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Camera system having the plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operation
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1991-01-18
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Granted: 1992-08-18
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Expires: 2011-01-18
Abstract
Abstract A camera system being comprised of a camera and an external device is disclosed. The external device is detachably mounted on the camera which memorizes a program or data necessary for executing a program therein. When the external device is mounted on the camera, they are connected electrically with each other and communicate therebetween in order to read a program or data memorized in the external device into a memory means provided in the camera. The camera is controlled according to the program designated by the external device.
Inventors
- 👤 Norio Ishikawa
- 👤 Masaaki Nakai
- 👤 Masayasu Hirano
- 👤 Akihiko Fujino
- 👤 Hiroshi Ootsuka
- 👤 Takeshi Egawa
- 👤 Kunio Kawamura
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 18:04
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B7/00; G03B7/08; G03B7/091; G03B7/097
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
122 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing a setting of an exposure control mode; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the setting of said exposure control mode without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said exposure control mode with said directed state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
122 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing a setting of an exposure control mode; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the setting of said exposure control mode without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said exposure control mode with said directed state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
A camera according to claim 1, further comprising: means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when the setting of exposure control mode is directed.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
113 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing an exposure compensation; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the exposure compensation without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said exposure compensation with said directed state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
113 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing an exposure compensation; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the exposure compensation without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said exposure compensation with said directed state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
27 words
A camera according to claim 3, further comprising: means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when the exposure compensation is directed.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
118 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing a setting of a drive mode; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the setting of said drive mode without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said drive mode with said state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
118 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing a setting of a drive mode; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the setting of said drive mode without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said drive mode with said state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
30 words
A camera according to claim 5, further comprising: means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when the setting of said drive mode is directed.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
119 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing a setting of a film speed; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the setting of said film speed without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said film speed with said directed state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
119 words
A camera, comprising: first manually operable means for directing a setting of a film speed; means, responsive to a manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a directed state wherein said first manually operable means directs the setting of said film speed without continuing manual operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing data indicative of said film speed with said directed state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said directed state.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
30 words
A camera according to claim 7, further comprising: means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when the setting said film of speed is directed.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
62 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations, comprising: manually operable means for designating one of said plurality of parameters; manually operable means for changing data values of said designated parameter; light measuring means; and means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when one of said plurality of parameters is designated.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
62 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations, comprising: manually operable means for designating one of said plurality of parameters; manually operable means for changing data values of said designated parameter; light measuring means; and means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when one of said plurality of parameters is designated.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
37 words
A camera according to claim 9, further comprising: means responsive to manual operation of said designating means for preserving a state wherein said designating means designates said designated parameter without continuing manual operation of said designating means.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
158 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations including film speed and exposure compensation, said camera comprising: first means manually operable for designating said film speed; second means manually operable for designating said exposure compensation; means, responsive to a manual operation of one of said first and second designating means, for preserving a designated state of one of said parameters without further manual operation of one of said first and second designating means; means manually operable for changing data values of said designated parameter with said designated state preserved by said preserving means irrespective of whether designation of film speed or exposure compensation is preserved; manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said manually operable means, for measuring brightness of an object; and means, responsive to said manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving the designated state irrespective of whether designation of film speed or exposure compensation is preserved.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
158 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations including film speed and exposure compensation, said camera comprising: first means manually operable for designating said film speed; second means manually operable for designating said exposure compensation; means, responsive to a manual operation of one of said first and second designating means, for preserving a designated state of one of said parameters without further manual operation of one of said first and second designating means; means manually operable for changing data values of said designated parameter with said designated state preserved by said preserving means irrespective of whether designation of film speed or exposure compensation is preserved; manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said manually operable means, for measuring brightness of an object; and means, responsive to said manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving the designated state irrespective of whether designation of film speed or exposure compensation is preserved.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
44 words
A camera according to claim 11, further comprising: means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when said film speed is designated by said first designating means or when said exposure compensation is designated by said second designating means.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
160 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations including a drive mode and exposure compensation, said camera comprising: first means manually operable for designating said drive mode; second means manually operable for designating said exposure compensation; means, responsive to a manual operation of one of said first and second designating means, for preserving a designated state of one of said parameters without further manual operation of one of said first and second designating means; means manually operable for changing data values of said designated parameter with said designated state preserved by said preserving means irrespective of whether designation of drive mode or exposure compensation is preserved; manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said manually operable means, for measuring a brightness of an object; and means, responsive to said manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving the designated state irrespective of whether designation of drive mode or exposure compensation is preserved.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
160 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations including a drive mode and exposure compensation, said camera comprising: first means manually operable for designating said drive mode; second means manually operable for designating said exposure compensation; means, responsive to a manual operation of one of said first and second designating means, for preserving a designated state of one of said parameters without further manual operation of one of said first and second designating means; means manually operable for changing data values of said designated parameter with said designated state preserved by said preserving means irrespective of whether designation of drive mode or exposure compensation is preserved; manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said manually operable means, for measuring a brightness of an object; and means, responsive to said manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving the designated state irrespective of whether designation of drive mode or exposure compensation is preserved.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
44 words
A camera according to claim 13, further comprising: means for disabling a calculating operation in accordance with said light measuring means when said drive mode is designated by said first designating means or when said exposure compensation is designated by said second designating means.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
142 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations, said camera comprising: first manually operable means; means, responsive to an manual operation of said first manually operable means, for individually altering a designation of said parameters in a predetermined order; means, responsive to manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a state wherein said one of said parameters is designated without further operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing a data value of a designated parameter with its associated state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to a manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said associated state.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
142 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations, said camera comprising: first manually operable means; means, responsive to an manual operation of said first manually operable means, for individually altering a designation of said parameters in a predetermined order; means, responsive to manual operation of said first manually operable means, for preserving a state wherein said one of said parameters is designated without further operation of said first manually operable means; second manually operable means for changing a data value of a designated parameter with its associated state preserved by said preserving means; third manually operable means; light measuring means, responsive to said third manually operable means, for measuring the brightness of an object; and means, responsive to a manual operation of said third manually operable means, for resetting said preserving means from preserving said associated state.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
13 words
A camera according to claim 15 wherein said parameters include exposure control mode.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
12 words
A camera according to claim 15 wherein said parameters include exposure compensation.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
12 words
A camera according to claim 15 wherein said parameters include drive mode.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
12 words
A camera according to claim 15 wherein said parameters include film speed.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
82 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations, comprising: manually operable means for designating one of said plurality of parameters; manually operable means for changing data values of said designated parameter; light measuring means; means for supplying an electric power to said light measuring means from a power source to activate said light measuring means; and means for controlling said supplying means to turn off the power supply when one of said plurality of parameters is designated.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
82 words
A camera having a plurality of manually settable parameters for determining camera operations, comprising: manually operable means for designating one of said plurality of parameters; manually operable means for changing data values of said designated parameter; light measuring means; means for supplying an electric power to said light measuring means from a power source to activate said light measuring means; and means for controlling said supplying means to turn off the power supply when one of said plurality of parameters is designated.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
37 words
A camera according to claim 20, further comprising: means responsive to manual operation of said designating means for preserving a state wherein said designating means designates said designated parameter without continuing manual operation of said designating means.
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