Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lens interchangeable type camera, interchangeable lens, and control method for lens
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Application No.: US15094725Application Date: 2016-04-08
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Publication No.: US09910243B2Publication Date: 2018-03-06
- Inventor: Takeshi Kindaichi , Yasutaka Sawa , Tomoaki Hatori
- Applicant: Olympus Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee: Olympus Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Pokotylo Patent Services
- Agent John C. Pokotylo
- Priority: JP2015-091739 20150428
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232 ; G02B7/16 ; G02B7/09 ; H04N5/225 ; H04N5/235

Abstract:
A lens interchangeable type camera system, comprising an interchangeable lens and a camera body, comprising a first control section that carries out manual focus control by detecting rotation direction and rotation amount of an operation member, in accordance with a manual focus mode command from a mode setting at a time when the operation member is at the first position, and a second control section that, when the operation member is at a second position, irrespective of a command from a mode setting section, notifies a detection result of a first detection section to the camera body, detects rotational position of the operation member using a third detection section, and forcibly carries out manual focus control based on a rotation position, wherein the lens interchangeable type camera system further comprises a function restriction section that sets operation of the second control section to valid or invalid.
Public/Granted literature
- US20160320588A1 LENS INTERCHANGEABLE TYPE CAMERA, INTERCHANGEABLE LENS, AND CONTROL METHOD FOR LENS Public/Granted day:2016-11-03
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