摘要:
A compact focus detecting device featuring increased optical paths includes a first detecting system having first light intensity distribution forming structure for forming a light beam passing through the objective lens a light intensity distribution of which varies in relative position according to the focus state of the objective lens. A first light receiving sensor receives the first light intensity distribution and outputs a first signal indicative of the focused state of the objective lens. The first detecting system has a first detection field and a first optical path. A second detecting system has a second detecting field with a center spaced apart from the center of the first detection field, and a second optical path. The second detecting system includes second light intensity distribution forming structure for forming from the light beam passing through the objective lens a light intensity distribution which varies in relative position according to the focused state of the objective lens. A second light receiving sensor receives the second light intensity distribution and outputs a second signal indicative of the focus state of the objective lens. A light transmitting optical member is provided for adjusting the length of the first and second optical paths. Preferably, the optical member comprises a block having an internal reflecting surface.
摘要:
In a focus detecting device having a secondary image unit disposed rearwardly of the predetermined imaging plane of an objective lens, a plurality of pairs of object images based on light fluxes passing through different portions of the pupil of the objective lens are formed on a photoelectric conversion element array disposed rearwardly of the secondary imaging unit. The focus of the objective lens is detected from the amount of relative deviation between the object images formed on the photoelectric conversion element array. The secondary imaging unit includes at least two members, a first member having a first pair of lens-acting surfaces and a second pair of lens-acting surfaces on one end thereof, and a second member having a first pair of prism surfaces and a second pair of prism surfaces which differ in refractive power from each other. The second member being fixed to the first member after being rotatively adjusted relative to the first member.
摘要:
An adjusting screw for adjusting the inclination of a sensor unit body including sensing means for producing the information about the focus adjusted state on the basis of a light beam from an objective lens is moved with the sensor unit body perpendicularly to the optic axis of the objective lens, whereby adjustment of the optic axis of the objective lens is accomplished. At least two adjusting means are provided for inclining the sensing means itself at a predetermined angle with respect to the optic axis.
摘要:
An apparatus for detecting a focusing state of an objective lens comprises optical means for forming light intensity distributions of object images whose relative positional relationship changes with the focusing state of the objective lens, sensing means having a plurality of sensors for sensing the light intensity distributions to produce first and second signals relating to the light intensity distributions, signal processing means for relatively displacing the first and second signals by determining correlation information and producing a signal for adjusting the focusing state of the objective lens in accordance with the correlation information, and altering means for altering a displacement range within which the first and second signals are relatively displaced.
摘要:
A focusing detecting device is disclosed having apparatus for forming object light patterns whose relative position changes in conformity with a focus state of an objective lens. Light flux passes through different areas of an exit pupil of the objective lens, and circuitry receives and photoelectrically converts the light patterns, and detects the focus state of the objective lens on the basis of the photoelectrically converted signal. The focusing apparatus accroding to the present invention a plurality of sets of structures for forming light patterns and means for photoelectrically converting the light patterns which are provided at different distances from the position of the optic axis of the objective lens. Also disclosed are means for making (a) the shapes of the areas of the exit pupil through which the light flux is passed to form the light patterns, or (b) intervals between the centers of gravity of said areas, or (c) both, different between a position in the vicinity of the optic axis of the objective lens, and a position distant therefrom.
摘要:
A focus detection apparatus includes:a first optical device for forming light distributions, associated with an object image, whose relative positional relationship chnages along a first direction in accordance with a focusing state of the objective lens;a second optical device for forming light distributions, associated with the object image, whose relative positional relationship changes along a second direction in accordance with the focusing state of the objective lens;a first sensing unit, having a plurality of photosensors, for forming an electrical signal associated with the focusing state of the objective lens in order to sense the light distributions formed by the first optical device; anda second sensing unit, having a plurality of photosensors, for forming an electrical signal associated with the focusing state of the objective lens in order to sense the light distribution formed by the second optical device.
摘要:
A focus detecting apparatus in which light distributions having their relative positional relation varying in conformity with the focus adjusted state of an objective optical system and based on an object are received by a light-receiving device having a plurality of picture elements and the output signal of the light-receiving device is operated in two different processes, and an evaluated values dependent on the contrast is operated in each of the processes and the evaluated values are compared with each other, and the result calculated in the process of better contrast is adopted as a value indicative of the focus adjusted state of the objective optical system.
摘要:
A device for projecting, by a light projection lens, a pattern chart image toward an object focus-detected by a focus detecting device comprises a chart having a predetermined pattern, and an illuminator for illuminating the chart non-uniformly.
摘要:
In a focus detecting device, a plurality of distributions of quantity of light regarding the image of an object to be photographed are formed by optical means disposed on the image plane side of an objective lens by the use of light beams passed through different areas of the pupil of the objective lens. The relative positional relation between the plurality of distributions of quantity of light is found by light receiving means, and the in-focus state of the objective lens is found by the use of a signal from the light receiving means. The optical means has at least three pairs of secondary imaging lenses each forming a pair of light distributions corresponding to the image of the object to be photographed, and is constructed so that at least two of the light segments passing through the vertices of the lens surfaces of the pairs of secondary imaging lenses intersect each other and at least one other light segment does not intersect.
摘要:
In a camera provided with a focus detecting apparatus in which the object light passed through a photo-taking lens is limited in its passage area by a field mask, the secondary image of an object to be photographed is obtained by a secondary imaging optical system and the secondary image is received by a line sensor and the imaging condition of the photo-taking lens is detected on the basis of the photoelectrically converted output of the line sensor, the opening area of the field mask is set so that the secondary image of the object to be photographed is directed to the both sides of the line sensor, and spot photometering sensors are disposed on the both sides of the line sensor and in the area to which the secondary image is applied, so that the photometering center of gravity is positioned substantially on the line sensor.