US4857946A
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Film winding-up system for photographic camera
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1986-11-25
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Granted: 1989-08-15
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Expires: 2006-11-25
Abstract
Abstract A film winding-up system for a photographic camera including a film detection switch, a one-frame film winding-up device, a detection switch for detecting completion of an operation of the one-frame film winding-up device, a film advance detection switch for detecting whether a film is properly wound-up or not, a display device having a film frame counter and a control device connected to the film detection switch, the one-frame film winding-up device, the one-frame film winding-up completion detection switch, the film advance detection switch and to the film frame counter. The control device controls the film frame counter to count up the value on the film frame counter when the film is not loaded and at the same time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed and the control device also controls the film frame counter to count up the value on the film frame counter when the film is loaded and at the same time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed and further the film advance is properly detected and the control device inhibits the counting-up operation of the film frame counter when the film is loaded and at the same time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed and further the proper film advance is not detected.
Inventors
- 👤 Shinji Tominaga
- 👤 Kouji Yamamoto
- 👤 Akira Yamanaka
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 19:02
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B17/00; G03B17/42; G03B17/425; G03B17/18; G03B7/00; G03B7/08; G03B7/091; G03B7/093; G03B7/26
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
123 words
A film winding-up system for a photographic camera, comprising: winding-up means for winding up one-frame of a film; winding-up completion detection means for detecting a completion of operation of said winding-up means; film advance detection means for detecting whether the film is properly advanced or not; display means that is turned on to display that the film is being wound-up and including a liquid crystal device; and control means responsive to said winding-up completion detection means and said film advance detection means and for controlling the display of said display means, said control means controlling said display means to turn on the display when the film is properly advanced, and to turn off the display when the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
123 words
A film winding-up system for a photographic camera, comprising: winding-up means for winding up one-frame of a film; winding-up completion detection means for detecting a completion of operation of said winding-up means; film advance detection means for detecting whether the film is properly advanced or not; display means that is turned on to display that the film is being wound-up and including a liquid crystal device; and control means responsive to said winding-up completion detection means and said film advance detection means and for controlling the display of said display means, said control means controlling said display means to turn on the display when the film is properly advanced, and to turn off the display when the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
35 words
A film winding-up system, as defined in claim 1, wherein said film advance detection means includes a driven sprocket driven by the movement of the film and detects the proper film advance through working thereof.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
231 words
A film winding-up system for a photographic camera, comprising: film detection means for detecting whether a film is loaded or not; film winding-up means for winding up the film; back lid opening-closure detection means for detecting the opening or the closure of a camera back lid; memory means responsive to said film detection means and said back lid detection means for storing a presence of a film when said back lid detection means detects that the back lid is changed from a closed condition to an opened condition with said film detection means detecting the loading of the film, and for storing an absence of the film when said back lid detection means detects the same change of condition with said film detection means detecting the unloading of the film; and initial film loading control means responsive to said back lid detection means and said memory means for controlling said film winding-up means to carry out an initial film loading operation, such that the initial film loading operation is inhibited when said back lid detection means detects that the back lid is changed from the opened condition to the closed condition with said memory means storing the presence of the film, and the initial film loading operation is allowed when said back lid detection means detects the same change of condition with said memory means storing the absence of the film.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
231 words
A film winding-up system for a photographic camera, comprising: film detection means for detecting whether a film is loaded or not; film winding-up means for winding up the film; back lid opening-closure detection means for detecting the opening or the closure of a camera back lid; memory means responsive to said film detection means and said back lid detection means for storing a presence of a film when said back lid detection means detects that the back lid is changed from a closed condition to an opened condition with said film detection means detecting the loading of the film, and for storing an absence of the film when said back lid detection means detects the same change of condition with said film detection means detecting the unloading of the film; and initial film loading control means responsive to said back lid detection means and said memory means for controlling said film winding-up means to carry out an initial film loading operation, such that the initial film loading operation is inhibited when said back lid detection means detects that the back lid is changed from the opened condition to the closed condition with said memory means storing the presence of the film, and the initial film loading operation is allowed when said back lid detection means detects the same change of condition with said memory means storing the absence of the film.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
121 words
A film winding-up system, as defined in claim 3 further comprising a film frame counter for counting the number of exposed frames of the film, and display control means responsive to said back lid detection means and said memory means for controlling the value on the film frame counter such that the film frame counter value is maintained when said back lid detection means detects that the back lid is changed from the closed condition to the opened condition with said memory means storing the presence of the film, and the film frame counter value is set to zero when said back lid detection means detects the same change of condition with said memory means storing the absence of the film.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
19 words
A film winding-up system, as defined in claim 4, wherein said film frame counter comprises an electronic display counter.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
148 words
A film winding-up system for a photographic camera, comprising: winding-up means for winding up one frame of a film; means for detecting the loading of the film into the camera; winding-up completion detection means for detecting a completion of operation of said winding-up means; display means for displaying the film winding condition of said winding-up means; initial film loading control means responsive to the loading of film into the camera for controlling said winding-up means to wind up the film by at least three-frame lengths; and display control means responsive to the outputs of said winding-up completion detection means and said initial film loading control means for controlling said display means to alternatively turn on and turn off the film winding-up display each time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed when said winding-up means is carrying out an initial loading operation by said initial loading control means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
148 words
A film winding-up system for a photographic camera, comprising: winding-up means for winding up one frame of a film; means for detecting the loading of the film into the camera; winding-up completion detection means for detecting a completion of operation of said winding-up means; display means for displaying the film winding condition of said winding-up means; initial film loading control means responsive to the loading of film into the camera for controlling said winding-up means to wind up the film by at least three-frame lengths; and display control means responsive to the outputs of said winding-up completion detection means and said initial film loading control means for controlling said display means to alternatively turn on and turn off the film winding-up display each time the one-frame film winding-up operation is completed when said winding-up means is carrying out an initial loading operation by said initial loading control means.
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