| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 5170201 |
Close-up control method and apparatus for variable focal length camera |
December 8, 1992 |
| A variable focal length camera has a lens barrel movable parallel to the optical axis of its taking lens system so as to change over the focal length of the taking lens system at least between a standard photography position and a telephoto position. When the subject distance is nearer |
| 5148200 |
Method and apparatus for driving the taking lens system of a camera |
September 15, 1992 |
| A lens driving apparatus is provided with an encoder for detecting the position of a taking lens system. The encoder has a contact array including a main contact corresponding to a predetermined focal length position of a taking lens system and a sub-contact which is spaced slightly |
| 5089833 |
Camera |
February 18, 1992 |
| A camera comprising a main body section and a rear cover section each having at least one microcmputer therein, and comprising a film rewinding switch disposed in the rear cover section for rewinding a loaded film at an appropriate time. A device is provided, for checking whether the |
| 4868590 |
Camera with changeable focal length |
September 19, 1989 |
| A photographic camera with changeable focal length has a reversible motor used both to wind and to rewind a film and also to move a taking lens in order to shift it between first and second photographic modes. A lens barrier is caused to open and close by a barrier operating member, for |
| 4825233 |
Data recording camera |
April 25, 1989 |
| A data recording camera capable of recording a shooting date includes a memory for storing data as to the current date, a memory for storing data as to the birth date of an individual, an operation circuit for obtaining the age of the individual based on the data as to the current date a |