Focusing system for camera apparatus
CA 1296933 C · Owner: Vetterling, William T. · Inventors: Brown, Olin C. Iii; Biber, Conrad H.; Vetterling, William T.
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7341, Title: FOCUSING SYSTEM FOR CAMERA APPARATUS ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE, An automatic focusing system for a camera apparatus utilizes a two-dimensional photosensitive array to determine image sharpness as a function of the image information sensed in both the rows and columns of individual photosensitive pixel elements. A transfer function may be imposed upon the electronic information signal derived from the two-dimensional photoresponsive array or, alternatively, upon the incident scene light to the two-dimensional photoresponsive array to centerweight the focus condition determining signal where the principle subject will be most likely framed.
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- Granted March 10, 1992. A Canadian patent filed before October 1, 1989 lasted 17 years from grant, so its term ended March 10, 2009.
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