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Stroboscopic controller
Assignee: Ricoh Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-03-20
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Granted: 1992-05-05
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Expires: 2011-03-20
Abstract
Abstract A stroboscopic controller for illuminating a photographed object by discharging a charge stored to a main capacitor through a light emitting tube has a voltage measuring device for measuring a charging voltage of the main capacitor before light emission; a light quantity calculator for calculating a quantity of light required to illuminate the photographed object; a voltage calculator for calculating a voltage of the main capacitor at a stopping time of the light emission from the charging voltage measured by the voltage measuring device and the quantity of light calculated by the light quantity calculator; a time calculator for calculating a stroboscopic light emitting time for which the voltage of the main capacitor is changed by the stroboscopic light emission from the charging voltage before the light emission to the voltage at the stopping time of the light emission; and a light emission control device for controlling a light emitting operation and a stopping operation thereof with respect to the light emitting tube based on the stroboscopic light emitting time calculated by the time calculator.
Inventors
- 👤 Hiroshi Takeda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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2026-10-30 11:52
CPC Classifications
H; H05; H05B; H05B41/00; H05B41/14; H05B41/30; H05B41/32; G; G03; G03B; G03B15/00; G03B15/02; G03B15/03; G03B15/05; G03B2215/00; G03B2215/05
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
198 words
A stroboscopic controller for illuminating a photographed object by discharging a charge stored to a main capacitor through a light emitting tube, said stroboscopic controller comprising: voltage measuring means for measuring a charging voltage of the main capacitor before light emission; light quantity calculating means for calculating a quantity of light required to illuminate the photographed object, including means for receiving information indicative of film sensitivity, diaphragm and a distance from a camera to the photographed object; voltage calculating means for calculating a voltage of the main capacitor at a stopping time of the light emission from the charging voltage measured by said voltage measuring means and the quantity of light calculated by the light quantity calculating means; time calculating means for calculating a stroboscopic light emitting time for which the voltage of the main capacitor is changed by the stroboscopic light emission from said charging voltage before the light emission to said voltage at the stopping time of the light emission; and light emission control means for controlling a light emitting operation and a stopping operation thereof with respect to the light emitting tube based on the stroboscopic light emitting time calculated by the time calculating means.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
198 words
A stroboscopic controller for illuminating a photographed object by discharging a charge stored to a main capacitor through a light emitting tube, said stroboscopic controller comprising: voltage measuring means for measuring a charging voltage of the main capacitor before light emission; light quantity calculating means for calculating a quantity of light required to illuminate the photographed object, including means for receiving information indicative of film sensitivity, diaphragm and a distance from a camera to the photographed object; voltage calculating means for calculating a voltage of the main capacitor at a stopping time of the light emission from the charging voltage measured by said voltage measuring means and the quantity of light calculated by the light quantity calculating means; time calculating means for calculating a stroboscopic light emitting time for which the voltage of the main capacitor is changed by the stroboscopic light emission from said charging voltage before the light emission to said voltage at the stopping time of the light emission; and light emission control means for controlling a light emitting operation and a stopping operation thereof with respect to the light emitting tube based on the stroboscopic light emitting time calculated by the time calculating means.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
46 words
A stroboscopic controller according to claim 1, wherein the light emitting operation is controlled by the quantity of light calculated, before the light emission, from information indicative of the film sensitivity, the diaphragm of a photographing lens, the distance from a camera to the photographed object.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
22 words
A stroboscopic controller according to claim 1, wherein the voltage calculating means includes means for receiving information indicative of a guide number.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
34 words
A stroboscopic controller according to claim 1, wherein the light quantity calculating means, the voltage calculating means, the time calculating means and a section for outputting guide number information are built-in a one-chip microcomputer.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
215 words
A stroboscopic controller for illuminating a photographed object by discharging a charge stored in a main capacitor through a light emitting tube, said stroboscopic controller comprising: voltage measuring means for measuring a charging voltage of the main capacitor before light emission; light quantity calculating means for calculating a quantity of light required to illuminate the photographed object; voltage calculating means for calculating a voltage of the main capacitor at a stopping time of the light emission from the charging voltage measured by said voltage measuring means and the quantity of light calculated by the light quantity calculating means; time calculating means for calculating a stroboscopic light emitting time for which the voltage of the main capacitor is changed by the stroboscopic light emission from said charging voltage before the light emission to said voltage at the stopping time of the light emission; and light emission control means for controlling a light emitting operation and a stopping operation thereof with respect to the light emitting tube based on the stroboscopic light emitting time calculated by the time calculating means, said light emitting operation is controlled by the quantity of light calculated, before the light emission, from information indicative of a film sensitivity, diaphragm of a photographing lens, a distance from a camera to the photographed object.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
215 words
A stroboscopic controller for illuminating a photographed object by discharging a charge stored in a main capacitor through a light emitting tube, said stroboscopic controller comprising: voltage measuring means for measuring a charging voltage of the main capacitor before light emission; light quantity calculating means for calculating a quantity of light required to illuminate the photographed object; voltage calculating means for calculating a voltage of the main capacitor at a stopping time of the light emission from the charging voltage measured by said voltage measuring means and the quantity of light calculated by the light quantity calculating means; time calculating means for calculating a stroboscopic light emitting time for which the voltage of the main capacitor is changed by the stroboscopic light emission from said charging voltage before the light emission to said voltage at the stopping time of the light emission; and light emission control means for controlling a light emitting operation and a stopping operation thereof with respect to the light emitting tube based on the stroboscopic light emitting time calculated by the time calculating means, said light emitting operation is controlled by the quantity of light calculated, before the light emission, from information indicative of a film sensitivity, diaphragm of a photographing lens, a distance from a camera to the photographed object.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
22 words
A stroboscopic controller according to claim 5, wherein the voltage calculating means includes means for receiving information indicative of a guide number.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
34 words
A stroboscopic controller according to claim 5, wherein the light quantity calculating means, the voltage calculating means, the time calculating means and a section for outputting guide number information are built-in a one-chip microcomputer.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
28 words
A stroboscopic controller according to claim 7, wherein at least one of the voltage measuring means or the light emission control means are also built-in the one-chip microcomputer.
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