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Title:
AUTOMATIC FOCUSING CAMERA
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH10123408
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:

To provide an automatic focusing camera capable of disusing an emitted light quantity adjusting stage in a production stage and further performing range-finding whether a subject is at long range or short range.

This automatic focusing camera is provided with auxiliary light sources 1 and 7, a range-finding part 5 for detecting range information, and a control part 10 for performing the focusing arithmetic operation based on the range information. Thus, the passive system focusing is performed. Then, the camera is provided with a decision means 10 for deciding the reliability of the focusing. When the decision means 10 decides that the reliability is low, the light sources 1 and 7 are allowed to emit light and the emitted light quantity is changed.


Inventors:
YOKOTA SATOSHI
NAKAMURA KENJI
Application Number:
JP27786496A
Publication Date:
May 15, 1998
Filing Date:
October 21, 1996
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
MINOLTA CO LTD
International Classes:
G02B7/30; G03B7/099; G03B13/36; G03B15/05; (IPC1-7): G02B7/30; G03B7/099; G03B13/36; G03B15/05
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Shizuo Sano