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Lens control system
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1991-03-08
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Granted: 1992-09-01
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Expires: 2011-03-08
Abstract
Abstract A lens control system is disclosed, which comprises a focusing lens drive for driving a focusing lens for focus control, a zooming lens drive for driving a zooming lens for zooming, a focusing lens position detector for detecting the position of the focusing lens, a zooming lens position detector for detecting the position of the zooming lens, and a control circuit for controlling, when the zooming lens position detector detects that the zooming lens is in a macro region, the focusing lens drive to stop the focusing lens at a predetermined position.
Inventors
- 👤 Ryunosuke Iijima
- 👤 Kitahiro Kaneda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-09 19:06
CPC Classifications
G; G02; G02B; G02B7/00; G02B7/02; G02B7/04; G02B7/10; G02B7/102
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 15
Claim 1
Independent Claim
91 words
A lens control system comprising: focusing lens driving means for driving a focusing lens to effect focusing; zooming lens driving means for driving a zooming lens for zooming operation; focusing lens position detecting means for detecting the position of said focusing lens; zooming lens position detecting means for detecting the position of said zooming lens; and control means for controlling said focusing lens driving means to stop said focusing lens at a predetermined position when said zooming lens position detecting means detects that said zooming lens is in a macro region.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
91 words
A lens control system comprising: focusing lens driving means for driving a focusing lens to effect focusing; zooming lens driving means for driving a zooming lens for zooming operation; focusing lens position detecting means for detecting the position of said focusing lens; zooming lens position detecting means for detecting the position of said zooming lens; and control means for controlling said focusing lens driving means to stop said focusing lens at a predetermined position when said zooming lens position detecting means detects that said zooming lens is in a macro region.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The lens control system according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined position is an infinite position.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
106 words
A lens control system comprising: first and second focusing means for executing focusing operation in respective different regions; switching means for switching said first and second focusing means according to focusing region; and control means for controlling, when said first focusing means is switched over to said second focusing means by said switching means, the stop position of said first focusing means according to the focusing state of said first focusing means before the switching and setting, when said second focusing means is subsequently switched over to said first focusing means, said stop position as initial position of said first focusing means in the operation thereof.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
106 words
A lens control system comprising: first and second focusing means for executing focusing operation in respective different regions; switching means for switching said first and second focusing means according to focusing region; and control means for controlling, when said first focusing means is switched over to said second focusing means by said switching means, the stop position of said first focusing means according to the focusing state of said first focusing means before the switching and setting, when said second focusing means is subsequently switched over to said first focusing means, said stop position as initial position of said first focusing means in the operation thereof.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
30 words
The lens control system according to claim 3, wherein said first focusing means executes focusing in a normal region, while said second focusing means executes focusing in a wide-macro region.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
82 words
The lens control system according to claim 3, wherein said control means stops said first focusing means at a position of focusing state if the first focusing means is in the focusing state when said first focusing means is switched over to said second focusing means and, if said first focusing means is not in the focusing state, stops said first focusing means at a position reached after driving of said first focusing means by a predetermined amount in a driving direction.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
114 words
A lens control system comprising: focusing means capable of focusing operation in first and second regions different from each other; operating region switching means for switching the operating region of said focusing means between said first and second regions; storing means for storing the operating state of said focusing means in said first region right before switching of the operating region of said focusing means from said first region over to said second region by said operating region switching means; and control means for controlling said focusing means according to information stored in said storing means when said second region is switched back to said first region after focusing operation in said second region.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
114 words
A lens control system comprising: focusing means capable of focusing operation in first and second regions different from each other; operating region switching means for switching the operating region of said focusing means between said first and second regions; storing means for storing the operating state of said focusing means in said first region right before switching of the operating region of said focusing means from said first region over to said second region by said operating region switching means; and control means for controlling said focusing means according to information stored in said storing means when said second region is switched back to said first region after focusing operation in said second region.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
76 words
The lens control system according to claim 6, wherein said storing means stores the direction of movement immediately before the switching of the operating region of said focusing means, and said control means sets, when the operating region of said focusing means is switched to said first region after focusing operation in said second region, a position reached after driving of said focusing means by a predetermined amount in a direction stored in said storing means.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
80 words
A lens control system comprising: first and second focusing means for executing focusing operation in respective different regions; switching means for switching said first and second focusing means according to focusing region; and control means for detecting, when said first focusing means is switched over to said second focusing means by said switching means, the position of said first focusing means before the switching and forcibly moves said first focusing means to a predetermined position according to the detected position.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
80 words
A lens control system comprising: first and second focusing means for executing focusing operation in respective different regions; switching means for switching said first and second focusing means according to focusing region; and control means for detecting, when said first focusing means is switched over to said second focusing means by said switching means, the position of said first focusing means before the switching and forcibly moves said first focusing means to a predetermined position according to the detected position.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
30 words
The lens control system according to claim 8, wherein said first focusing means executes focusing in a normal region, while said second focusing means executes focusing in a wide-macro region.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
74 words
The lens control system according to claim 9, wherein said first focusing means is capable of focusing operation in a normal region and a tele-macro region, and said control means drives, if the position of said first focusing means immediately before switching of said first focusing means over to said second focusing means by said switching means is in said tele-macro region, said first focusing means to said predetermined position in said normal region.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
25 words
The lens control system according to claim 8, wherein said control means moves said first focusing means at a highest speed to said predetermined position.
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