US4262997A
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Exposure information indicating device
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1979-02-09
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Granted: 1981-04-21
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Expires: 1999-02-09
Abstract
Abstract An exposure information indicating device for use in photography includes a detecting section for detecting various known information values such as brightness or luminance of an object and film sensitivity represented by ASA number, a calculating section for calculating an unknown exposure information value such as f/stop number and a display section for digitally displaying the calculated value.
Inventors
- 👤 Yoshio Yuasa
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 15:32
CPC Classifications
G; G01; G01J; G01J1/00; G01J1/42; G01J1/4209; G01J1/4214
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 13
Claim 1
Independent Claim
217 words
A photographic device for indicating exposure information comprising: first means responsive to the scene brightness for producing a first exposure information value represented in the ASA APEX system; second means responsive to a manual setting for producing at least a second exposure information value represented in the ASA APEX system; third means responsive to the first and second means for calculating a third exposure information value represented in the ASA APEX system from at least the first and second exposure information values, and for separating said third exposure information value into at least a figure composed of an integer component and a fraction component represented in the ASA APEX system; fourth means having a plurality of addressed memories for storing a series of various values each corresponding to one of a series of various integer components for the figure of the third exposure information in a form to be indicated, respectively; fifth means for designating one of the addressed memories of the fourth means in response to the integer component of the figure separated by the third means; sixth means for indicating the value stored in the addressed memory which is designated by the fifth means; and seventh means for indicating the fraction of the figure in accordance with the fraction component separated by the third means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
217 words
A photographic device for indicating exposure information comprising: first means responsive to the scene brightness for producing a first exposure information value represented in the ASA APEX system; second means responsive to a manual setting for producing at least a second exposure information value represented in the ASA APEX system; third means responsive to the first and second means for calculating a third exposure information value represented in the ASA APEX system from at least the first and second exposure information values, and for separating said third exposure information value into at least a figure composed of an integer component and a fraction component represented in the ASA APEX system; fourth means having a plurality of addressed memories for storing a series of various values each corresponding to one of a series of various integer components for the figure of the third exposure information in a form to be indicated, respectively; fifth means for designating one of the addressed memories of the fourth means in response to the integer component of the figure separated by the third means; sixth means for indicating the value stored in the addressed memory which is designated by the fifth means; and seventh means for indicating the fraction of the figure in accordance with the fraction component separated by the third means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
32 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said third and fifth means are constituted by a central processing unit (CPU) and the fourth means is a read only memory (ROM).
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
25 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 2, wherein said seventh means comprises means for decoding the fraction component into a form to be indicated.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
31 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 3, wherein said seventh means further comprises means responsive to the decoding means for indicating the fraction component by means of seven-segment figure indicator.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
102 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 3 further comprising eighth means having a plurality of addressed memories for storing a series of various values each corresponding to one of a series of various fraction components for the figure of the third exposure information value in a form to be indicated, and wherein seventh means comprises means for designating one of the addressed memories of the eighth means in response to the fraction component of the figure separated by the third means to indicate the value stored in the addressed memory which is designated by the designating means in the seventh means.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
18 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said first exposure information value is a luminance value.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
19 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 6, wherein said second exposure information value is a film sensitivity value.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
56 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 7, wherein said second means further comprises means capable of producing a fourth exposure information value represented in the ASA APEX system in response to the manual setting and said third means further comprises means responsive to the fourth exposure information value to calculate the third exposure information value.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
25 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said third and fourth exposure information values are a time value and an aperture value, respectively.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
25 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 8, wherein said third and fourth exposure information values are an aperture value and a time value, respectively.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
24 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 1, wherein said third exposure information value is derived from the figure multiplied by a predetermined integer.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
64 words
A photographic device as claimed in claim 11, wherein said third means comprises means for dividing the third exposure information value by the predetermined integer, means for producing the integer component of the figure in response to the quotient of the division by the dividing means and means for producing the fraction component of the figure in response to the remainder of the division.
References Cited (Backward Citations)
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