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Focus detecting device including means for determining a priority of correlation calculations
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1985-05-17
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Granted: 1988-08-23
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Expires: 2005-05-17
Abstract
Abstract In a focus detection system for detecting focus condition of an objective lens, there is disposed a pair of photo sensor arrays each having a plurality of photo cells lined up in one direction to receive a first image and second image passed through respectively a lens system and the photo sensor arrays produce first original signal groups and second original signal groups each signal groups corresponding to light intensity of the images projected thereto. A processing device processes the original signal groups in such a manner that the first original signal groups are respectively divided into a plurality of blocks, and one of the blocks of the first original signal groups is selected and it is detected that in what group in the selected block best coincidence occurs.
Inventors
- 👤 Tokuji Ishida
- 👤 Katsumi Kozakai
- 👤 Masataka Hamada
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-27 17:27
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B7/00; G02B7/28; G02B7/34
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 3
Claim 1
Independent Claim
125 words
A focus detection system for detecting the focus condition of an objective lens comprising: dividing means for dividing a predetermined detectable range of an amount of defocus of the objective lens into a plurality of divided ranges; selecting means for selecting one of the divided ranges; discriminating means for discriminating whether the amount of defocus can be detected within the selected range, and calculating means for calculating the amount of defocus within the selected range when the discriminating means discriminates that the amount of defocus can be detected within the selected range, and for calculating the amount of defocus within the divided range other than the selected range when the discriminating means discriminates that the amount of defocus cannot be detected within the selected range.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
125 words
A focus detection system for detecting the focus condition of an objective lens comprising: dividing means for dividing a predetermined detectable range of an amount of defocus of the objective lens into a plurality of divided ranges; selecting means for selecting one of the divided ranges; discriminating means for discriminating whether the amount of defocus can be detected within the selected range, and calculating means for calculating the amount of defocus within the selected range when the discriminating means discriminates that the amount of defocus can be detected within the selected range, and for calculating the amount of defocus within the divided range other than the selected range when the discriminating means discriminates that the amount of defocus cannot be detected within the selected range.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
68 words
The focus detection system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said dividing means includes means for dividing the predetermined detectable range into three divided ranges including a first range containing a present infocus position, a second range determined in a front-focus side of the first range and a third range determined in a rear-focus side of the first range, and wherein said selecting means selects the first range.
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