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Camera for recording television, photographic or cinematographic images, including an automatic focus- setting device

CA 1278719 C · Owner: Izushi, Munehisa · Inventors: Jaspers, Cornelis A.M.; Izushi, Munehisa

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Camera for recording television photographic or cinema-, tographic images including an automatic focus-setting, device". A camera for recording television photographic, or cinematographic images includes an automatic focussetting device. Information for this device is obtained with the aid of two optical paths having different path lengths present in an optical lens system placed in front of an opto-electronic sensor in the form of a charge transfer device comprising a pick-up member a storage, member and a shift register member. After a signal comparison of signals obtained during focus information recording periods the focus is set until an optimum signal correlation is the result. To …

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  • Granted January 8, 1991. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended January 8, 2008.
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FiledFebruary 12, 1987
GrantedJanuary 8, 1991
Term endedJanuary 8, 2008
Patent numberCA 1278719 C
Classification (IPC)H04N5/23 +2 more

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1988199119941997200020032006Application filedFeb 12, 1987Patent grantedJan 8, 1991Term endedJan 8, 2008

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