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:
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:
A flashmatic device for cameras equipped with a programmed electronic shutter having sectors serving also as diaphragm blades, firing the flash at a suitable point in a phase of the shutter operation in which the aperture is gradually opened, to ensure synchronized flash shooting. Even in a case where a sector closing signal is produced earlier than a flash trigger signal, the flash is fired by means of a switch which is closed in relation with the sector closing motion to make flash synchronization possible under any condition.
摘要:
A camera with a photoflash circuit for performing the preparatory operation of charging a main capacitor with high voltage produced by an electrical oscillation circuit and flash operation in synchronization with a shutter exposure operation for the taking of a photograph, a data recorder circuit for recording data such as the date on film under electrical control, both circuits being operated with a single battery, characterized in that when both the photoflash and the data recorder circuits are operated, the terminal voltage of the battery is kept unchanged by interrupting the preparatory operation of the photoflash circuit with an operating signal from the data recorder during its recording operation for recording such data on the film with a proper exposure.
摘要:
Automatic focusing adjustor device provided with a focusing sensor signal corresponding to an object distance by photoelectrically comparing an optical image obtainable through a fixed mirror and another optical image obtainable through a movable mirror wherein when the focusing sensor signal is not obtained, two steps of distance adjustment may be made by an output signal from a brightness sensor circuit for use in sensing a brightness of the object.
摘要:
An exposure time control circuit for a camera shutter having a light-responsive element that controls charging of a capacitor as a function of the intensity of the light from a scene to be photographed. The charge of the capacitor at a certain level activates a switching circuit that initiates closing of the camera shutter. A light-intensity indicating circuit is directly connected to the light-responsive element for indicating the intensity of the light received from a scene to be photographed so that the camera shutter speed may be set accordingly. Photographic exposure and light readings are taken independently with control switches that need not make use of a change-over switch for connecting and disconnecting the light-intensity indicating circuit to the light-responsive element.
摘要:
A method of driving the light-emitting devices of a multiple flash rangefinder for use in an autofocus camera in which the rangefinder includes a light-receiving device and an arithmetic processing unit that calculates the distance to the subject from the output signal from the light-receiving device. The light-emitting devices are lit up successively one at a time in such a way that each device emits momentarily and the series of operations is repeated several times.
摘要:
Light projected from an active lighting means to an object is reflected by the object, and a light spot is produced on a light-sensitive element by the light reflected from the object. The distance to the object is determined by detecting the position of the light spot on the light-sensitive element.The light-sensitive element for receiving the reflected light from the object has formed on a portion of a surface thereof an insensitive zone which has the same width or the same area as the light image produced by the reflected light and the light-sensitive element moves on an image plane in a certain relationship with the distance to the object whereby a change in a photoelectric output of the light-sensitive element is detected to detect the distance to the object.
摘要:
An active type range finder has a light-emitting element which is pulsatively driven to project light pulses on an object to be photographed. A photodetector element receives the light reflected from the object and produces a photoelectric output signal proportional to the amount of received light. A light-shielding member is scanned over the light-sensitive surface of the photodetector element in correlation with the distance to the object so that the light-shielding member successively shields successive areas of the light-sensitive surface from receiving light. An a.c. amplifier amplifies the photoelectric output signal, and an integrating circuit integrates the amplified photoelectric output signal and produces an integrated d.c. signal having a negative peak value indicative of the position of the scanning light-shielding member which corresponds to the object distance. Detecting circuitry detects the negative peak value and provides a corresponding detection signal indicative of the object distance.