Photography – Having variable focal length of camera objective – Having focus operation
Patent
1995-12-21
1997-11-11
Perkey, W. B.
Photography
Having variable focal length of camera objective
Having focus operation
396104, 396106, G03B 1336
Patent
active
056874022
ABSTRACT:
An automatic focusing camera has a selective night view mode of photographing a scene where the brightness of a main object is lower than the brightness of a background and the brightness of the whole scene is lower than a specified value, and includes an auxiliary light emitter operable to emit an auxiliary light to the main object for focusing; a first determinator operable to determine whether an auxiliary light is necessary in the night view mode; and a controller in responsive to the first determinator to render the auxiliary light emitter emit an auxiliary light.
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Akamatsu Norihiko
Hamada Masataka
Kishimoto Tsuyoshi
Ueda Hiroshi
Yukawa Kazuhiko
Minolta Co. , Ltd.
Perkey W. B.
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