摘要:
A drive ring drivable by a stepping motor is normally urged by a spring to turn in one direction around a lens aperture. When not in use, the stepping motor is not subjected to the resilient force from the spring since the drive ring is locked against rotation by a ratchet wheel engaged by an engagement lever. The stepping motor is therefore not subjected to undue stresses and is prevented from malfunctioning. Consequently, focusing failures and exposure adjustment failures which could otherwise arise from malfunctioning of the stepping motor are prevented from occurring. In operation, a solenoid is energized to move the engagement lever out of engagement with the ratchet wheel, which is then freed to allow the drive ring to be turned by the stepping motor.
摘要:
A camera shutter has an automatic focusing lens operative when actuated to effect an automatic focusing operation. An actuating ring is normally placed in a non-operating region and momentarily shifted to an operating region during the automatic focusing operation. The actuating ring is sequentially displaceable in forward and reverse direction through the operating region to actuate the automatic focusing lens, and displaceable in the forward and reverse directions in the non-operating region without effecting actuation of the automatic focusing lens. A ratchet mechanism is coupled to the actuating ring for selectively locking and unlocking the actuating ring in the non-operating region in response to the displacement thereof in the forward and reverse directions. A bi-directionally rotatable stepping motor is connected to drive the actuating ring to displace the same in the forward and reverse directions.
摘要:
An electromagnetically actuated shutter for a camera wherein automatic focusing and exposing operation are controlled by means of a single reversible stepping motor.
摘要:
An active type distance detecting device wherein either a light emitting element or a light receiving element is operated to scan by a scanning means. A signal for driving the scanning means is interposed between pulse signals for causing the light emitting element to emit flickering light so that the former signal may not overlap with the latter pulse signals in order to reduce fluctuations of a load electric current.
摘要:
A distance detector capable of measuring the distance between the range detector and an object by directing a light emitted from a light emission element to the object and receiving the reflected light and advantageously adaptable particularly to small-sized cameras.The light reflected on the object is received by a single light-receiving element. The reflected light is condensed by a condenser and concentrated on the light-receiving element. The light-receiving element comprises an element, for example a photopotentiometric element, varying in the electric output according to the position of the light spot of the reflected light. The output of the element in the form of electric signal continuously varies in proportion to the distance between the range detector and the object.
摘要:
In a camera of the type including an electronic flash light unit with an oscillating circuit and an electronic shutter which are both supplied with power from a common power supply, an inhibit circuit for an electric flash charge circuit is provided in which a base of the transistor in the oscillating circuit is connected to the output terminal of the exposure control circuit via a semi-conductor switching element. The semi-conductor switching element stops oscillation in the electric flash charge circuit while the exposure control circuit is in operation.
摘要:
The system is provided with an optical means capable of forming images obtained through a first light passage and a second light passage. A light detecting system is formed of a plurality of light responsive elements which receive the image. A focus detection signal is obtained by detecting the differential between the maximum and the minimum intensity of the light pattern or the maximum ratio of the maximum intensity to the minimum intensity using the electric output of the light responsive elements corresponding the light pattern of a composite image.
摘要:
A single-lens reflex camera shutter having an operating ring driven in one direction by a gear-rack and pinion combination. The operating ring actuates the diaphragm and shutter blades and is stopped by a stop lever during the taking of an exposure. The stop lever is locked during the taking of an exposure by a signal lever that signals the taking of an exposure and is released upon completion of an exposure to allow the operating ring to continue in its travel and carry out opening of the shutter and opening of the diaphragm blades.
摘要:
An electric shutter is opened and closed to effect an exposure in dependence upon the energization of an electromagnet. A switching circuit controls the energization of the electromagnet in accordance with various exposure information, such as diaphragm setting and film sensitivity. An exposure control circuit comprised of a series connection of a diode and a variable resistor is connected in parallel with the electromagnet and adjustably controls the time at which the electromagnet is deenergized to accordingly effect closing of the shutter such that the electromagnet delay time equals the shutter sector advancing time to thereby compensate for fluctuations between the two times.
摘要:
A disk shaped tunable optical filter is formed by a transparent substrate in a disk shape, and a filter layer formed on a top surface of the substrate, having such a filter characteristic that a transmission central wavelength varies along a circumferential direction as a monotonic function of a viewing angle. This disk shaped tunable optical filter can be advatageously utilized in realizing a wavelength discrimination apparatus, a reference wavelength light generation apparatus, an optical packet generation apparatus, and a tunable optical filter module, which are also disclosed.