Motor driven camera

Claim 2

A motor driven camera having a motor for winding a film, said camera comprising a pulse generator which generates one pulse for every predetermined number of perforations of the film in association with feeding of the film, means for counting the number of pulses generated by said pulse generator, and a motor control circuit which stops said motor when said pulse counting means counts a predetermined number of pulses.

Claim 3

A motor driven camera according to claim 1, wherein said pulse generator generates one pulse for each perforation of the film, and the motor control circuit stops said motor when said pulse counting means counts eight pulses.

Claim 4

A motor driven camera according to claim 1, wherein said pulse generator generates one pulse for every two perforations on said film, and said motor control circuit stops said motor when said pulse counting means counts four pulses.

Claim 5

A motor driven camera according to claim 1, wherein said pulse generator generates one pulse for every four perforations of the film, and said motor control circuit stops said motor when said pulse counting means counts two pulses.

Claim 6

A motor driven camera according to claim 1, further comprising a pulse judging circuit to which said pulses from said pulse generator are inputted so as to detect said pulses of said pulse generator.

Claim 7

A motor driven camera according to claim 5, further comprising an indicator which indicates the state of film in response to the presence of said pulses detected by said pulse judging circuit and/or the duration of the pulses.

Claim 8

A motor driven camera according to claim 6, further comprising a rotatable sprocket which has teeth which can be engaged by the perforations of said film to feed said film.

Claim 9

A motor driven camera according to claim 7, wherein said pulse generator comprises an encoder plate which rotates in association with said sprocket, and which has light transmission openings which are located in the same phase arrangement as said teeth of said sprocket, and a photointerrupter which has a light emitter and a light receiver provided on opposite sides of said light transmission openings of said encoder.

Claim 10

A motor driven camera according to claim 8, wherein said sprocket has teeth spaced at an equiangular distance from each other, wherein said encoder plate has six light transmission openings corresponding to said teeth of said sprocket.

Claim 11

A motor driven camera according to claim 7, wherein said pulse generator comprises an encoder plate which rotates in association with said sprocket and which has lands located in the same phase arrangement as said teeth of said sprocket, and a brush which is selectively brought into contact with said lands.

Claim 12

A motor driven camera according to claim 10, wherein said sprocket has six teeth spaced at an equiangular distance from each other, wherein said encoder plate has six lands corresponding to said teeth of the sprocket.

Claim 13

A motor driven camera according to claim 7, wherein said sprocket comprises relatively rotatable upper and lower sprocket elements having teeth which are adapted to engage upper and lower perforations of said film.

Claim 14

A motor driven camera according to claim 12, wherein one of said upper and lower sprocket elements that is engaged by said perforations of said film leader portion forms a driving sprocket to which drive power is provided upon a loading of said film, wherein said other sprocket element forms a driven sprocket which is driven by said perforations of said film, so that said rotation of said driven sprocket generates said pulses.

Claim 15

A motor driven camera according to claim 1, wherein said motor control circuit comprises means for stopping said motor to locate the boundary lines defining adjacent picture frames between adjacent perforations of the film.

Claim 16

A single-lens reflex camera in which film is fed by a rotational drive of a sprocket having teeth which can be engaged by the perforations of a leader portion of said film upon loading of said film, and wherein said film is wound by rotatably winding a film receiving spool after said film leader portion is wound onto said spool, the improvement comprising a driving mechanism in which said sprocket comprises relatively rotatable upper and lower sprocket elements having teeth which can be engaged by upper and lower perforations of the film, one of said upper and lower sprocket elements engaged by said perforations of said film leader portion forming a driving sprocket of which drive power is provided upon loading of said film, the other sprocket element forming a driven sprocket which is driven by said perforations of the film, said driving mechanism comprising a pulse generator which generates pulses in accordance with rotation of said other sprocket element and a pulse judging circuit to which said pulses of said pulse generator are inputted to detect said pulses.

Claim 17

A single-lens reflex camera in which film is fed by a rotational drive of a sprocket having teeth which can be engaged by the perforations of a leader portion of said film upon loading of said film, and wherein said film is wound by rotatably winding a film receiving spool after said film leader portion is wound onto said spool, the improvement comprising a driving mechanism in which said sprocket comprises relatively rotatable upper and lower sprocket elements having teeth which can be engaged by upper and lower perforations of the film, one of said upper and lower sprocket elements engaged by said perforations of said film leader portion forming a driving sprocket of which drive power is provided upon loading of said film, the other sprocket element forming a driven sprocket which is driven by said perforations of the film, said driving mechanism comprising a pulse generator which generates pulses in accordance with rotation of said other sprocket element and a pulse judging circuit to which said pulses of said pulse generator are inputted to detect said pulses.

Claim 18

A drive mechanism according to claim 15, further comprising an indicator which indicates the state of said film in accordance with the presence and absence of said pulses detected by said pulse judging circuit and/or the duration of said pulses.

Claim 19

A drive mechanism according to claim 15, wherein said camera has a motor for driving the sprocket.

Claim 20

A drive mechanism according to claim 15, wherein said pulse generator generates one pulse for each perforation of said film.

Claim 21

A drive mechanism according to claim 15, wherein said pulse generator generates one pulse for every two perforations of said film.

Claim 22

A drive mechanism according to claim 15, wherein said pulse generator generates one pulse for every four perforations of the film.

Claim 23

A drive mechanism according to claim 15, further comprising a pulse counting means for counting the number of pulses generated by said pulse generator and a motor control circuit for stopping said motor when said pulse counting means counts a predetermined number of pulses.

Claim 24

A drive mechanism according to claim 21, wherein said predetermined number of pulses is two.

Claim 25

A drive mechanism according to claim 21, wherein said predetermined number of pulses is four.

Claim 26

A drive mechanism according to claim 21, wherein said predetermined number of pulses is eight.

Claim 27

A camera having a sprocket which has teeth engaged by perforations of a film, said sprocket being rotatable by feeding said film, the improvement comprising a drive mechanism which has a pulse generator which generates one pulse whenever said teeth of said sprocket pass a predetermined position, said pulse generator comprising means for defining boundary lines between the picture frames of the film, the boundary lines located between adjacent perforations of the film.

Claim 28

A camera having a sprocket which has teeth engaged by perforations of a film, said sprocket being rotatable by feeding said film, the improvement comprising a drive mechanism which has a pulse generator which generates one pulse whenever said teeth of said sprocket pass a predetermined position, said pulse generator comprising means for defining boundary lines between the picture frames of the film, the boundary lines located between adjacent perforations of the film.

Claim 29

A drive mechanism according to claim 25, wherein said pulses generated by said pulse generator are used to control a stop position of said film.

Claim 30

A drive mechanism according to claim 25, wherein said pulses generated by said pulse generator are used to detect the state of the film.