Patent
1994-10-28
1996-01-23
Perkey, W. B.
354432, 354474, 354478, 354479, 3541951, 354209, G03B 500, G03B 1336, G03B 1720
Patent
active
054868920
ABSTRACT:
A camera includes a finder for inspecting an object, a illuminator for illuminating an operator's eye by which the operator looks in at the finder means, a condensing optical system for condensing a reflected light from the operator's eye, a photoelectric converter for receiving the condensed reflected light, calculator for calculating a direction of a visual axis of the operator's eye on the basis of an output of the photoelectric converter, and a condition setter operable in response to the result of the calculation of the calculator for setting photographing conditions of the camera.
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Fukahori Hidehiko
Ishizaki Akira
Konishi Kazuki
Nagano Akihiko
Ohtaka Keiji
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
Perkey W. B.
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