such as ISO sensitivity of the film.
Zoom code information input circuit 219 and zoom pulse input circuit 22 for reading the current lens position information from the code plate
0, an AE pulse input circuit 221, an AF reference pulse input circuit 222, a wind pulse input circuit 223 for detecting the travel and the travel amount of the film, and an AF home position detection circuit 2
32 outputs are input.

As the display means, the CPU 210 displays an LCD display panel 224 for displaying the focal length, the number of shots, the exposure mode, etc., a red lamp 227 for displaying the charging state of the strobe, and a distance measurement result by the distance measuring circuit 64. A green lamp 228 and a self-timer display lamp 229 for displaying a self-timer operation are connected.

The EEPROM 230 stores the data at the time of assembling the camera, for example, data such as whether or not the AE adjustment has been completed, and the exposure mode and the number of shots data set when used by an ordinary person.

The zoom code information input circuit 219 is shown in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 9, four resistors connected in series are provided, the resistor R0 is grounded, and the reference voltage Vcc is applied to the resistor R3. The electrode pattern ZC0 is connected between the resistor R0 and the ground, and the resistor R0
The electrode pattern ZC1 is connected between 0 and R1, the electrode pattern ZC2 is connected between the resistors R1 and R2, and the electrode pattern ZC3 is connected between the resistors R3 and R2. Further, the resistor R3 and the resistor R2 are connected to the A / D conversion input port of the CPU 210.

As shown in FIG. 18A, the code plate 13a has four independent electrode patterns (zoom code portions) ZC0, ZC1, formed on the insulating substrate 13b.
It is equipped with ZC2 and ZC3. Each conductive plate ZC0, ZC
1, ZC2, ZC3 are connected between resistors R0, R1, R2, R3. The contact terminal 9 includes a pair of brush portions 9a and 9a that are electrically connected to each other at the conductive portion 9b. These brush portions 9a and 9a are electrode patterns ZC0 and ZC1,
It is formed so as to slide and move on the code plate 13a so that any two of ZC2 and ZC3 are brought into conduction. Therefore, the electrode patterns ZC0, ZC1, ZC2, ZC
When any two of 3 are conducted, the output voltage of the zoom code information input circuit 219 changes depending on the conducting combination (see FIGS. 18F and 18C). The CPU 211 is
The output voltage is A / D converted into a digital value, and the converted digital value is converted into a corresponding zoom code. Then, the CPU 210 detects the position of the zoom lens based on the code.

In this embodiment, the voltage generated according to the contact position of the brush portion 9a is set to seven codes 0, 1, 2,
It is converted into 3, 4, 5, 6, and 7 (see FIG. 18D).
Here, the zoom code 1 is the storage position, the zoom code 2 is the wide position, the zoom code 6 is the tele position, the zoom codes 3, 4, and 5 are the intermediate positions between the wide position and the tele position, and the zoom code 0 is the storage position and the wide position. Distinguish between At the intermediate position, the zoom code is 4 in the order of 3, 4, and 5.
Repeatedly, the zoom area is divided into 14 zoom steps to code the zoom steps. In the present embodiment, zoom step 0 is assigned to the wide end, zoom step 13 is assigned to the tele end, and zoom steps 1 to 12 are assigned between the wide end and the tele end.

19 and 20, resistors R0, R1 and R are shown.
2 shows an example of specific values of R3 and the output voltage of the zoom code information input circuit 219.

The zoom pulse input circuit 220 includes an encoder composed of a photo interrupter 1 and a rotary plate 2, and a photo that changes according to the slit of the rotary plate 2 that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the drive shaft of the overall movement motor 25. The output of the interrupter 1 is output as a zoom pulse.

The AE pulse input circuit 221 includes an encoder composed of a photo interrupter 57 and a rotary plate 59, and the photo interrupter 57 is changed by passing through a slit of the rotary plate 59 which rotates in association with the rotation of the drive shaft of the AE motor 29. Is output as an AE pulse.
The rotary slit plate 59 is configured to rotate less than one rotation.

The AF reference pulse input circuit 222 includes an encoder including a photo interrupter 56 and a rotary plate 59, and changes by passing through a slit of the rotary plate 59 that rotates in conjunction with the rotation of the drive shaft of the rear group moving motor 30. The output of the photo interrupter 56 is output as an AF pulse.

The AF home position detection circuit 232 is means for detecting that the rear lens group L2 is at the reference position (AF home position) closest to the front lens group L1. In the present embodiment, the position of the rear lens group L2 is controlled by the number of AF pulses with reference to this AF home position.
The AF home position detection circuit 232 includes a photo interrupter 301, and the position where the chopper 302 (chopper plate 302a) that moves integrally with the rear lens group L2 shields the optical path of the photo interrupter 301 is set as the AF home position. , It is detected by the output change of the photo interrupter 301 that the rear lens group L2 is at the AF home position.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing a circuit configuration of the strobe circuit 231. The strobe circuit includes a ground terminal GND, a voltage input terminal VBAT, and three strobe control terminals STR.
It has G, CHEN, and RLS. Terminals VBAT and G
The battery voltage of the camera is supplied to ND. The control terminals STRG, CHEN, RLS are connected to the CPU 210, respectively. The terminal STRG is a strobe light emission signal (strobe trigger) input terminal, which is normally at L (low) level, and an H (high) level signal is input when strobe light emission is performed. The terminal CHEN is a terminal to which a charging signal is input, and charging is not performed in the L (low) state.
Charging is performed in the H (high) state. The terminal RLS is a charging voltage output terminal, and outputs a voltage corresponding to the charging voltage to the CPU 210.
To the A / D converter.

First, charging and monitoring of charging voltage will be described. As described above, charging is performed by setting the level of the terminal CHEN to H (charge signal: ON).
When the terminal CHEN is set to H level, the transistor 501
Becomes H level, and the transistor 501 is turned on. When the transistor 501 is turned on, the booster circuit including the transistor 502, the primary winding 511 and the secondary winding 512 of the transformer 510, and the diode 521 operates to charge the capacitor 530. In addition,
By supplying the signal of H level to the terminal CHEN, the transistors 573 and 576 are also turned on, and the Zener diode 570 causes the transistor 576 and the resistor 577.
And 578 are connected to both ends of the capacitor 530, and the charging voltage of the capacitor 530 is
When it is higher than the Zener voltage of 70, a Zener current flows.

As described above, the resistors 577 and 578 are connected to the capacitor 5 at the time of charging when the terminal CHEN becomes H level.
The voltage value obtained by dividing the voltage obtained by subtracting the Zener voltage of the Zener diode 570 from the charging voltage of the capacitor 530 by the resistors 577 and 578 is output at the terminal RLS at this time. CPU 21
Therefore, 0 can detect the charging voltage of the capacitor 530 by A / D converting the output voltage of the terminal RLS. The diode 507 is the transistor 50.
1 is a protection diode for preventing the withstand voltage from exceeding 1, and includes a capacitor 503, a resistor 504, and a coil 5.
The circuit composed of 13 is a circuit for stabilizing the boosting operation.

When the terminal CHEN is at the L level, the transistors 501 and 502 are in the off state and the capacitor 5
30 is not charged. Further, when the terminal CHEN is at the L level (charging signal: OFF), the transistors 573 and 577 are also in the OFF state, and at this time, the charging voltage of the capacitor 530 cannot be detected from the terminal RLS.

Next, strobe light emission will be described. When the charging voltage of the capacitor 530 is equal to or higher than the light emission enable level, the strobe light is emitted by inputting the strobe trigger to the terminal STRG.

When a strobe trigger signal is input to the terminal STRG (that is, an H level signal is input to STRG), the SCR (thyristor) becomes conductive.
At this time, the capacitor 544 connected to the primary winding of the transformer 550 is rapidly discharged, so that a high voltage is generated in the secondary winding of the transformer 550. The high voltage of the secondary winding of the transformer 550 is applied to the trigger electrode 551 of the xenon tube 560 to start the emission of light from the xenon tube 560.

25 to 28 show a mechanism for detecting the AF home position which is the initial position of the rear lens group L2. The AF home position is an initial position where the rear lens group L2 approaches the front lens group L1, and this position is used as a reference position for focusing, and the optical axis O is moved away from the front lens group L1. Are translated along. The rear lens group L2 is controlled with respect to the front lens group L1 so as to maintain the AF home position at power-on, completion of shutter release, storage, zoom step position except zoom steps 0 to 4, and the like. Zoom Sup 0
From No. 4 to No. 4, it is moved to a position retracted from the AF home position by the predetermined pulse number AP1.

The rear lens group support barrel 50 is supported by the shutter mount 40 via a pair of slide shafts 51 and 52 so as to be movable along the optical axis. One ends of the slide shafts 51 and 52 are fixed to shaft support bosses 50b and 50c provided on the outer peripheral surface of the lens support cylinder 50 so as to project. The slide shaft 51 is slidably inserted and supported by a slide bearing 51a fixed to the shutter mount 40.

One end of the screw shaft 43 is
The lens support cylinder 50 is fixed to a shaft support boss 50a that is provided on the outer peripheral surface of the lens support cylinder 50 so as to project close to the shaft support boss 50b. The screw shaft 43 is screwed to a drive gear 42a which is rotatably supported by the shutter mount 40 and the shutter 27 in a state in which axial movement is restricted. When the drive gear 42a is rotationally driven by the rear group movement motor 30, the screw shaft 43 moves back and forth with respect to the drive gear 42a, and the lens support barrel 50, that is, the rear group lens L2 supported by the lens support barrel 50, moves forward. It moves relative to the group lens L1. In order to eliminate the backlash between the screw shaft 43 and the drive gear 42a, the rear group biasing coil spring 3 is fitted on one slide shaft 51 between the slide bearing 51a and the shaft support boss 50b. ing. Rear group biasing coil spring 3
Urges the lens support cylinder 50 away from the shutter mount 40 (rearward with respect to the shutter mount 40) to eliminate backlash.

A photo interrupter 301 and a chopper 302 forming an AF home position detection circuit 232 are mounted on the front end portion (holding member 55) of the shutter mount 40. The photo interrupter 301 is mounted on the flexible printed board 6 and fixed to the shutter mount 40. The chopper 302 is a shutter mount 40.
Of which the tip end is slidably supported by the chopper guide shaft 303 supported by the pressing member 55, and is moved toward the shutter mount 40 by the chopper biasing spring 304 mounted between the pressing member 55 and the chopper guide shaft 303. It is urged (toward the rear of the optical axis O). The chopper 302 is a chopper plate 302 that has entered the slit of the photo interrupter 301.
a, and the chopper 302 has a chopper urging spring 30.
When in the retracted position by the biasing force of 4, the optical path of the photo interrupter 301 is opened, and the chopper biasing spring 304
The optical path of the photo interrupter 304 is blocked when the photo interrupter 304 advances to a predetermined position against the urging force of the photo interrupter 304.

A stopper plate 306 is fixed to the tip ends of the screw shaft 43 and the one slide shaft 51 via a lock washer 305. Stopper plate 3
0 is integrally formed with a chopper pressing portion 30a that abuts the chopper 302 when the lens support cylinder 50 advances and moves the chopper 302 forward against the urging force of the chopper urging spring 304. In the chopper pressing portion 30a, the lens support cylinder 50 (rear group lens L2) is provided with the shutter mount 40.
On the other hand, when the chopper 302 approaches a predetermined position, it abuts on the projection 302a of the chopper 302, and the lens support cylinder 50 is further advanced to advance the chopper 302 against the urging force of the chopper urging spring 303. And the rear lens group support cylinder 3
When 0 moves to the AF home position near the shutter mount 40, the chopper plate 302 of the chopper 302
a blocks the optical path of the photo interrupter 301. CP
The U 210 checks whether the rear group lens L2 (lens support barrel 50) is at the AF home position by checking the output of the photo interrupter 301.

"Main Processing" The operation of this zoom lens camera will be described with reference to a flowchart. This processing is performed by the CPU 210.
Internal ROM is executed based on the program stored in the memory.

FIG. 29 is a flowchart relating to the main processing of this camera. When the battery is loaded in the camera, the CPU 210 is activated, this main routine is started, and the camera enters a standby state waiting for some operation by the photographer.

When the main process is started, first, the reset process of step (hereinafter "S") 0001 is performed. In this reset process, initialization of hardware such as each port of the CPU 210,
RAM initialization, adjustment data reading, test function call, shutter initialization, AF lens initialization, and lens storage processing are performed.

When the reset process is completed, the error flag is set, the rewind switch 216 is turned on, the back cover switch 213 is changed, the power is on, and the power switch 212 is turned on. , The tele switch 62T is turned on, the wide switch 62W is turned on, the drive switch is changed from off to on, the mode switch is changed from off to on, and the photometric switch SWS is turned off. Is changed from ON to ON, or whether the charging request flag is set or not, and the processing according to the check result is executed (S0003 to S0057).

When the error flag is set to 1, it means that an error has occurred in one of the processes described later and the error flag is set to 1. Therefore, S0005-
The error initialization process of S0013 is executed to wait for the error condition to be resolved and the error flag to be cleared. In this error initial processing, it waits for any switch to change (S0005), and when it changes, 0 is set to the error flag, and shutter initialization processing and AF lens initialization processing are executed (S0006, S0007, S0009). ). Then, it is checked whether or not 1 is set in the error flag in these processes (S0011), and if 1 is set, the process returns to S1003 to repeat the processes from S0005. If the error flag is not set to 1, the error condition has been resolved, so the lens storage process is executed and the process returns to S0003 (S001
3).

When the error flag is cleared and the power is off, the rewind switch 216 is on, the back cover switch 213 is changed, the power is on, and the power switch 212 is on. The check is repeated to see if it has changed to (S0015, S0019, S0
023, S0025, S003). Then, the following processing is executed when the rewind switch is turned on, when the state of the back cover switch 213 is changed, or when the power switch 212 is turned on from the off state.

When the rewinding switch 216 is turned on, the rewinding motor is activated to execute the film rewinding process (S0015, S0017). When the state of the back cover switch 213 changes, that is, when the back cover is closed,
Alternatively, when the case back is opened, the fill counter is cleared or a case related process such as a film loading process is executed (S0019, S0021). Power switch 2
When 12 is changed from the off state to the on state, the power is turned on and the lens extension process is executed. The CPU 21
When the power switch 212 is turned on, 0 turns the power on when the power is off, and turns off the power when the power is on.

When the power is turned on, S0023 to S002
Then, the process proceeds to step 9 and the processing from step S0029 to step S0053 is executed. S00
In steps S29 to S0053, the power switch 212 is changed from off to on, the tele switch 62T is turned on, the wide switch 62W is turned on, the drive switch is changed from off to on, and the mode switch is turned on. Has changed from off to on, or the metering switch SWS
Check if has changed from off to on or if the charge request flag is set.

When the power switch 212 is changed from off to on, the power is turned off, and the lens storing process is called (S0029, S0031). The lens storage process is a process of retracting the lens barrel to the storage position. When the tele switch 62T is turned on, the zoom tele movement process is called (S0033, S0035). The zoom tele movement process is a process of driving the overall movement motor 25 in the lens extension direction. When the wide switch 62W is turned on, the zoom wide movement processing is called (S0037, S0039). The zoom wide movement process is a process of driving the overall movement motor 25 in the lens retraction direction. When the drive switch changes from off to on, drive setting processing is executed (S0041, S0043). Although not shown in detail, the drive setting process is, for example, a process of selecting the drive mode from so-called time-lapse shooting mode, continuous shooting mode, multiple exposure mode, self-timer mode, and the like.

When the mode switch changes from off to on, a mode setting process is executed (S0045, S0047).
). Although details are not shown in this mode setting process, for example, the exposure mode can be selected from among flash auto flash mode, flash forced flash mode, flash flash prohibit mode, red-eye prevention (pre-flash) mode, slow shutter mode, and bulb mode. This is the mode to select. When the photometric switch SWS is turned on from off, the photographing process is called and the photographing process is executed (S0049, S0051). Further, when the charging request flag is set, the main charging process is called to execute the charging process of the strobe circuit 231 (S0053, S0055).

When the power is off, the above S0003
By repeating the processes from S0055 to S0055, the process according to the operation of the photographer is executed, and while the operation is not performed, the image capturing state is maintained and waiting.

"Reset Processing" FIG. 30 shows a flowchart of the reset processing of S001. This reset process includes hardware initialization of each port of the CPU 210, RAM initialization, test function call, adjustment data reading, shutter initialization, AF lens initialization,
And a process of storing the lens.

When the reset process is started, first, the CPU 21
Hardware initialization for initializing the level of each port of 0 and RAM initialization for clearing the internal RAM of the CPU 210 are performed (S1101, S1103).

The test function calling process (S1105) is a process of testing various functions of the camera with an external measuring device (for example, a computer) during or after the camera is assembled. The test function calling process of the present embodiment is characterized in that the external measuring device outputs a command relating to the process to be tested, but the actual process is performed by the CPU 210.

In the adjustment data reading process, the adjustment data is read from the EEPROM 230 (S1107). The adjustment data includes an exposure correction value, a focus correction value, and aperture adjusted data. The exposure correction value is, for example, a value for correcting an error between a designed aperture value and an actual aperture value and a difference in lens transmittance, and is individually written before camera shipment. The aperture adjusted data is data for identifying whether or not the difference between the designed opening amount of the shutter blade and the actual opening amount is corrected with respect to the number of AE pulses detected by the AE encoder by driving the AE motor 29. is there. If corrected, the aperture correction value is written in the EEPROM 230 as one of the adjustment data.

In the shutter initialization process, the shutter blade 2
Shutter initialization processing for completely closing 7a is performed (S1107).
). In this embodiment, since the shutter blade 27a is opened and closed by the AE motor 29, the battery may be removed with the shutter open and the battery may be loaded with the shutter open. Therefore, the AE motor 29 is driven in the shutter closing direction to close the shutter blade 27a, and the shutter blade 27a is brought into a closed state in which the shutter blade 27a contacts an initial position stopper (not shown).

In the AF lens initialization processing, the rear lens group L
Move 2 to the most extended initial position. In the present embodiment, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is activated to activate the rear lens group L.
2 is moved to the most forward position and moved to the initial position where it is brought close to the front lens group L1.

Then, it is checked whether or not the error flag is set, and if the error flag is set, the process returns without doing anything. If it is not set, the lens storing process is executed and the process returns (S1111, S111).
3). The lens storage process is a process of retracting the lens barrel to the storage position inside the camera body 201 by the whole movement motor 25 and closing the barrier blades 48a and 48b.
Since the error flag is cleared in the normal use state, the lens storing process is executed. When the error flag is set to 1, there is no guarantee that the rear lens group L2 is at the initial position (AF home position) in the AF initialization process, and if the lens is stored as it is, the rear lens group L2 will be opened by the aperture plate. Since there is a risk of collision with 14, the lens storage is stopped.

"AF lens initialization process" FIG.
It is a flowchart regarding a lens initialization process. AF
In the lens initialization process, when the lens is in the retracted state, the whole moving motor 25 is normally rotated to connect the rear group moving motor 30 to a barrier drive gear mechanism (not shown). And the rear lens group L
2 is integrally extended to a wide position, and the rear lens group moving motor 30 is driven to move the rear lens group L2 to the frontmost lens group L2.
This is a process of moving to the AF home position approaching 1.
When the lens is not in the storage position, the whole moving motor 25 is driven in the normal direction, and when any one of the zoom codes is detected, the rear group moving motor 30 is activated to bring the rear group lens L2 closest to the front group lens L1. This is a process of moving to the AF home position. However, since the rear group movement motor 30 is connected to the barrier drive gear mechanism at the storage position and is coupled to the rear group lens drive gear mechanism at a position other than the storage position, when the rear group lens L2 is driven, the whole movement motor 25 is moved. It is necessary to drive the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 to the positions other than the storage position (at the wide end or beyond the wide end).

When the AF lens initialization processing is started, first, the overall movement motor 25 is driven to rotate normally (rotate in the lens feeding direction) (S1201). If the lens is stored,
As a result, the barrier drive mechanism is disengaged from the barrier drive gear, meshes with the lens drive gear, and thereafter, the rear lens group L2.
Can be driven.

The CPU 210 uses the zoom code input circuit 2
The voltage input from 19 is A / D converted, the digital value thereof is converted into a zoom code, the converted zoom code is checked, and if any of 2 to 6, the whole movement motor 25 is immediately stopped ( S1203, S1205, S120
7). In the present embodiment, the zoom cord 1 is at the storage position,
2 is the wide end position, 6 is the tele end position, 3, 4, and 5 are the intermediate zoom areas, and 0 is the OFF code. S1201
The processing from S1207 to S1207 is processing for moving the lens barrel 16, 19, 20 to a position where any of the zoom codes 2 to 6 is detected.

When the whole moving motor 25 is stopped, the AF
A pulse confirmation process is executed to move the rear lens group L2 to the AF home position (S1209). AF pulse confirmation processing
It is characterized in that the rear group movement motor 30 is driven to rotate in the forward direction and the reverse direction to remove so-called biting of mechanical components such as the cam groove and the cam follower pin. Rear lens group L2
After moving to the AF home position, return.

"Lens Storage Process" FIGS. 32 and 33 are flowcharts of the lens storage process. Lens storage processing,
In the process of returning the lenses (the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2) to the retracted position, the rear lens group driving motor 30 returns the rear lens group L2 to the AF home position, and the overall movement motor 25 causes the lenses (the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L1) to move. This is a process of retracting the rear lens group L2) to the storage position and closing the lens barrier.

When the lens storage process is called, the overall movement motor 25 is driven in the forward rotation direction (telezoom direction) (S1301). The zoom code input process is executed until the current zoom code (zoom code corresponding to the lens position at the time when the lens storage process is called) is detected (S1303
), When the zoom code is detected (YES: S1305), the driving of the whole moving motor 25 is stopped (S1307). Next, it is determined whether the rear lens group L2 is at the AF home position (S1309). If the rear lens group L2 is not at the AF home position (NO: S1309), AF return processing is executed to move the rear lens group to the AF home position.

If the rear lens group is not located at the AF home position (that is, the rear lens group L2 is projected to the film side) and the lens retracting operation is performed, the rear lens group is moved before the lens reaches the retracted position. L2 may come into contact with the aperture plate 14 of the camera body. In order to avoid this, in the above process, the rear lens group L2 is returned to the AF home position before the lens is housed (that is, before the overall movement motor 25 is driven in the reverse direction).

If the lens is located at the wide end when the lens storing process is called, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is connected to the barrier opening / closing mechanism instead of the moving mechanism of the rear lens group L2. There is a case. If the rear lens group moving motor 30 is connected to the barrier opening / closing mechanism and the rear lens group lens L2 is extended from the home position, the rear lens group lens L2 is driven even if the rear lens group moving motor 30 is driven.
Will not move to the AF home position.

In the processing of S1301 to S1307, the lens is driven to the tele side and once moved to the position beyond the wide end, so that after S1307, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is always used as the driving mechanism of the rear lens group L2. The connection is made (see FIG. 22). Therefore, when it is determined in S1309 that the rear group lens L2 is not at the home position, the rear group lens L2 can be reliably moved by driving the rear group moving motor 30 in the AF return processing in S1311.

If it is determined in S1309 that the rear lens group L2 is at the AF home position, the CPU 210
Skips the AF return processing and advances the processing to the storing operation starting from S1311.

Next, the whole moving motor 25 is rotated in the reverse direction to start moving the lens toward the wide end (S131).
1) Start the 2-second timer (S1313). Below, S1
From 315 to S1329, the zoom code that changes with the movement of the lens is input and the reaching of the wide end is detected before the 2-second timer times out.

In S1315, the CPU 210 determines whether the timer has timed out. If the time is not up, call the zoom code input process (S1321
), Enter the zoom code. Whether or not the zoom code has changed is determined in S1323, and if the zoom code has changed, the 2-second timer is reset. If it is determined in S1323 that the zoom code has not changed, it is determined in S1327 whether the lens has reached the storage position.
If it has not reached the storage position, it is determined whether or not it has reached the wide end (S1329). If neither the stored code nor the wide code is detected, the CPU 210 repeats the processing from S1315.

When the time is up while the above processing is being repeated, the CPU 210 stops the whole moving motor 25 (S1317), sets 1 in the error flag to indicate that an error has occurred, ends the lens storage processing, and ends the process. Return to the position where the subroutine was called. Here, the time is up when the change of the zoom code is not detected within 2 seconds, and the movement of the lens is stopped.

When a wide code is detected during the above processing (YES: S1329), a 4-second timer is set next (S1331).
), Clear the counter (set the counter to 0) and wait for the 4-second timer to time from S1337 to S1.
Repeat the process of 361. Here, the whole movement motor 25
Is continuously driven (the lens passes through the wide end and further moves toward the storage position), the process for intermittently driving the rear group movement motor 30 is performed.

In the camera 1 of this embodiment, as described above, the rear lens group moving motor 30 moves the rear lens group 30 and opens and closes the barrier. When the lens is located on the tele side from the wide end, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is connected to the driving mechanism of the rear lens group L2 and is not connected to the barrier opening / closing mechanism. When located on the position side, it is necessary to switch the barrier / lens switching gear mechanism so that the rear group movement motor 30 is connected to the barrier opening / closing mechanism.

The gears are switched by the cam mechanism corresponding to the movement of the lens. At this time, the lens / lens switching gear mechanism should be securely engaged with the teeth of the barrier driving gear. While moving from the wide end toward the storage position (that is, after S1311 when the reverse movement of the overall movement motor 25 is started), the rear group movement motor 30 is intermittently driven.

In S1337, it is determined whether the 4-second timer has timed out. There is no time up unless an abnormality occurs, and normally it is judged as N in S1337. In S1345, after waiting 1 ms, the counter is incremented (S1347) and it is determined in S1349 whether the counter value has reached 100. When the value of the counter is less than 100, it is determined to be N in S1349, and then it is determined whether or not the counter reaches 80 in S1351.

If the counter value is less than 80 (N: S1351), the zoom code input process is called to input the zoom code. If the storage code is not detected, S1 is entered.
Return to 337 and repeat the process. When the counter value reaches 80 in S1351, the rear group movement motor 30 is driven in reverse (S1353). When the counter value reaches 100, the counter is reset (0
Is set), and the rear group movement motor 30 is stopped (S1355
, S1357).

Here, since the waiting time of 1 ms is provided in S1345, the above processing is performed with a cycle of 100 ms.
Repeated. Therefore, when the value of the counter is 0 to less than 80 (until 80 ms after the wide end code is detected), only the whole movement motor 25 is driven, and the value of the counter is 80 or more and less than 100 (the wide end code is If 80 ms or more and less than 100 ms after being detected), both the whole moving motor 25 and the rear group moving motor 30 are driven, and when the counter value reaches 100 (when 100 ms is reached),
The driving of the rear group moving motor 30 is stopped, and only the whole moving motor 25 continues to be driven. Since the above processing is repeated, 100
The rear lens group moving motor 30 is driven for 20 ms every ms.

If the storage code is not detected before the 4-second timer times out, it is determined in S1337 that the time is up. The storage code is not detected within 4 seconds when the movement of the lens is blocked for some reason, the rear group movement motor 30 and the whole movement motor 25 are stopped (S1339, S1341), and an error flag is displayed. 1 is set to indicate that an error has occurred, and the process ends.

When the storage code is detected during the above processing, the CPU 210 stops the rear group moving motor 30 (S1
363) and further stop the whole movement motor 25 (S1365
), After calling the barrier closing process to close the barrier, the lens storing process is ended. The barrier closing process is a process of closing the lens barrier by the rear lens group moving motor 30.

"Lens extension process" FIG. 34 is a flowchart of the lens extension process. In the lens extension process, the camera is in the power-on state (operating state) from the standby state.
When it becomes, the lens barrier is opened, and the lenses (the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2) are extended from the storage position to the wide end.

When the lens extension processing is called, first the barrier opening processing is called (S1403, rear group moving motor 3
Drive 0 to open the barrier. In the barrier opening process, A
If no pulse is output from the F reference pulse input circuit 222 (that is, if the rear group movement motor 30 does not rotate),
The error flag is set to 1.

In S1403, it is determined whether the error flag set in the barrier opening process is 1. The error flag becomes 1 when the barrier opening process has not been normally completed, and at this time, the lens extension process after S1405 is not performed (N: S1403) and the process returns.
The error flag becomes 0 when the barrier opening process is normally executed. In this case, the overall movement motor 25 is normally rotated next to the rear lens group L2 and the front lens group L1.
Starts driving in the tele direction (S1405).

The CPU 210 starts the driving of the whole moving motor 25 and the 4-second timer (S1407).
Monitor whether the wide end code is detected (whether the lens reaches the wide end) before the timer times out.

The CPU 210 first determines in S1409 whether or not the timer has timed out. Normally, the lens reaches the wide-angle end within 4 seconds after starting the lens extension, so the determination in S1409 is NO. Next, the zoom code input process is called (S1415), and it is determined whether the input code (zoom code corresponding to the lens position) is the tele end code (S1417). If it is not the tele end code, the wide end code It is determined whether or not (S1419).

The lens moves from the retracted position to the telephoto end within 4 seconds. Therefore, neither the tele end code nor the wide end code is detected before the 4-second timer expires.
For example, when the movement of the lens is hindered. Therefore, if it is determined that the time is up while the lens is moving (Y:
S1409), and the drive of the whole movement motor 25 is stopped (S1411
), The error flag indicates that an error has occurred 1
Is set (S1413) and the lens extension processing is ended.

In the normal extension processing, when the lens is extended, the wide end code is first detected. When the wide end code is detected (S1419), the value 0 corresponding to the wide position is set in the zoom step which is an index indicating the lens position (S1423). After that, processing for stopping the lens is performed (S1425 and later).

If the lens is continuously extended without the wide end code being detected, the lens reaches the end of the movable area and is no longer movable. In the camera 1 of the present embodiment, during the lens extension processing, if the tele end code is detected (S1417), the lens movement is stopped even if the lens continues to move without the wide end being detected (S1417). Processing after S1425). When the lens reaches the tele end, the zoom step is set to 13 which is a value corresponding to the tele end position (S1421). Therefore, in the lens extension processing, the correct value corresponding to the lens position is set in the zoom step even when the lens moves to the telephoto end.

As described above, the lens is extended,
After the zoom step is set corresponding to the lens position, processing for stopping the lens is performed in steps S1425 to S1435. In the camera of the present embodiment, the zoom code is detected and the zoom step is set to obtain the lens position. However, when the lens is stopped, the brush 9a for detecting the zoom code is always wider than the zoom code by a predetermined amount. Positioned at the edge (standby position)
It is supposed to stop at. When moving the lens for zooming or focusing, regardless of whether the moving direction is the wide end side or the tele end side,
Once the lens is moved to the tele side, the brush 9a for zoom code detection is brought into contact with the zoom code, and the zoom code is input to the CPU 210. The CPU 210 sets the amount of movement of the zoom lens based on the position where the zoom code is input. Have control.

In S1425, the zoom pulse counter is set with the first zoom pulse ZP1 having a predetermined value, and the zoom drive process is called (see FIG. 21). In the zoom drive process, the whole moving motor 25 is driven in the normal direction (the lens is moved in the direction of moving toward the tele side) to move the whole moving motor 25.
The zoom pulse input circuit 220 synchronizes with the rotation of the CPU.
By driving the whole movement motor 25 until the number of pulses output to 210 and the count value set in the zoom pulse counter match, the terminal for detecting the zoom code is wider than the position where the zoom code is detected by a predetermined amount. Advance the lens to the side and stop the lens.

As the first zoom pulse ZP1 set in the zoom pulse counter in S1425, when the lens is moved by the zoom drive processing, the brush for zoom code detection crosses the zoom code to ensure that the telephoto side The value located in the non-conducting part is used. The first zoom pulse ZP1 is also a value that satisfies the following condition. In this camera, the magnification of the finder optical system changes in conjunction with the movement of the lens. The first zoom pulse ZP1 is set so that even if the lens moves by an amount corresponding to this pulse number, it does not affect the magnification of the finder. In this embodiment,
When the shutter button is pressed, the lens moves, but the zoom pulse corresponding to the amount of lens movement at that time is set to a value that does not exceed the first zoom pulse ZP1.

After the lens is moved by the amount corresponding to the zoom pulse ZP1, it is determined whether or not the rear lens group L2 is located at the AF home position (S1429), and the rear lens group L2.
When 2 is not in the AF home position (when it is extended from the AF home position) (N: S1431), the AF return process is called to move the rear lens group L2 to the AF home position (S1431). In this way, with the rear lens group L2 positioned at the AF home position, the AF two-stage extension process (S1433
) And zoom return processing (S1435), and returns.

AF two-stage extension processing is performed by the rear lens group L2.
Is a process for feeding a predetermined amount from the AF home position. In this camera, the front lens group L is used during zooming.
After the first lens group L2 and the rear lens group L2 are moved at the same time, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are moved by the whole movement motor 25 at the time of photographing (when the shutter button is pressed halfway) to adjust the focus and the focal length. In addition to the rear group movement motor 3
Only the rear lens group L2 is moved by 0.

Since the amount of movement of the rear lens group L2 at the time of photographing is relatively large when the lens is on the wide end side, when the lens is on the wide end side, from when the shutter button is operated until the actual exposure is performed. The release time lag, which is the time difference, becomes relatively long. In order to shorten the release time lag, in the present camera, the rear group lens L2 is previously extended by a predetermined amount when the lens is positioned on the wide side where the rear group lens L2 moves relatively large. . The AF two-stage extension process is a process for this purpose, and is a process of extending the rear group lens L2 by a predetermined amount only when the lens position is on the wide side. In the present embodiment, whether or not the lens is on the wide side is determined by whether or not the zoom step is smaller than 4 (described later).

"Zoom Tele Movement Process" FIG. 35 is a flowchart relating to the zoom tele process. The relationship between the positions of the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 during zoom tele processing and the zoom code plate 13b will be described with reference to FIG. The zoom tele movement process is a process of driving the overall movement motor 25 in the direction in which the lens barrels 16, 19 and 20 project (the direction in which the focal length becomes longer), that is, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are separated from each other by an air gap. It is a process of advancing together without changing.

In this zoom tele movement process, the whole motor 25 is driven in the normal direction to detect the zoom code corresponding to the current lens position, and when the whole movement motor 25 is stopped, it is based on when the zoom code is turned on. In addition,
Whole movement motor 25 for a predetermined number of first zoom pulses ZP1
After driving the lens forward to move the lens forward (after the zoom code is turned off), it is driven in reverse, and the number of further zoom pulses is set based on when the previous zoom code is turned on / off again.
After 2 minutes of reverse rotation drive, backlash removal zoom pulse number ZP 3 minutes of normal rotation drive, and then the whole movement motor 25 is stopped. By this zoom tele movement process, the zoom lens stops during the zoom code in a state where the backlash in the forward direction is removed to some extent.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the zoom step for stopping the overall movement motor 25 is 4 or less, the rear lens group L2 is moved backward by a predetermined AF pulse number (AP1). In the present embodiment, the focal length from the wide (wide end) to the tele (tele end) is divided into 14, the wide end is zoom step 0, the tele end is zoom step 13, and the focal length between them is zoom step 1. 12 to 12 are used to manage the current lens position.

When the zoom tele movement processing is started, first, it is checked whether or not the lens is at the tele position (tele end position), and if the lens is at the tele position, telezooming is not necessary and the process returns as it is (S1501). If the lens is not in the tele position, the entire moving motor 25 is driven in the forward rotation direction (tele zoom direction), the zoom code input process is executed, and the process waits until the current zoom code corresponding to the zoom step is detected (S1501, S1503, S1505, S1507). When the current zoom code corresponding to the zoom step is detected,
Start the 2-second timer that detects the state where the whole moving motor 25 cannot rotate for a certain time (2 seconds) (S150
7, S1509).

When the 2-second timer is started, it is checked whether or not the time is up. However, since the time is not up during the normal operation, the zoom code input process is executed (S1511, S1513). Then, it is checked whether or not the zoom code has changed, and if the zoom code has not changed, the record detection check is performed as it is, and if it changes, the two-second timer is restarted and then the record detection detection is performed (S1515, S1519). Or S1515, S151
7, S1519).

If the zoom code does not change even after the elapse of a predetermined time even though the whole moving motor 25 is being driven, some abnormal state is expected, such as when the lens barrel is touching something. Therefore, after the 2-second timer is started, if the zoom code remains unchanged for 2 seconds and the 2-second timer times out, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped, 1 is set to the error flag, and the process returns (S1
511, S1537, S1539.

If the tele end code is not detected, it is judged whether or not the next zoom code is detected. If not, the process returns to S1511 and the processing of S1511 to S1519 is repeated to detect the next zoom code. Then, the zoom step is incremented by 1 and, on condition that the tele switch 62T is turned on, the process returns to S1511 and the above processing is repeated. If the tele switch 62T is turned off, the process proceeds to S1525. In other words, once this processing is entered, even if the zoom switch 62T is turned off before zooming for one zoom step, telezoom for one zoom step is performed.

When the lens reaches the telephoto end or the teleswitch 62T is turned off, the process exits to S1529 (S1525, S1529).
Or S1519, S1527, S1529). When reaching the tele end and exiting, set 13 to the zoom step (S1527).
).

In S1529, the first number of zoom pulses ZP1 having a predetermined value is set in the zoom pulse counter. Then, the zoom drive process, the AF two-stage extension process, and the zoom return process are executed and the process returns (S1529, S1531).
, S1533, S1535).

In the zoom drive processing, the total movement motor 25 is driven in the forward rotation direction (lens extension direction) by the value of the zoom pulse counter (first zoom pulse number ZP1). In the AF two-stage extension processing, when the zoom step for stopping the overall movement motor 25 is 4 or less, the rear lens group L2 is moved backward from the AF home position by a predetermined AF pulse number (AP1). After the reverse rotation of the zoom pulse number ZP2 for the time when the zoom code is turned on / off, the backlash is removed by the third zoom pulse number ZP3.
After the normal rotation driving for a minute, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped. With this zoom tele movement process, the zoom lens
With some backlash in the forward direction removed,
Stop during zoom code.

The zoom return processing is performed by the whole moving motor 2
5 reverse rotation drive, and further reverse rotation drive for the number of zoom pulses ZP2 based on when the zoom code is turned on / off, and then forward rotation for the backlash removal zoom pulse number ZP3, then stop the whole movement motor 25. Then, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are stopped at the standby position between the zoom cords.

"Zoom Wide Move Process" FIG. 36 is a flowchart relating to the zoom wide process. Front group lens L1 and rear group lens L during zoom wide processing
The relationship between the position 2 and the zoom code plate 13b will be described with reference to FIG. The zoom wide movement process is a process of driving the overall movement motor 25 in a direction in which the lens barrels 16, 19 and 20 are drawn (direction in which the focal length becomes shorter),
That is, this is a process of retracting the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 integrally without changing the air gap between them. In the zoom wide movement processing, first, the whole movement motor 2
The first zoom pulse number ZP based on when the zoom code corresponding to the current zoom step is detected by driving 5 in the forward direction
1 minute forward rotation, then reverse rotation. Then, when the whole movement motor 25 is stopped, in the zoom intermediate region, the second zoom pulse number ZP2 is further driven in the reverse direction with reference to the time when the zoom code is turned on / off, and then the backlash removal pulse PZ3 is normally driven. And then stop. This zoom wide movement process causes the lens to stop during the zoom code with backlash in the forward direction removed to some extent.

Further, in the present embodiment, when the zoom step for stopping the overall movement motor 25 is 4 or less, the rear lens group L2 is moved backward from the AF home position by a predetermined AF pulse number (AP1). Zoom pulse number based on when the zoom code is turned on / off After further reverse driving ZP2 minutes, the number of backlash removal third zoom pulse number
After the normal rotation drive for ZP3, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped. By this zoom tele movement process, the zoom lens stops during the zoom code in a state where the backlash in the forward direction is removed to some extent.

When the zoom wide movement processing is started, first, it is checked whether or not the lens is at the wide position (wide end position), and if the lens is at the wide position, zooming is not necessary and the process returns as it is (S1601).

If the lens is not in the wide position, there is a possibility that the amount of backlash may exceed the next zoom code when the lens is pushed in. Therefore, the whole moving motor 25 is rotated in the forward direction (telezoom direction). Drive to execute the zoom code input process and wait until the zoom code corresponding to the current zoom step is detected (S1601, S1603
, S1605, S1607). When the current zoom code is detected,
The whole movement motor 25 is stopped and then reversely rotated to start the 2-second timer (S1607, S1609, S1611S1613).
).

When the 2-second timer is started, it is detected whether or not the time is up, and normally the time is not up, so the zoom code input process is executed (S1615, S1).
617. Then, it checks whether the zoom code has changed, restarts the timer for 2 seconds if the zoom code has changed, and then detects the storage code without doing anything unless the zoom code has changed. Check whether or not (S1619, S1621S1623, or S1619, S1623).
If the storage code is not detected, it is checked whether the wide end code is detected. If the wide end code is not detected, it is checked whether the next zoom code is detected (S1623, S1625, S1627). If the next zoom code is not detected, the process returns to S1615 and the processes of S1615 to S1627 are repeated until the next zoom code is detected.

When the next zoom code is detected, the zoom step is decremented by one, and when the wide switch 62W is turned on, the process returns to S1615 and the above S1615 to S163.
Repeat the process of 1. When the wide end code is detected or the wide switch 62W is turned off, the process returns to S1643 to call the zoom return process (S1625, S1633S16).
35, S1637, or S1631, S1635, S1637). When the wide end code is detected and exits, the zoom step is set to 0 (S1633).

In the zoom return processing of S1635, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are returned to the standby positions before being moved by the lens drive processing in the photographing processing.

In the AF two-stage extension processing of S1637, the rear lens group L2 is moved backward from the AF home position or from the AF home position by the AF pulse AP1 according to the current zoom step.

The above is the normal operation, but if it is checked in S1623 that the storage code has been detected, such as when the lens barrel is forcibly pushed in, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped and the lens extension processing is executed. And then returns (S1623, S1639, S1641). When the 2-second timer times out, such as when the lens barrel cannot be moved due to being pressed, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped, the error flag is set to 1 and the process returns (S161).
5, S1645, S1647).

In this zoom wide movement processing, the current zoom code is detected, and the wide switch is checked after the next zoom code is detected. Therefore, once this zoom wide movement processing is entered, one zoom step Even if the wide switch 62W is turned off before zooming,
Wide zoom is performed for one zoom step.

[Photographing Process] FIG. 37 is a flowchart relating to the photographing process. The shooting process of this embodiment is
This is called when the photometric switch SWS is turned on. First, it is confirmed that the front lens group L1 is in the standby position, the release switch SWR is turned on, and then the front lens group L1.
One of the characteristics is that the first lens group L2 and the rear lens group L2 are moved to a position where the object measured at the set focal length is in focus.

When the photographing process is started, first, the zoom standby confirmation process is executed to move the front lens unit L1 to the standby position corresponding to the current focal length (S1701).

Then, the distance measurement processing is executed to obtain the photographing distance, the photometry processing is executed to obtain the subject brightness, and the AE calculation processing is executed to obtain the shutter speed, the aperture value, and the necessity / non-necessity of stroboscopic light emission (S1703). , S1705, S1707). The case where the strobe light emission is required is, for example, when the subject brightness reaches the strobe light emission level in the automatic strobe light emission mode or the strobe forced light emission mode is set. And
If it is determined that the flash firing is necessary, and if it is determined that the flash firing is necessary, the photographing charging process is executed, and when the photometry switch SWS is turned off in the photographing charging process or when the charging timer times out, the process returns. If the battery is not fully charged, execute the flashmatic calculation process and then proceed to S1717 (S1709, S1711,
S1713, S1715, S1717). If the flash is not required, skip S1711 to S1715 and proceed to S1717.

S1717 is a photometric switch SWS check,
If the photometric switch SWS is off, the process returns. If the photometric switch SWS is on, the photometric switch SW
While S is on, wait for release switch SWR to turn on (S1717, S1719).

When the release switch SWR is turned on, if the self mode is not set, the lens drive calculation process is executed as it is. In the self mode, the lens drive calculation process is executed after executing the self wait process waiting for a predetermined time (S1721). , S1725 or S1721, S1723, S172
Five ).

In the lens drive calculation process, the amount of movement (zoom pulse number) of the front lens unit L1 based on the change point of the zoom code OFF / ON is calculated from the distance measurement result and the current writing distance, and AF The movement amount (AF pulse number) of the rear lens group L2 is calculated based on the change point (AF home position) of the home signal.

Then, the lens drive processing is executed based on the movement amount of the front lens group L1 and the movement amount of the rear lens group L2 calculated by the lens drive calculation processing (S1725, S172).
7). In this lens drive processing, the rear lens group L2 is driven in parallel with the driving of the front lens group L1 and is controlled to focus on the subject.

When the lens movement is completed, in order to inform the photographer that the shutter is released, the green lamp 228 is turned on (energized) and then the exposure process is executed (S1729, S1).
731. The green lamp 228 emits light for a short time and then goes out.

After the exposure processing is completed, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are moved to the lens position before the movement in S1727.
Perform lens return processing to restore (S1733
).

Then, the film winding process is executed,
If the film is not the end, the process directly returns, and when the film end is detected, the rewinding process is executed and the process returns (S1735, S1737, S1739).

"Main Charging Process" FIG. 38 is a flowchart of the main charging process. The main charging process is shown in Fig. 2.
In the main flow shown in FIG. 9, the charging process is called (executed) when the charging request flag is 1, and is called during the main process.

The CPU 210 determines whether or not the charge prohibition timer is 0 in S1801. The charge prohibition timer is a timer that sets the time to prohibit charging,
When the light emitting capacitor 530 of the strobe circuit 231 is fully charged, the charging inhibition time of 3 seconds is set. If the charge prohibit timer is not up (N: S1801),
The charge request flag is set to 0 (S1803), and the process ends. That is, while the charging prohibition timer is counting the charging prohibition time of 3 seconds, the CPU 210 unconditionally prohibits charging without checking the charging voltage. Strobe circuit 231
Charging can be interrupted (prohibited) by setting the terminal CHEN of the L level to L level.

When the charge prohibition timer is up (Y: S1805), the CPU 210 determines whether the charge interruption flag is 1 (S1805). As will be described later, the charging interruption flag is set to 1 when the charging process is interrupted midway. In the main charging process and the photographing charging process to be described later, it is assumed that the charging process ends normally when the charging voltage reaches a predetermined value or the charging time reaches a predetermined time (8 seconds in the present camera). If charging is interrupted due to operation of another switch during charging, the remaining time obtained by subtracting the time spent for charging before the interruption from the above predetermined time (8 seconds) is stored in the memory, When the charging is reunited, it is determined whether the charging voltage reaches a predetermined value during the remaining time.

Therefore, when 1 is set in the charging interruption flag, the charging interruption flag is cleared (0 is set) and the remaining time stored in the memory is set in the charging timer to perform the charging process. I do. When the charging interruption flag is not 1, that is, when the charging process is not interrupted (N: S1805), a predetermined charging time (that is, 8 seconds) is set in the charging timer and charging is performed.

The CPU 210 turns on the charging signal to start charging (S1813). That is, the terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 231 is set to the high (H) level to start charging. The terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 231 is H
During the level, the output (corresponding to the charging voltage) of the terminal RLS of the strobe circuit 231 is A / D converted and input to the CPU 210. The CPU 210 checks the charging voltage based on the A / D converted voltage value (S1815). If the charging voltage has reached the upper limit (Y: S1817, CPU
210 sets the charging prohibition timer to the charging prohibition time of 3 seconds to prohibit charging for 3 seconds, and sets the terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 231 to low (L) to stop charging (S1821), The request flag is set to 0 and the main charging process ends.

When the CPU 210 determines in S1817 that the charging voltage has not reached the upper limit, it determines whether the charging timer has timed out (S1825). When the charging timer times out, the terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 231 is set to low (L) to stop charging (S1821
), 0 is set to the charging request flag indicating that the charging process is completed (S1823). When the charging timer times out and the main charging process ends, the charging prohibition time of 3 seconds is not set.

If the charge timer has not expired (N: S1825), the CPU 210 determines whether or not the state of any switch has changed (S1827). When a change in the switch state is detected, the charging process is interrupted and the process corresponding to the operated switch is preferentially performed. Therefore, when the CPU 210 detects a change in the switch state, it turns off the charging signal in S2819 (that is, sets the terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 231 to low), stores the remaining time indicated by the charging timer in the memory (S1831), and charges the battery. The interruption flag is set to 1 to indicate that the charging is interrupted (S1835), and the main charging process is ended. The remaining time stored in the memory in S1831 and the charging interruption flag set in S1835 are referred to when the main charging process or the shooting charging process is executed next time.

[Shutter Initialization Process] FIG. 39 is a flowchart relating to the shutter initialization process. The shutter initialization process of the present embodiment is a process in which the AE motor 29 that drives the shutter 27 is driven in the shutter closing direction to completely close the shutter blades until they come into contact with the stopper.

In this processing, first, the AE motor 29
To rotate the shutter blade 27a in the closing direction,
Wait for the AE pulse count limit time timer to time up while starting the E pulse count limit time timer and calling the AE pulse count process to detect the AE pulse (S1901, S1903, S1905).
, S1907).

When the shutter blade 27a is completely closed and the AE motor 29 becomes unrotatable, the AE pulse count limit time timer is timed up. When the time is up, the AE motor 29 is freed and the process returns (S1).
907, S1909).

Through the above processing, the shutter 27 is set to the initial position where the shutter blade 27a is completely closed.

[Zoom Code Input Process] FIG. 40 is a flowchart of the zoom code input process. The zoom code input processing is performed by A / D of the voltage from the zoom code information input circuit 219 input to the A / D input terminal of the CPU 210.
This is a process of setting the zoom code based on the converted value.

In S3201, a voltage is input from the zoom code information input circuit 219 to the A / D terminal of the CPU 210. The CPU 210 displays the A / D converted value of the input voltage as shown in FIG.
Set the zoom code corresponding to the input voltage by comparing with the threshold voltages Va to Vf shown in. The setting of the zoom code is performed as follows.

The CPU 210 compares the A / D converted value of the input voltage with the threshold voltage Va (S3203).
When the A / D converted value of the input voltage is larger than the threshold voltage Va (Y: S3203), 0 is set as the zoom code (S3205) and the process returns.

A / D converted value of input voltage is Va or less (N: S320
3) and if it is larger than Vb (Y: S3207), 5 is set to the zoom code (S3209).

A / D converted value of input voltage is Vb or less (N: S320
7) and when it is larger than Vc (Y: S3211), 4 is set to the zoom code (S3213).

A / D converted value of input voltage is Vc or less (N: S321
If it is 1) and it is larger than Vd (Y: S3215), 3 is set to the zoom code (S3217).

A / D converted value of input voltage is Vd or less (N: S321
5), and if larger than Ve (Y: S3219), 6 is set in the zoom code (S3221).

The A / D converted value of the input voltage is Ve or less (N: S321
9) and when it is larger than Vf (Y: S3223), 1 is set to the zoom code (S3225).

A / D converted value of input voltage is Vf or less (N: S322
In case of 3), 2 is set to the zoom code (S3
221).

Here, the lens storage position (zoom code = 1), which is the reference point of the lens position with respect to the code identified by Vd, Ve, and Vf in which the interval between the threshold voltages is relatively large, Wide end (zoom code =
2), tele end (zoom code = 6) is assigned. By doing this, the CPU can be
Even if there is a slight deviation in the input voltage to 210, the correct zoom code will be set, at least with respect to the reference point.

"AF Pulse Confirmation Process" FIG. 41 is a flowchart relating to the AF pulse confirmation process. The AF pulse confirmation process is a process of alternately rotating the rear group movement motor 30 in the forward and reverse directions. For example, when the rear group moving motor 30 cannot be rotated even if the rear group moving motor 30 is driven for some reason, the rear group moving motor 30 is alternately rotated in the forward and reverse directions to move the rear group moving motor 30. The obstructing cause is removed and the rear lens group can be moved. In the present embodiment, the rear group moving motor 30 is alternately rotated in the forward and reverse directions,
After confirming that the rear lens group moving motor 30 has rotated by a predetermined amount or more, the rear lens group L2 is moved to the AF home position.
When this confirmation cannot be made even after repeating the forward and reverse driving five times, or when the rear group lens L2 does not move to the AF home position within the predetermined time even if it is confirmed, the rear group movement motor 30 is stopped. Then, the error flag is set to 1.

When the AF pulse confirmation processing is started, the value of the counter that defines the maximum number of times the rear group movement motor 30 is driven alternately in the forward and reverse directions is set to 5 (S3301).

First, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is started in the forward direction (rear lens group rearward direction), the value of the AF pulse counter is set to 50, the AF pulse count process is performed, and the AF pulse is detected. Wait for 50 to be output (S3
303, S3305, S3307). AF pulse counter value is 0
Then, the rear group movement motor 30 is stopped (S3309
).

If the OK flag is checked, that is, if the AF pulse is output 50 times, it is checked whether the rear lens group L2 is at the AF home position (S3311, S3329). If it is in the AF home position, it returns, but if it is not in the AF home position,
The rear lens group moving motor 30 is reversely driven (the rear lens group L2 is AF-driven).
Start the 500ms timer by moving in the direction of the home position (S3331, S3335). Normally, the rear lens group L2 reaches the AF home position before the 500 ms timer times out, so when the rear lens group L2 reaches the AF home position, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is stopped and the process returns (S3335, S3337, S3339). Here, if 500m
s The rear lens group L2 is A before the timer expires.
When the F home position is not reached, the rear group movement motor 3
Stop 0, set 1 in the error flag, and return (S3335, S3341, S3343).

The above is the normal processing, but if the rear lens group L2 does not move easily, the following processing is executed. In the AF pulse count processing of S3307, when the AF pulse is not output for the predetermined time even though the rear group moving motor 30 is being driven, the rear group moving motor 30 cannot rotate due to biting, etc.
Clear the flag. Therefore, the process proceeds from S3311 to S3313. After proceeding to S3313, after waiting 100 ms, the rear group moving motor 30 is driven in reverse (S3315).
Then, the value of the AF pulse counter is set to 50, and the AF
A pulse count process is performed to stop the rear lens group moving motor 30 (S3317, S3319, S3321). In the AF pulse count processing, when 50 AF pulses are output, O
The K flag is set, and the OK flag is cleared when the AF pulse is not output for the predetermined time. Therefore, by the reverse rotation of the rear lens group moving motor 30, the rear lens group L
When 2 has moved, the process proceeds to S3329, and when 2 has not moved, the process proceeds to S3325.

In S3325, the counter is decremented by 1, and if the counter is not 0, the process returns to S3303 to repeat the processing from S3303. When the counter reaches 0, that is, when the rear lens group L2 does not move even after the forward / reverse driving of the rear group moving motor 30 is repeated 5 times, some abnormality may occur in the lens driving system. Therefore, the rear group movement motor 30 is stopped, the error flag is set to 1 and the process returns (S3327, S3341, S3343).

[AF Return Processing] FIG. 42 is a flowchart of the AF return processing. The AF return process is a process of returning the rear lens group L2 to the AF home position.

In the AF return processing, the rear lens group moving motor 39 is driven in the reverse direction (lens advancing direction) to move the rear lens group L2 forward toward the AF home position, and the rear lens group L2 is moved to the AF home position. Wait until it reaches (S3401,
S3403).

When it is detected via the photo interrupter 301 that the rear lens group L2 has reached the AF home position,
The driving of the rear group movement motor 30 is changed to the low speed reverse rotation driving, the counter is set to 10, and the counter is decremented by 1 every time the rising edge of the AF pulse is counted, and the counter value becomes 0. Wait (S3405, S340
7, S3409, S3411, S3413).

When the counter reaches 0, the rear group movement motor 30 is stopped (S3413, S3415). This ensures that the rear lens group L2 stops at the AF home position.

In this embodiment, the rear lens group L2 is an AF lens.
After the pulse reaches the home position, the driving of the group moving motor 30 is continued for another 10 pulses, but this is because the driving pulse count of the rear group lens L2 is based on the switching of the AF home signal. This is to reliably bring the rear lens group L2 to the AF home position in this state (see FIGS. 26 to 28).

"Barrier Closing Process" FIG. 43 is a flowchart of the barrier closing process. The barrier closing process is a process for closing the barrier when the lens is stored. First to the counter
Set 3 which is the number of times the opening / closing process is repeated when a problem described later occurs. In this embodiment, the rear group moving motor 3 determines whether the barrier closing process is normally completed.
It is determined based on whether 0 has rotated by a predetermined amount in the normal rotation direction (that is, whether the rear group movement motor 30 has been driven to rotate normally and a predetermined number of AF pulses have been counted).

If the rear lens group moving motor 30 is driven in the normal direction, a predetermined number of AF pulses are applied to the AF reference pulse input circuit 22.
When not input from 2, it is possible that the barrier was not closed for some reason or the barrier close process was executed with the barrier already closed.

Therefore, in the present embodiment, when the rear group moving motor 30 is driven in the normal direction and a predetermined number of AF pulses are not counted, the rear group moving motor 30 is once moved in the reverse direction by a predetermined amount ( Drive only enough to open the closed barrier) and then again the rear group move motor 3
0 is normally driven. The number of times set in S3501 is a value for limiting the number of times of execution of the process of once driving the rear group movement motor 30 in the reverse direction and then again in the forward direction.

In S3503, the rear group moving motor 30 is driven in the normal direction (driving in the direction in which the barrier is closed), the AF pulse counter is set to 300 (S3505), and the AF pulse counting process is called (S3507). The AF pulse count process is a process of decrementing the AF pulse counter set in S3505 based on the pulse signal output from the AF reference pulse input circuit 222 to the CPU 210 in synchronization with the rotation of the rear lens group moving motor 30.

In the AF pulse count processing, when no pulse is output or the decremented count value of the AF pulse counter becomes 0 within a predetermined time, the processing is ended.

When the AF pulse count processing is completed, the rear group moving motor 30 is stopped (S3509, and it is determined whether the remaining AF pulse count decremented by the AF pulse counter processing is less than 100 (S3511).

In S3511, if the value of the AF pulse counter is less than 100 (that is, if the AF pulse count processing is decremented by 200 or more),
The barrier closing process is terminated by determining that the barrier is normally closed. If the AF pulse counter value is 100 or more (N: S3511), it is considered that the rear lens group moving motor 30 does not rotate for some reason, and the rear lens group moving motor 30 is once moved in the reverse direction (barrier opening direction). The obstacle is removed by rotating it to the normal direction and rotating it again in the forward direction.

The counter is decremented in S3513, and unless the counter becomes 0, the process proceeds to S3519. In S3519, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is rotated in the reverse direction, the AF pulse counter is set to 300, and the AF pulse counting process is called. When the AF pulse counting process is completed, the rear group moving motor 30 is stopped, and the process returns to S3503 to rotate the rear group moving motor 30 in the normal direction, set the AF pulse counter, execute the AF pulse counting process, and perform the rear group moving motor 3
0 stop (S3503, S3505, S3507, S3509
), Again based on the value of the AF pulse counter, it is determined whether or not the barrier is closed (S3511). In the present embodiment, since the counter is set to 3 in S3501, the above retry processing is repeated twice when the barrier is not closed.

If the barrier is closed in the meantime, at S3511 A
The F pulse counter becomes less than 100 (Y: S3511), and the barrier closing process ends. Further, if the AF pulse counter does not become less than 100 until the end of the repetition (Y: S3515), it is determined that the barrier has not been closed, 1 is set in the error flag to indicate that an abnormality has occurred, and the barrier is closed. The process ends.

[Barrier Opening Process] FIG. 44 is a flowchart of the barrier opening process. The barrier opening process is a process for opening the barrier when the lens is extended from the storage position.

First, 3 which is the number of times the process is repeated is set in the counter (S3601). Normally, the barrier open process is called with the barrier closed. However, for example, with the lens extended (ie with the barrier open)
When the battery of the camera is replaced, the barrier opening process is executed while the barrier is open. Alternatively, the barrier opening process may be called without closing the barrier when the lens is stored due to some obstacle. When the rear group motor 30 is driven to open the barrier while the barrier is open, the rear group moving motor 30 does not rotate and the AF reference pulse input circuit 222 does not generate a pulse because the barrier is already open. It will be.

Therefore, in this process, first, the rear group moving motor 30 is driven so as to open the barrier, and it is not confirmed that the barrier is opened (AF reference pulse input circuit 2).
22 does not output a pulse to the CPU 210),
After driving the rear group moving motor 30 in the direction of closing the barrier, the rear group moving motor 30 is driven in the direction of opening the barrier again. The number of times of setting the counter in S3601 is performed when it is not possible to confirm that the barrier is opened when the rear group moving motor 30 is first driven, which is the process of once closing the barrier and then opening the barrier again. It is a value for limiting the number of executions.

First, in S3603, the rear lens group moving motor 30
Is reversed (driving in the direction in which the barrier opens), the AF pulse counter is set to 300 (S3605), and the AF pulse counting process is called (S3607). The AF pulse count process is a process of decrementing the set AF pulse counter based on the pulse signal output from the AF reference pulse input circuit 222 in synchronization with the rotation of the rear lens group moving motor 30.

In the AF pulse count processing, no pulses are output from the AF reference pulse input circuit 222 to the CPU 210 or a decremented AF is performed within a predetermined time.
When the count value of the pulse counter reaches 0, the process ends. When the AF pulse count process is completed, the rear group movement motor 30 is stopped, and it is determined whether the remaining AF pulse count decremented by the AF pulse counter process is less than 100.

If the value of the AF pulse counter is less than 100 (that is, if the count value is decremented by 200 or more in the AF pulse count process), it is determined that the barrier has normally opened, and the barrier open process is performed. finish.

If the AF pulse counter value is 100
In the above case, it is considered that the rear group moving motor 30 does not rotate for some reason, and the rear group moving motor 30 is once rotated in the normal rotation direction (the direction in which the barrier is closed) and then reversely rotated again to remove the obstacle. I am trying.

First, the counter is decremented (S3613
), Unless the counter reaches 0 (N: S3615), S3619
Processing proceeds to In S3619, the rear group movement motor 30 is rotated in the reverse direction, the AF pulse counter is set to 300, and AF is performed.
The pulse count process is called (that is, the rear group movement motor 30 is driven so as to close the barrier). When the AF pulse counting process of S3623 is completed, the rear group moving motor 30 is stopped (S3625), and the process returns to S3603 to reverse the rear group moving motor 30, set the AF pulse counter, execute the AF pulse counting process, and perform the rear group. The movement motor 30 is stopped, and it is determined again based on the value of the AF pulse counter whether the barrier has been opened.

In this embodiment, since the counter is set to 3, if the barrier does not open (N: S3611)
), The processing from S3619 to S3625 to S3609 is 2
Repeat times. If the barrier opens during this time, AF is performed at S3611.
The pulse counter becomes less than 100, and the barrier opening process ends. If the AF pulse counter does not become less than 100 until the end of the repetition, it is determined that the barrier has not been opened, the error flag is set to 1 indicating an abnormal occurrence, and the barrier opening process ends.

[Zoom Drive Processing] FIG. 45 is a flowchart of the zoom drive processing. The zoom drive process is a process of driving and controlling the overall movement motor 25 in the forward rotation direction (lens extension direction) by the value of the zoom pulse counter in order to focus the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 on the object distance. Yes (see FIG. 22).

When the zoom drive processing is started, first, the value of the zoom pulse counter is stored as a zoom pulse (3701). Then, the zoom sequence is set to 0, the whole movement motor 25 is started in the normal direction (driving in the forward direction), the drive check process is performed and the zoom sequence becomes 5 and then the process returns.
(S3703, S3705, S3707, S3709).

The zoom sequence is an identifier for identifying the state of the operation sequence of the overall movement control circuit 60, and 0 is the zoom code switching detection state which is the count reference of the zoom pulse, and 1 and 2 are the zoom pulse. FIG. 23 shows a state in which counting is performed, 3 is a reverse brake drive state, 4 is a short brake state, and 5 is a terminal open state (inoperative state), and a series of zoom drive sequences is completed (FIG. 23). , 24).

"AF2-stage feed-out processing" FIG.
It is a flow chart of stage delivery processing. The AF two-stage extension process is a process executed when the focal length of the lens is changed, and when the lens is positioned on the wide side, the rear group lens 30 is previously extended by a predetermined amount (AP1) from the AF home position. This is the process of saving.

When the AF 2-stage feed processing is called,
The CPU 210 determines whether or not the rear lens group L2 is currently in a state of being extended by a predetermined amount by the AF two-stage extending process (S3801). The lens moved to the wide-angle end side (zoom step 4
(Less than 1), the rear lens group is extended by a predetermined amount and 1 is set in the two-stage extension flag. Also,
If the zoom step is 4 or more when the AF two-stage extension processing is executed last time, the rear lens group is not extended (positioned at the AF home position), and the two-stage extension flag is set to 0. ing.

If the AF 2-stage feed process is called and the 2-stage feed flag is set to 1 (Y: S380
1) Then, the CPU 210 determines whether or not the zoom step corresponding to the current lens position is larger than 4 (S3
895). When the zoom step is larger than 4 (when the rear lens group and the front lens group are on the telephoto side), the AF return process is called to output the rear lens group L2 already extended.
Is returned to the AF home position, the two-stage extended flag is cleared (set to 0), and the process returns (S3807, S380).
9). If the current zoom step is 4 or less, it is necessary to extend the rear lens group L2.
The rear lens group L2 when the F2 stage extension processing is executed
Has been paid out and returns here without doing anything.

If the two-stage feed-out flag is not 1 in S3801 (that is, 0 is set),
The rear lens group is located at the AF home position at the time when the previous two-stage AF process is completed. In this case, the CPU 210 determines whether the zoom step is 4 or less (S3803), and when the zoom step exceeds 4 (N: S3803), there is no need to extend the rear lens group L2 ( (Because the AF home position can remain the same),
The process of extending the rear lens group L2 is not performed, and the process directly returns. When the zoom step is 4 or less (that is, when the lens is located on the wide side), (Y: S3809
), The rear lens group L2 is extended, but at this time, the processing method differs depending on whether or not the lens is at the wide end.

First, it is determined whether or not the zoom step is 0 (that is, whether or not the lens is located at the wide end) (S3811). When the lens is located at the wide end, the rear lens group moving motor 30 may be connected to the barrier opening / closing mechanism and may not be connected to the rear lens group moving mechanism. That is, when the rear lens group moving motor 30 is driven with the lens positioned at the wide end, the rear lens group L2 may not be driven and the barrier may be opened and closed.

On the other hand, when the lens is on the tele side from the wide end, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is always connected to the rear lens group driving mechanism. Therefore, when the lens is not located at the wide end (that is, when the zoom step is not 0) (N: S3811), the AF pulse counter has a predetermined value AP.
By setting 1 (S3823) and calling the AF drive processing (S3825), the rear lens group L2 can be projected from the AF home position by an amount corresponding to the AF pulse number AP1. After the rear lens group L2 is extended, the CPU2
10 sets the two-stage feed processing completed flag to 1 and returns.

When the zoom step is 0 (that is, when the lens is located at the wide end) (Y: S3811), the rear lens group moving motor 30 may be connected to the barrier opening / closing mechanism as described above. There is. However, it is guaranteed that the rear lens group moving motor 30 is connected to the rear lens group moving mechanism only when the AF two-stage extension processing is called during the lens return processing. For this reason, in S3813, the process is branched by the zoom return flag indicating whether or not the AF two-stage extension process being executed is the process called in the lens return process. When the AF two-stage extension process being executed is called in the lens return process, 1 is set in the zoom return flag. In this case, only the rear lens group is driven (S3823, S3825).

On the other hand, if the AF two-stage extension process being executed is called in a routine other than the lens return process, the zoom return flag is set to 0.
Is set, and the CPU 210 executes the processing from S3815.

The CPU 210 causes the zoom pulse counter and the AF pulse counter to have predetermined values ZP1 and AP, respectively.
Set 1 (S3815, S3817), call the lens drive processing (S3819), first drive the overall movement motor 25 to drive the front lens group and the rear lens group by the amount corresponding to the zoom pulse ZP1, and the rear lens group. After driving the moving motor 30 to drive the rear lens group by an amount corresponding to the AF pulse AP1, in the zoom return process (S3821), the entire moving motor 25 is driven to move the front group and the rear group by an amount corresponding to ZP1. I am returning the lens. That is, the lens is once moved to the tele side by a predetermined amount so that the rear lens group moving motor 30 is surely engaged with the drive mechanism of the rear lens group L2, and then the rear lens group moving motor is driven to extend the rear lens group. After that, by returning the lens to the wide side by a predetermined amount, as a result, only the rear group lens L2 is moved to the tele side.

As described above, at the time when the AF two-stage extension processing is completed, when the lens is on the wide side (when the zoom step is 4 or less), the rear lens group L2 is extended by a predetermined amount and is extended by two stages. 1 is set in the done flag. When the lens is on the tele side (zoom step is 4
(When it is larger), the rear lens group L2 is located at the AF home position and 0 is set in the two-stage extended flag.

[Zoom Return Processing] FIG. 47 is a flowchart of the zoom return processing. The zoom return process is a process of returning the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 to the standby positions before being moved by the lens drive processing in the photographing processing. That is, the total movement motor 25 is reversed by the second zoom pulse number ZP2 from the storage position side switching point of the current zoom code to return the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 to the standby position, and the whole movement motor 25 is moved to the first position. This is a process in which the zoom pulse number ZP3 is normally rotated and the backlash is removed to some extent and then stopped (see the lens drive in FIG. 22).

When the zoom return processing is started, it is checked whether or not the number of pulses stored in the zoom pulse memory is less than the first zoom pulse number ZP1. Direction rotation), and the number of pulses obtained by subtracting the number of drive pulses stored in the zoom pulse memory from the first zoom pulse number ZP1 is set in the zoom pulse counter, the zoom pulse count process is executed, and the zoom pulse counter becomes 0. When it becomes 0, that is, when the first zoom pulse number ZP1 is driven from the switching point of the current zoom code, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped (S3901, S3905, S3907, S3909, S391).
1). This is because when the lens is stopped near the tele-side switching point of the current zoom code, the zoom code may become unstable at the beginning of energization of the overall movement motor 25 and the standby position may be displaced, so this is prevented. In order to ensure that the zoom code is turned off, the first zoom pulse number ZP
Rotate forward for 1 minute. If the error flag is set to 1, the process returns. If the error flag is not set to 1, the process proceeds to S3915 (S3911, S3913).

If the number of drive pulses stored in the zoom pulse memory is equal to the first zoom pulse number ZP1, the lens has moved to the position where the current zoom code is turned off. Skip (S3901, S3903, S3915).

In S3915, the whole moving motor 25 is rotated in the reverse direction (rotation in the wide direction). Then, the zoom code input process is called to detect the zoom code, and it is checked whether the wide code, the storage code, or the current zoom code is detected (S3917, S3923, S3929).
). When the wide code is detected, the lens wide position is set, when the storage code is detected, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped, the lens feeding process is executed, and then the process returns (S3919, S3921, S3923, or S3923,
S3925, S3927).

When the current zoom code is detected, zoom code input processing is executed (S3929, S3931). And OF
Wait for the F code to be detected (the current zoom code is OFF), and when the OFF code is detected, set the second zoom pulse number ZP2 in the zoom pulse counter, call the zoom pulse count process, and set the zoom pulse counter to 0. Wait until it becomes (S3931, S3933).

When returning from the zoom pulse count processing, the whole moving motor 25 is stopped (S3937, S3939).
). When the error flag is set to 1 (when the zoom pulse counter returns without becoming 0), it returns as it is, and when the error flag is not set (when the zoom pulse counter becomes 0 and returns) Drives the overall movement motor 25 in the normal direction, sets the backlash removal pulse number ZP3 in the zoom pulse counter, calls the zoom pulse count process, and waits for the zoom pulse counter to reach 0 (S3941, S3943, S3).
945, S3947). When the process returns from the zoom pulse counting process, the whole moving motor 25 is stopped and the process returns (S3947, S3949).

As described above, by the zoom return process, the front lens group L1 is moved to the standby position (OFF position) retracted by the second zoom pulse number ZP2 from the trailing edge of the current zoom code. At this standby position, backlash when the overall movement motor 25 rotates in the tele direction is almost eliminated.

[Zoom Standby Confirmation Process] FIG. 48 is a flowchart relating to the zoom wait confirmation process. The zoom standby confirmation process is a process that is called in the shooting process, confirms whether the lens is in the correct standby position when the photometric switch SWS is turned on, and moves the lens to the correct standby position if the lens is not in the correct standby position. . The process from S3931 of the zoom confirmation process is the same as the zoom return process.

Upon entering the zoom standby confirmation processing, first, the zoom code input processing is called to input the zoom code,
If the current zoom code cannot be detected, it is considered that the lens is in the correct standby position, and the process directly returns (S4001, S4003). If you can detect the current zoom code,
Since the lens is moving from the correct standby position, the overall moving motor 25 is rotated in the reverse direction (rotation in the wide direction), the process proceeds to S3931, and the zoom code input process is executed (S4003, S400).
5, S3931).

Then, it waits until the OFF code of the zoom code is detected. When the OFF code is detected, the second zoom pulse number ZP2 is set in the zoom pulse counter, the zoom pulse count processing is called, and the zoom pulse counter becomes 0. Wait until (S3931S3933).

Upon returning from the zoom pulse count processing, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped (S3937, S393).
9). When the error flag is set (when the zoom pulse counter returns without becoming 0), it returns as it is. When the error flag is not set (when the zoom pulse counter becomes 0 and returns), it returns as a whole. The moving motor 25 is driven in the forward direction, the backlash removal pulse ZP3 is set in the zoom pulse counter, the zoom pulse count process is called, and the zoom pulse counter waits until it reaches 0 (S3941, S3943, S394).
5, S3947). Then, when returning from the zoom pulse counting process, the whole movement motor 25 is stopped and the process returns (S3947S3949).

As described above, in the zoom standby confirmation processing, the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are set to a predetermined position more than the wide side switching position of the current zoom code on condition that the current zoom code corresponding to the zoom step is detected. Move it to the shooting standby position that has moved backwards.

[Photographing Charge Processing] FIG. 49 is a flowchart of the photographing charge processing. The shooting charging process is a charging process performed when the photometric switch is turned on, and is a charging process that is called when it is determined in the shooting process that strobe light emission is necessary.

When the photographing charging process is called, the CPU 21
In 0, it is determined whether the charge prohibition timer is 0 in S4101. The charge prohibition timer is a timer for measuring a period for prohibiting charging, and in the main charging process of FIG. 29, when the light emitting capacitor 530 of the strobe circuit 231 is fully charged, the charge prohibition time of 3 seconds is set. That is, when the charge prohibition timer has not timed out (not 0), the charging of the strobe light emitting capacitor 530 is prohibited and the capacitor 530 is prohibited.
Is almost fully charged and is ready for flash firing. Therefore, if the charge prohibition timer has not timed out (N: S4101), the charge OK flag is set to 1 (S4103) and the charge request flag is set to 0. (S4104
), And ends the shooting and charging process and returns.

If the charge prohibition timer has timed out (N: S4101), it means that the strobe circuit 231 has not been fully charged, or has been three seconds or more after being fully charged. At this time, since charging is not prohibited, the CPU 210 sets the charging OK flag to 0 in S4103, and then executes the processing for charging after S4105.

The CPU 210 determines in S4105 whether the charge interruption flag is set to 1. If the switch operation is performed during the execution of the main charging process, the charging process is interrupted and the process corresponding to the operated switch is performed. At that time, the charge interruption flag is set to 1.

When the charging interruption flag is set to 0, that is, when the main charging processing is not interrupted (N: S4105), the charging timer is limited to a predetermined time limit (8 seconds) in order to limit the charging time. ) Is set. If the charging interruption flag is set to 1 (Y: S4105), the charging is restarted, so the charging interruption flag is cleared (set to 0), and when the charging is interrupted in the charging timer. Set the remaining time of the charging time limit (S4107, S410
9). That is, when the charging is interrupted, a predetermined charging time limit (8 seconds) is already set in the charging process before the interruption.
Since some of them have already been spent on charging, a predetermined charging time limit (8
By setting the remaining time of the already spent time out of the second) as the charging time, as a result, when the charging is performed for a predetermined charging time, the charging is ended by the time-up.

When the time is set in the charge timer in S4111 or S4109, the CPU 210 next sets the red lamp blinking flag to 1 and causes the red lamp 227 to blink. In the main charging process, the charging of the condenser 530 for strobe light emission is executed without being recognized by the photographer, but the charging in the photographing charging process is executed while the photographer half-presses the shutter button 217. It is preferable to indicate to the photographer that charging is in progress.
For this reason, in the photographing and charging process, the red lamp 227 is made to blink so that the photographer can recognize that the battery is being charged.

When the charge timer is set, the charge signal is turned on (that is, the terminal CHE of the strobe circuit 231).
The N level is set to H) and charging is started (S4115).
The output (corresponding to the charging voltage) of the terminal RLS of the strobe circuit 231 is A / D converted and input to the CPU 210. C
The PU 210 checks the A / D converted charging voltage (S4117). If the charging voltage has reached a level at which strobe light can be emitted (Y: S4119), the CPU 210
The charging OK flag is set to 1 (S4121) to indicate that strobe emission is possible, charging is stopped by setting the terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 500 to low (L) (S4123), and the red lamp blinking flag is set. Is set to 0 to stop the blinking of the red lamp (S4125), and the photographer is made aware that the charging process has been completed (that is, the state in which the flash cannot be fired-the image is ready).

When the CPU 210 determines in S4119 that the charging voltage has not reached the voltage value capable of strobe light emission, the CPU 210 next determines whether or not the charging timer has timed out (S4127). When the charging timer times out, the terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 500 is set to low (L) to stop charging (S4123) and the red lamp blinking flag is set to 0.
To stop flashing the red lamp (S4125).
Note that when the time is up in S4127, the charging voltage has not reached the level at which light can be emitted, so the charging OK flag is not set to 1.

If the charge timer has not timed out (N: S4127), the CPU 210 determines whether the photometric switch has been turned off (S4129). If the photometric switch is ON, the processing from S4117 to S4129 is repeated. That is, while the shutter button is pressed at least halfway, charging is performed until the charging voltage reaches a level at which light emission is possible or the charging time limit (8 seconds) elapses.

If it is determined in S4129 that the photometric switch is off, that is, if the half-pressed state of the shutter button is released during charging (N: S4129), the CPU
210 turns off the charging signal in S4131 (that is, sets the terminal CHEN of the strobe circuit 500 to low) and stores the remaining time indicated by the charging timer in the memory (S4133,
The charging interruption flag is set to 1 to indicate that the charging is interrupted (S4135), and the charging request flag is set to 1 to execute the continuation of the charging processing interrupted in the main charging processing (S4137). The red lamp blinking flag is set to 0 to stop the blinking of the red lamp 227, and the photographing charging process ends. As described above, the remaining time, the charge interruption flag, and the charge request flag stored in the S4133 memory are referred to when the main charge process is executed.

[Focus Adjustment Process] FIG. 50 is a flowchart relating to the focus adjustment process. In the focus adjustment process, the overall movement motor 25 is driven in the forward rotation direction (lens extension direction) based on the overall movement motor drive pulse number and the rear group movement motor drive pulse number calculated by the lens drive calculation process, and the rear group movement is performed. This is a process of driving the moving motor 30 in the normal direction (lens retracting direction in which the rear lens group L2 retracts) to move the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 to the in-focus position (see lens drive in FIG. 22). . The focus adjustment process is performed by the whole movement motor 2
It is characterized in that both 5 and the rear group moving motor 30 are driven simultaneously (parallel driving).

When the focus adjustment process is started, first, the zoom pulse counter value (calculated by the lens drive calculation process,
The total movement motor 25 writes the driving pulse number from the storage side switching point of the current zoom code) to the zoom pulse memory (S4201). Then, the zoom sequence is set to 0, the whole movement motor 25 is started in the forward rotation direction, and the drive check process is performed to set the zoom sequence to 1.
That is, it waits until the current zoom code is detected (from OFF to ON), and when the zoom sequence becomes 1, the AF sequence is set to 0 (S4203, S4205, S4207, S4209, S421).
1).

Then, after the rear group moving motor 30 is driven in the normal direction, it is checked whether the value of the AF pulse counter is less than 50. If it is less than 50, the control of the rear group moving motor 30 is controlled at low speed. Change to (PWM control), and if the value is 50 or more, proceed to the zoom drive check processing (S4213, S4215, S4217, S4219 or S4213S42).
15, S4219).

Wait for both the zoom sequence and the AF sequence to become 5, and when both become 5 (when the whole moving motor 25 and the rear group moving motor 30 stop)
Return (S4219, S4221, S4223, S4225).

As described above, since the focus adjusting process drives both the whole moving motor 25 and the rear group moving motor 30 at the same time, the front group lens L1 and the rear group lens L2 are moved to the in-focus position, which is necessary for focusing. Time is reduced.

[Exposure Process] FIGS. 51 to 53 are flowcharts relating to the exposure process. The exposure process is called (executed) when the release switch SWR is turned on. In this exposure processing, correction processing related to the shutter, initial position confirmation processing of the shutter, and the like are executed, and then the shutter is opened and exposure is performed.

When the exposure processing is started, first, it is checked whether or not the AE adjustment is completed. If the AE adjustment is not completed or if the AE data is less than 10 Ev even if the AE adjustment is completed, it is determined based on the AE data obtained by the AE calculation processing. , AE timer time is selected from fixed data stored in ROM (S
4301, S4305 or S4301, S4303, S4305). If the AE adjustment is completed and the AE data is 10 Ev or more, the AE timer time is determined from the adjustment data read in the reset processing based on the AE data obtained in the AE calculation processing (S4301, S4303, S4307). AE data is 10E
Using fixed data in ROM when less than v
When it is less than 10 Ev, the shutter opening time is long, the influence of the error is extremely small, and the data on the ROM can be processed in a shorter time.

Next, it is checked whether FM adjustment has been completed,
If FM adjustment has not been completed, RO based on FM data
Select the FM timer time from the fixed data on M, and
If the adjustment has been completed, the data read in the adjustment data reading process during the reset process is used (S4309, S4311 or S4309, S4313).

When the timer setting is completed, first, the shutter initial position confirmation processing is executed (S4315, S4317,
S4319, S4321). That is, the AE motor is rotated in the reverse direction to drive the shutter blade 27a in the closing direction, the AE pulse count limit time timer is started, and the AE pulse count processing is executed and waits until the time is up (S4315, S4317, S4319, S4321). Shutter blade 2
When 7a is completely closed and cannot move, the AE motor cannot rotate, so the time is up.

When the time is up, the AE motor 29 is normally rotated to drive the shutter in the opening direction, and the AE pulse count limit time timer is started (S4323, S4325).
). Then, the AE pulse count process is executed to
Waiting until the counting of the reference pulse is completed by the AE pulse counting process while checking whether the pulse count limit time timer has timed up (S4
327, S4329, S4331).

Here, if the AE pulse count limit time timer times out, A
Since the rotation of the E motor 29 is blocked, the shutter error flag is set, the AE motor 29 is freed (non-energized), and the process returns (S4329, S4333. S4335.
). Since the shutter blade 27a starts to open around the time when the counting of the reference pulse ends, the AE timer and the FM timer are started and the light emission end flag is cleared (S4335, S4337, S4339, S4341).

Then, it is checked whether the light emission end flag is set or in the light emission mode. When the strobe does not emit light, the light emission end flag remains cleared and is not in the light emission mode, so the AE timer times up. Wait for (S4343, S4345, S4347).

When the AE timer times out, the AE motor 29 is reversely rotated (shutter closing direction rotation) to start the shutter blade closing operation and the AE pulse count limit time timer is started (provided that the valve mode is not set). S4371, S4373). Then, waiting for the AE pulse counter to time up while executing the AE pulse count process, that is, for the shutter blade 27a to close and the AE motor 29 to stop, and when the time has expired, the AE motor 29 is freed and then the return is performed. Yes (S4375, S4377, S4379). In bubble mode,
While the photometric switch SWS is turned on, the AE motor 29 is made free to wait for the photometric switch SWS to be turned off in order to prevent an overload on the AE motor 29 (S4
365, S4367, S4369).

Since the flash mode is the flash mode, the flow advances from S4345 to S4349 to check if the flash is being emitted. Since it is not flashing initially, wait for the FM timer to time up (S4349, S4351, S4
347, S4313, S4345). Normally, the FM timer is shorter than the AE timer, so the FM timer times up first. When the FM timer times out,
Starts light emission and 2ms timer (S43
51, S4353, S4355). The 2 ms timer is a timer for waiting for the strobe to completely emit light, and the waiting time varies depending on the characteristics of the strobe and is not limited to 2 ms.

When the light emission is started, the light emission is in progress, so wait for the 2 ms timer to time up (S4349
, S4357, S4347, S4343, S4345). When the 2ms timer times out, the light emission is stopped, the light emission end flag is set, and the charge request flag is set (S4357, S4
359, S4361, S4363). Then, since the light emission end flag is set, it waits until the AE timer times out (S4343, S4347).

[Lens Return Process] FIG. 54 is a flowchart of the lens return process. The lens return process is a process of returning the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2, which have been moved to the in-focus position during the shooting process, to the positions before the shooting process. The front lens group L1 is returned from the wide-side switching point of the zoom code corresponding to the zoom step for identifying the current focal length to the standby position retracted toward the storage position by the second zoom pulse ZP2, and the rear lens group L2 is moved to the zoom step. Is 5 or more, the AF home position is returned to, and when the zoom step is 0 to 4, the AF pulse number AP1 is extended (retracted) from the AF home position.
This is a process of moving to a position.

Upon entering this lens return processing, the AF return processing is called to return the rear lens group L2 to the AF home position, and then the lens return flag is set to set A.
When the zoom code is 5 or more, the rear lens group L2 is called as it is, and when the zoom code is 4 or less, the AF pulse AP1 is extended (retracted) and the zoom return flag is cleared (set to 0). The zoom return process is called to move the front lens unit Ll to the standby position of the current zoom code and return (S4401,
S4403, S4405, S4407, S4409).

[Lens Drive Calculation Process] FIG. 55 is a flowchart of the lens drive calculation process. The lens drive calculation process corresponds to the current zoom step the number of pulses for driving the overall movement motor 25 and the rear group movement motor 30 based on the subject distance (or shooting distance) and the current zoom step obtained by the distance measurement processing. This processing is performed as the number of zoom pulses from the wide side switching point (OFF / ON point) of the current zoom code and the number of AF pulses from the AF home position. In the focus adjustment of the present embodiment, the driving direction of the whole moving motor 25 is a direction to advance (feed out) the front lens group L1, and the driving direction of the rear group moving motor 30 is to move the rear lens group L2 to the AF home. It is a direction of moving backward from the position (away from the front lens group L1).

Further, in this embodiment, focusing is performed in three modes. Whole movement motor 2 at wide end
5, the whole focusing is performed by moving the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 integrally (first mode),
At the tele end, the rear lens group moving motor 30 causes the rear lens group L2 to move.
Rear group focusing is performed to move only the third group (3rd aspect), and the entire moving motor 25 is moved between the wide end and the tele end.
The front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are moved by, and the rear lens group moving motor 30 moves the rear lens group L2 (so that the absolute position with respect to the camera does not change).
Front group focusing for moving is performed (second mode).

When the lens drive calculation processing is started, the reference lens movement amount (pulse number) Δ2T is calculated based on the subject distance obtained by the current zoom step and distance measurement processing (S4501). Next, it is determined whether the current zoom step is 0 (wide end), 1 to 12 (wide end), or 13 (tele end), and pulse calculation processing according to the zoom step is executed (S4503). , S4505, S4507, S450
9, S4511, S4513, S4515). At the wide end, the entire focusing is performed, so (a × ΔX2T) is set in the zoom pulse counter and 0 is set in the AF pulse counter (S4505, S4507). If it is in the middle, front group focusing is performed, so the zoom pulse counter displays (b × Δ
X2T), and the AF pulse counter is (c × ΔX2T)
Set (S4509, S4511). At the tele end, rear group focusing is performed, so 0 is set in the zoom pulse counter and (ΔX2T) is set in the AF pulse counter (S4513, S4515). The symbols a, b, c and ΔX are predetermined correction coefficients.

When the setting of the pulse counter is completed, A
Correction value X2 according to the focal length to the value of the F pulse counter
f is added (S4517). Further, the adjustment data is read from the EEPROM 230, and the adjustment data is added to the AF pulse counter and the zoom pulse counter (S4519, S4521).
). Further, it is checked whether or not the AF two-stage extended flag is set, and when it is set, the rear lens group L2 has already been extended (retreated) from the AF home position by the AF pulse number AP1.
AP1 is subtracted from the AF pulse counter.

Through the above processing, the number of drive pulses of the whole moving motor 25 and the rear group moving motor 30 for moving the front group lens L1 and the rear group lens L2 to the lens position where the subject is focused at the current focal length. The setting of the number of drive pulses of is completed.

[Test Function Calling Process] FIG. 56 is a flowchart of the test function calling process. The test function calling process is a process for testing the function of the camera, and is called in the state where the measuring device is connected to the camera and executes each function of the camera.

Conventionally, when a test is performed by connecting a measuring device to the camera, the command input from the measuring device to the camera is predetermined, and the camera side corresponds to each command input from the measuring device. Then, a predetermined process is executed. However, when the test is performed by such a method, only a predetermined operation can be executed, and other operations cannot be executed. Therefore, the test operation can be performed only for the test items that were taken into consideration when creating the program, and the test items cannot be added thereafter. In the camera of this embodiment, a program for controlling the operation of the camera can be specified and executed in function units from the measuring device.

The test function calling process is called during the reset process when the reset process is executed. That is, this is executed by mounting a battery on the camera with a measuring device (not shown) connected to the camera.

When the test function call process is called, a handshake is performed between the CPU 210 of the camera and the measuring instrument connected to the camera (S7101), and the communication conditions are set. If an error occurs during the handshake or if the measuring instrument is not connected to the camera, the handshake fails (N: S7103), the test function call process is aborted, and the process returns. When the handshake succeeds and communication becomes possible (Y: S7103), command input from the measuring instrument side to the CPU 210 side becomes possible.

When the CPU 210 receives command data from the measuring instrument side through serial communication (S7105), the CPU
210 determines whether the command data is the value 0 indicating the end of the test function calling process (S7107). When the command data has a value 0 indicating the end of the test function calling process (Y: S7107), the test function calling process is ended and the process returns. If the command data is not 0
(N: S7107), the upper and lower addresses of the function to be called are received from the measuring instrument through serial communication (S7109,
S7111), and the function stored in that address is executed (S7113). By repeating the above until the command data 0 is received, the process related to the required test item is executed.

As described above, in the camera of this embodiment, the control program of the camera can be specified and executed in function units by data input from the measuring instrument, so that a detailed test can be performed. .

[AF pulse count processing] FIG.
It is a flowchart of a pulse count process. The AF pulse counting process decrements a preset AF pulse counter by 1 when a change in the AF pulse is detected within a predetermined period, and sets the OK flag to 1 when the AF pulse counter reaches 0. Processing. In addition,
When the AF pulse counter does not become 0 during the above-mentioned predetermined period, 0 is set in the OK flag.

When the CPU 210 enters the AF pulse count processing, it first sets 200 ms in the timer as a period for monitoring changes in the AF pulse (S7201). In the following processing, if there is no change in the AF pulse within 200 ms, the CPU 210 sets 0 in the OK flag as described above.

First, the CPU 210 determines whether or not the 200 ms timer has timed out (S7203). If the time is not up, the AF reference pulse input circuit 22
Based on the output signal from 2 to the CPU 210, it is determined whether the AF pulse has changed (S7207). Here, whether the AF pulse has changed is H (high) of the pulse.
The determination is made by detecting both the change from L to L (low) and the change from L (low) to H (high).

If there is no change in the AF pulse (N: S7207
), The CPU 210 returns the process to S7203. Therefore, 2
If no change in AF pulse is detected within 00 ms, S7
In 203, it is determined that the time is up, the OK flag is set to 0, and the process is terminated (S7205). That is, when the same number of pulses as the value set in the AF pulse counter cannot be detected before the AF pulse counting process is called during the execution of the AF pulse counting process, it is OK.
The flag will be set to zero.

When the CPU 210 detects that the AF pulse has changed (Y: S7207), it resets the timer and sets 200 ms again (S7209). If the change in the detected AF pulse is the rise of the AF pulse (Y:
S7211), the AF pulse counter is decremented by 1 (S7213). Here, the AF pulse counter is set to a value to be counted, that is, a value corresponding to the amount of driving the rear lens group by the rear lens group moving motor before the AF pulse counting process is executed. If the decremented AF pulse counter is 0, the CPU 210 sets the OK flag to 1 and ends the process. That is, AF
When the same number of pulses as the value set in the AF pulse counter before the pulse count process is called are counted, the OK flag is set to 1.

As described above, in the AF pulse count processing, the same number of AF preset pulse input circuits 222 to the CPU 210 as the value preset in the AF pulse counter is used.
If a pulse is output to, the OK flag is set to 1,
If the AF reference pulse input circuit 222 stops outputting pulses before outputting the same number of pulses to the CPU 210 as the value set in the AF pulse counter, 0 is set in the OK flag.

[Zoom Drive Check Process] FIG. 58 is a flowchart of the zoom drive check process.
FIG. 23 is a timing chart showing the relationship between the drive state of the whole moving motor and the zoom sequence. The zoom drive check process is a process of determining at what stage the lens is driven by the overall movement motor 25 for focusing on the subject distance and performing drive control of the overall movement motor 25.

When the zoom drive check processing is executed, the processing branches depending on the value (0 to 5) of the zoom sequence which is an index showing the driving state of the whole moving motor 25 (operating state of the whole moving motor control circuit 60). . When the zoom drive check process is called, the whole movement motor 25 is driven in the normal direction, and the zoom sequence is set to 0.

When the zoom sequence is 0, the CPU 210 calls the zoom code input process and inputs the value of the zoom code (S7303). The zoom code detection terminal is located on the wide side of the zoom code when the lens is stopped. When the overall movement motor 25 is driven in the normal direction, the zoom code detecting terminal first contacts the zoom code corresponding to the current lens position. If the zoom code input in the zoom code input process is equal to the value stored in the memory as the current zoom code (Y: S730
5) and set 1 to the zoom sequence (S7307).
When the zoom code set in the zoom code input processing is different from the value stored as the current zoom code (N: S7305), the zoom sequence remains 0 and the zoom drive check processing ends.

When the zoom sequence is 1, that is, after the current zoom code is detected, the CPU 210 monitors the rising edge of the zoom pulse output from the zoom pulse input circuit 220 (S7311). Only when the rising edge of the zoom pulse is detected, the zoom pulse counter is decremented (S7311, S7313), and when the zoom pulse counter becomes less than 20 (Y: S7315), the CPU 210 switches the whole moving motor 25 to the low speed control (S7317). , The zoom sequence is set to 2 (S7319). 20 zoom pulse counters
In the above case (N: S7315), the zoom drive check process is terminated with the zoom sequence remaining at 1.

Therefore, when the whole moving motor 25 is started, based on the pulse output from the zoom pulse input circuit 220 to the CPU 210 with the current zoom code as a reference,
The zoom pulse counter is decremented. Until the zoom pulse counter reaches 20, the whole moving motor 25 is driven by normal DC drive. Whole movement motor 25
The zoom sequence is 1 while is driven at normal speed. If the driving is continued in the DC driving state, the lens may move more than a desired number of pulses when the whole moving motor is stopped due to inertial force or the like. Therefore, when the zoom pulse counter becomes less than 20, the total movement motor 2
5 is controlled at a low speed. Low-speed control is PWM Pulse Width Mod
ulation) control. When the driving of the whole moving motor 25 is switched to the low speed control, the zoom sequence becomes 2
Is set.

If the zoom drive check process is called when the zoom sequence is 2, that is, when the overall movement motor 25 is controlled at a low speed, the processes from S7321 are executed. Here again, the CPU 210 monitors the rising edge of the zoom pulse (S7321), and when it detects the rising edge of the zoom pulse, decrements the zoom pulse counter (S7323). If the rising edge of the zoom pulse is not detected (N: S7321), the process of S7323 is skipped.

The zoom drive check process is executed every time the zoom drive check process is called until the zoom pulse decremented by 1 is reached while the overall movement motor 25 is controlled at a low speed and the lens is driven, and the processes of S7321 and S7323 are executed. To be done. In that case, the zoom sequence remains 2.
When the zoom pulse becomes 0, the whole moving motor 25 is driven in reverse (S7327) to perform the braking process (reverse braking). After the reverse rotation of the whole moving motor 25 is started, the timer of 5 ms which is the reverse driving period is set in the timer (S7328) and 3 is set in the zoom sequence.
That is, when the zoom sequence is 3, the whole movement motor 25 is in the reversely driven state for braking.

When the zoom drive check process is called when the zoom sequence is 3, the CPU 210
It is determined whether or not 5 ms, which is the reverse rotation driving period of the entire moving motor 25, has elapsed (S7331), and if 5 ms has not elapsed, the zoom sequence remains at 3 and returns.
After 5 ms, which is the reverse rotation driving period of the total movement motor 25, has passed (Y: S7331), both terminals of the total movement motor 25 are short-circuited to activate the brake for 20 ms.
Start the timer, set the zoom sequence to 4 (S7333, S7335, S7337) and return.

When the zoom drive check process is called when the zoom sequence is 4, the CPU 210
Monitor whether the zoom pulse changes (S7341
). That is, it is determined whether or not the overall movement motor 25 is rotating while the brake is applied, based on whether or not the zoom pulse changes within 20 ms.

If the CPU 210 determines in S7341 that the zoom pulse has not changed, and also determines in S7345 that the 20 ms timer has timed out, it terminates the control of the overall movement motor 25 and opens the terminals of the motor (non-operation). Drive state) and set 5 to the zoom sequence (S7347
, S7349). If it is detected in S7341 that the zoom pulse has changed, the 20 ms timer is restarted to monitor whether or not the next zoom pulse change is detected within 20 ms after the zoom pulse change. Note that S734
Until it is determined in 5 that the 20 ms timer has timed out, the whole movement motor 25 is braked, and the zoom sequence remains at 4 and returns.

When the zoom drive check process is called when the zoom sequence is 5, as shown in the flowchart, the zoom drive check process returns without any processing.

As described above, in the zoom drive check process, the lens is first moved to the position of the current zoom code which is the reference position (zoom sequence = 0), and when the zoom pulse counter is 20 or more, the normal speed is set. When the lens is moved (zoom sequence = 1), when the zoom pulse counter is less than 20, the lens is moved at a low speed (zoom sequence = 2), and when the zoom pulse counter is 0, the whole movement motor 25 is reversely driven for 5 ms. (Zoom sequence = 3) After that, the terminals of the overall movement motor 25 are short-circuited and the brake is applied (Zoom sequence = 4), and when the overall movement motor 25 is completely stopped, the control is terminated (Zoom sequence = 5), After that, the value is newly set in the zoom pulse counter and the zoom sequence is set to 0. Not performed control of the entire driving motor 25 until (a non-driven state).

"AF Drive Process" FIG. 59 is a flowchart of the AF drive process. The AF drive processing is performed by the rear group movement motor 3 in order to focus on the subject distance.
0 is a process of driving and controlling 0 in the lens retreating direction in which the rear lens group L2 retracts. When the AF drive processing is started, the AF sequence is first set to 0 (S7401). Then, after the rear group moving motor 30 is driven in the normal direction (driving in the backward direction), A
It is checked whether the value of the F pulse counter is less than 50. If it is less than 50, the control of the rear group movement motor 30 is changed to low speed control (PWM control), and if it is 50 or more, the AF drive check processing is performed as it is. Call (S740
3, S7405, S7407, S7409 or S7403, S7405, S7
409). Then, while performing the AF drive check processing, the system waits until the AF sequence becomes 5, and returns when the AF sequence becomes 5 (S7409, S7411).

The AF sequence is performed by the rear group movement control circuit 61.
23 and 24, 0 is an identifier for identifying the state of the operation sequence, and 0 is the AF home signal switching detection state that is the AF pulse count reference,
Reference numerals 1 and 2 indicate AF pulse counting, 1 is a DC drive state, 2 is a low speed control state, 3 is a reverse brake drive state, 4 is a short brake state, and 5 is a terminal open state (inactive state). ) Indicates that a series of sequences is completed.

AF which should drive the rear lens group moving motor 30
When the number of pulses is small, when the rear lens group moving motor 30 is driven by DC, the AF that should be driven due to the influence of inertial force or the like.
There is a risk of driving more than the number of pulses. So A
When the number of F pulses is less than 50, it is decided to start and drive at the same low speed as the AF sequence 2 from the beginning.

[Zoom Pulse Counting Process] FIG. 60 is a flowchart of the zoom pulse counting process. In the zoom pulse count processing, when a change in the zoom pulse output from the zoom pulse input circuit 220 is detected within a predetermined period, the preset zoom pulse counter is decremented by 1 and the zoom pulse counter becomes 0. Then, the process ends. If no change in the zoom pulse is detected during the predetermined period, 1 is set in the error flag.

When entering the zoom pulse count processing, the CPU 210 first sets 200 ms in a timer as a period for monitoring changes in the zoom pulse (S7501). In the following processing, if there is no change in the zoom pulse within 200 ms, the CPU 210 sets 1 in the error flag as described above. First, the CPU 210 determines whether or not the 200 ms timer has timed out (S7503
). If the time is not up (N: S7503), it is determined based on the output pulse of the zoom pulse input circuit 220 whether the zoom pulse has changed (S7507).
). Whether or not the zoom pulse has changed is determined by detecting the change of the pulse from H (high) to L (low) and the change of L (low) to H (high).

If there is no change in the zoom pulse (N: S7507
), The CPU 210 returns the process to S7503. Therefore, 2
If no change of the zoom pulse is detected within 00ms,
S7503 It is determined that the time is up, the error flag is set to 1, and the process ends (S7505). That is, when the same number of pulses as the value set in the zoom pulse counter cannot be detected before the zoom pulse counting process is called during the zoom pulse counting process, the error flag is set to 1 and the process returns. To do.

When the CPU 210 detects that the zoom pulse has changed (Y: S7507), it resets the timer and sets 200 ms again (S7509). If the detected change is the rise of the zoom pulse (Y: S7511),
Decrement the zoom pulse counter by 1 (S751
3). Here, the zoom pulse counter has a value to be counted before the zoom pulse counting process is executed, that is, a value corresponding to the amount of driving the lens by the overall movement motor 25 (the count of the pulse output from the zoom pulse input circuit 220). Number) is set. CPU 210
Ends the process when the decremented zoom pulse counter becomes zero. That is, when the same number of pulses as the value set in the zoom pulse counter before the zoom pulse counting process is called is counted, the process normally ends.

As described above, in the zoom pulse counting process, when the same number of zoom pulses as the value set in the zoom pulse counter in advance is counted, the process returns as it is, and the zoom pulse input circuit 220 is set in the zoom pulse counter. If the same number of pulses as the current value cannot be counted, the error flag is set to 1 and the process returns.

[AF drive check process] FIG.
It is a flow chart of F drive check processing. AF
The drive check process is performed so that the rear lens group L2 is driven based on the value set in the AF pulse counter.
This is a process of controlling the rear group movement motor 30.

When the AF drive check process is executed, the process branches depending on the AF sequence value (0 to 5) which is an identifier for identifying the state of the operation sequence of the rear group movement control circuit 61. When the AF drive check process is executed for the first time, the rear group movement motor 30 is driven,
The AF sequence is set to 0. FIG. 23 shows the relationship between the driving status of the rear lens group moving motor 30 and the AF sequence.

When the AF sequence is 0, the CPU 210 changes the AFH (AF home) signal from H (high) to L.
It is determined whether or not it has changed to (low) (S7603). A
The FH signal is H (high) when the rear lens group is located at the home position, and changes to L (low) when the rear lens group moves and moves away from the home position. AF described below
The movement of the rear lens group based on the pulse counter is performed with reference to the position where the AFH signal changes to L. When the AFH signal changes from H to L (Y: S7603), the CPU 210 sets 1 to the AF sequence and returns (S7605). A
While the FH signal is H, the AF sequence remains 0 and the process returns.

When the AF sequence is 1, that is, AF
After the change of H signal from H to L is detected, the CPU2
10 monitors the rise of the AF pulse (S7611).
The AF pulse counter is decremented only when the rising edge of the AF pulse is detected (S7611, S7613), and when the AF pulse counter becomes less than 200 (Y: S7615) CPU
210 switches the rear group movement motor 30 to low speed control (S7
617) and the AF sequence is set to 2 (S7619). When the AF pulse counter is 200 or more (N: S7615), A
With the F sequence remaining at 1, the AF drive check process is terminated and the process returns. If the rear lens group moving motor 30 is continuously driven by DC, the desired AF pulse number may be exceeded due to the influence of inertial force and the like. Therefore, when the remaining number of AF pulses becomes 200, PWM (Pulse Width Modulatio
n) The rear group movement motor 30 is driven at a low speed by control.

As described above, when the rear lens group moving motor 30 is started, the AF pulse counter is decremented with reference to the point where the AFH signal changes from H to L, and the normal DC pulse is generated until the AF pulse counter reaches 200. The rear group moving motor 30 is driven by the driving. The AF sequence is 1 while the rear lens group moving motor 30 is driven by normal DC driving. When the AF pulse counter becomes less than 200, the rear group movement motor 30 is driven at low speed (PWM control)
Is done. When the rear lens group moving motor 30 is controlled at a low speed, the AF
2 is set in the sequence.

If the AF drive check process is called when the AF sequence is 2, that is, when the driving of the rear lens group moving motor 30 is controlled at a low speed, S7621
The processing from is executed. Again, the CPU 210
The rising edge of the F pulse is monitored (S7621), and when the rising edge of the AF pulse is detected, the AF pulse counter is decremented (S7623). If the rising edge of the AF pulse is not detected (N: S7621), the process of S7623 is skipped.

AF decremented by 1 while the rear lens group moving motor 30 is controlled at a low speed to drive the rear lens group.
Until the pulse reaches 0, the processing of S7621 and S7623 is executed every time the AF drive check processing is called. In that case, the AF sequence remains 2. A
When the F pulse becomes 0, the rear group moving motor 30 is driven in reverse (S7627) to perform the braking process (reverse braking). After the reverse drive of the rear group movement motor 30 is started, the timer is set to the reverse drive period of 5 ms (S7628), and the AF sequence is set to 3. That is, when the AF sequence is 3, the rear lens group moving motor 3
0 is in the state of being driven in reverse for braking.

When the AF drive check process is called when the AF sequence is 3, the CPU 210 determines whether or not 5 ms, which is the period for reverse drive of the rear group movement motor 30, has elapsed (S7631), and 5 ms If it has not elapsed, the AF sequence remains at 3 and returns. After 5 ms, which is the reverse rotation driving period of the rear group moving motor 30, has passed (Y: S7631), the terminals of the rear group moving motor 30 are short-circuited to apply the brake, start the 20 ms timer, and set the AF sequence to 4 Set (S7633S7635
, S7637) Return.

When the AF drive check process is called when the AF sequence is 4, the CPU 210
It is monitored whether the pulse changes (S7641). That is, the rear group moving motor 30 is operated with the brake applied.
Is determined by whether the AF pulse changes within 20 ms. CPU 210
Determines in S7641 that the AF pulse has not changed and in S7645 that the 20 ms timer has expired, the control of the rear group moving motor 30 is terminated and the voltage application terminal of the motor is opened (non-driving). Then, the AF sequence is set to 5 (S7647, S7649). What if S7
If the 641 detects that the AF pulse has changed,
After restarting the 20ms timer, 2 after AF pulse change
It is monitored whether the change of the next AF pulse is detected within 0 ms. Until it is determined in S7645 that the 20 ms timer has timed out, the rear group moving motor 30 is braked and the AF sequence remains at 4, and the process returns.

When the AF drive check process is called when the AF sequence is 5, as shown in the flowchart, the AF drive check process returns without performing any processing.

As described above, in the AF drive check processing, first, the lens is moved to the position where the AFH signal, which is the reference position, becomes L (AF sequence = 0), and the AF
When the pulse counter is 200 or more, the rear lens group is moved by normal DC drive (AF sequence = 1), and when the AF pulse counter is less than 200, the rear lens group is moved at a slower speed than PWM (AF sequence = 2). , When the AF pulse counter becomes 0, the rear lens group moving motor 30 is reversely driven for 5 ms (AF sequence = 3), and then the rear lens group moving motor 30 is braked (AF sequence = 4). Control stops when is completely stopped (A
F sequence = 5), and thereafter, the rear group movement motor 30 is not controlled (non-driving state) until a value is newly set in the AF pulse counter and the AF sequence is set to 0.

As described above, in the present embodiment, in order to shorten the lens barrel length during storage, the rear lens group L2 is held at the AF home position closest to the front lens group L1.
Only when the front lens group L1 and the rear lens group L2 are moved back and forth by the whole moving motor 25 and the zoom step is stopped on the wide angle side (short focal length side) of 0 to 4, the rear lens group L2 is subjected to the predetermined AF. The pulse AP1 is moved backward from the AF home position by one minute, but the present invention is not limited to this embodiment. For example, the rear lens group L2 may be retracted in accordance with the zoom step to be stopped. Further, the position at which the rear lens group L2 is retracted may be a position for focusing on an infinitely distant subject, a position for focusing on a subject at the shortest distance, or a position for focusing on a subject between them in the stopped zoom step. Further, it may be set to the front and rear positions of the focusing range. By thus adjusting the position of the rear lens group L2 according to the zoom step, the rear lens group L2
It becomes possible to bring the position of 2 closer to the focus position in advance,
Focusing time can be shortened.

[0309]

As is clear from the above description, the present invention
A zoom lens camera having at least a front lens group and a rear lens group, wherein the front lens group and the rear lens group are moved integrally during zooming, and the front lens group and the rear lens group are independently moved during focus adjustment. When the front lens group and the rear lens group are integrally moved, the lens moving means moves the rear lens group to a predetermined position with respect to the front lens group according to the moving position. Since it moves, focusing can be performed in a short time regardless of the focal length.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view showing a part of a zoom lens barrel to which the present invention is applied.

FIG. 2 is a perspective view showing a part of the zoom lens barrel in a state different from that in FIG.

FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view showing a part of the zoom lens barrel in an enlarged manner.

FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing a state where the AF / AE shutter unit of the zoom lens barrel is assembled to the first moving lens barrel.

FIG. 5 is an exploded perspective view showing main members of an AF / AE shutter unit of the zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 6 is a perspective external view showing a third movable lens barrel of the zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 7 is a front view showing a fixed barrel block of the zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 8 is an upper half sectional view showing a maximum extended state of the zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 9 is an upper half sectional view showing a main part of the zoom lens barrel in a lens housed state.

FIG. 10 is an upper half sectional view showing a main part of the same zoom lens barrel in a maximum extended state.

FIG. 11 is an upper half cross-sectional view showing a lens storage state of the entire zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 12 is an exploded perspective view showing the entire zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 13 is a block diagram showing a control system for controlling the operation of the zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 14 is a front view showing an embodiment of a zoom lens camera to which the present invention has been applied.

FIG. 15 is a rear view of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 16 is a plan view of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 17 is a block diagram showing a main part of a control system of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 18 is a diagram illustrating a configuration of a zoom code plate and a brush unit, and a configuration of identifying a position of the zoom code with which the brush unit contacts, as a detection unit that detects a lens position of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 19 is a diagram showing an embodiment of a circuit for identifying a zoom code with which a brush unit contacts as a voltage.

FIG. 20 is a diagram showing a table for converting a voltage obtained by contact of a brush unit into a code.

FIG. 21 is a diagram showing an example of a strobe circuit.

FIG. 22 is a diagram showing a manner of movement of the front group lens and the rear group lens in the same zoom lens camera.

FIG. 23 is a diagram showing an operation sequence of the overall movement motor and the rear group movement motor during exposure (focus adjustment) of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 24 is a diagram showing an operation sequence of the overall movement motor and the rear group movement motor when the lens of the zoom lens camera returns.

FIG. 25 is an exploded perspective view showing a rear lens group peripheral mechanism of the zoom lens barrel.

FIG. 26 is a plan view showing the main parts of an embodiment of the initial position detection mechanism for the rear group lens.

FIG. 27 is a cross-sectional view showing the initial position detection mechanism of the rear group lens in a state where the rear group lens is at the initial position.

FIG. 28 is a cross-sectional view showing the initial position detection mechanism of the rear group lens in a state where the rear group lens is not in the initial position.

FIG. 29 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to main processing of the zoom lens camera of the present invention.

FIG. 30 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a reset process of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 31 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to AF lens initialization processing of the zoom lens camera.

[Fig. 32] Fig. 32 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a lens storage process of the zoom lens camera.

[Fig. 33] Fig. 33 is a diagram showing a flowchart of lens storage processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 34 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to lens extension processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 35 is a diagram showing a flowchart of zoom telephoto movement processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 36 is a view showing a flowchart relating to zoom wide movement processing of the zoom lens camera.

[Fig. 37] Fig. 37 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of shooting processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 38 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a main charging process of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 39 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to shutter initialization processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 40 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to zoom code input processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 41 is a diagram showing a flowchart of AF pulse confirmation processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 42 is a diagram showing a flowchart of AF return processing of the zoom lens camera.

[Fig. 43] Fig. 43 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of barrier close processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 44 is a diagram showing a flowchart of barrier opening processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 45 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a zoom drive process of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 46 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to AF two-stage extension processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 47 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to zoom return processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 48 is a diagram showing a flowchart of a zoom return process and a zoom standby confirmation process of the zoom lens camera.

[Fig. 49] Fig. 49 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a shooting charging process of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 50 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to focus adjustment processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 51 is a diagram showing a flowchart of exposure processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 52 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to exposure processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 53 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to exposure processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 54 is a diagram showing a flowchart of lens return processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 55 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to lens drive processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 56 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to a test function calling process of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 57 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to exposure AF pulse count processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 58 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to zoom drive check processing of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 59 is a diagram showing a flowchart of AF drive processing of the zoom lens camera.

[Fig. 60] Fig. 60 is a diagram illustrating a flowchart of a zoom pulse counting process of the zoom lens camera.

FIG. 61 is a diagram showing a flowchart relating to AF drive check processing of the zoom lens camera.

[Explanation of symbols]

 9a brush part 10 zoom lens barrel 12 fixed barrel block 13a code plate 16 third moving barrel 19 second moving barrel 20 first moving barrel 21 AF / AE shutter unit 25 whole moving motor 30 rear group moving motor 60 Overall movement motor control means (circuit) 61 Rear group movement motor control means (circuit) 210 Control means (CPU) L1 Front group lens L2 Rear group lens

Front page continuation (72) Inventor Sato ▲ Taku Ma 2-3-9 Maenocho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo Asahi Kogaku Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Masaaki Kishimoto 2-36-9 Maenocho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo No. Asahi Kogaku Kogyo Co., Ltd. (72) Inventor Hiroshi Nomura 2-36-9 Maeno-cho, Itabashi-ku, Tokyo No.

Claims (7)

[Claims] 1. A zoom lens camera including at least a front lens group and a rear lens group, wherein the front lens group and the rear lens group are moved together during zooming, and the front lens group and the rear lens group during focus adjustment. When the front lens group and the rear lens group are moved together, the lens moving means moves the lens group with respect to the front lens group according to the position after the movement. A zoom lens camera characterized by moving a rear lens group to a predetermined position. 2. The lens moving means according to claim 1, wherein when the front lens group and the rear lens group are moved to a longer focal length side than a predetermined focal length, the rear lens group approaches the front lens group. When the front lens group and the rear lens group are moved to the shorter focal length side than the predetermined focal length while being held at the group initial position, the rear lens group is moved to a predetermined position separated from the front lens group from the initial position. This is a zoom lens camera. 3. The lens moving means according to claim 1, wherein the front lens group and the rear lens group are integrally moved back and forth integrally, and the rear lens group is moved toward and away from the front lens group. A rear lens group moving means, wherein when the front lens group and the rear lens group are moved by the overall lens moving means, the rear lens group moving means moves the rear lens group in accordance with the position after the movement. A zoom lens camera characterized by. 4. The camera according to claim 3, further comprising control means for driving and controlling the overall moving means and the rear group moving means, and the controlling means drives the overall moving means during zooming to perform focus adjustment. In this case, the whole moving means and the rear group moving means are driven, and when the front moving lens and the rear group lens are moved by the whole moving means during zooming, the rear group moving means is driven according to the position after the movement. The zoom lens camera is characterized by adjusting the rear lens group position. 5. The camera according to claim 3 or 4 calculates the lens drive amount based on the distance measuring means, the subject distance measured by the distance measuring means, and the lens position moved by the overall moving means. A zoom lens camera, comprising: computing means, wherein the control means drives the overall moving means and the rear group moving means based on the lens driving amount during focus adjustment. 6. The lens unit according to claim 3, wherein the front lens group is supported by a lens barrel mounted on a camera body so as to be movable back and forth, and the rear lens group moving means is mounted on the lens barrel. The rear lens group moving motor is mounted, the rear lens group lens is movably supported by the lens barrel by the rear lens group moving motor, and the overall moving means moves the lens barrel mounted on the camera body. A zoom lens camera, which is equipped with a whole movement motor for driving. 7. The camera according to claim 3, further comprising zoom operating means, wherein the control means drives the overall moving means when the zoom control means is operated. A zoom lens camera, wherein the front lens group and the rear lens group are integrally moved to stop at one of a plurality of preset standby positions.