Claims
- 1. A camera comprising:
- a camera body having opposed from and back surfaces;
- at least one film spool including a film advance motor for rotating said at least one film spool;
- a screen size changing frame movable between a first screen size position and a second screen size position;
- a pulse signal generator generating a feeding pulse signal responsive to a rate of advancement of a film being wound about said at least one film spool;
- said film advance motor rotating said at least one film spool responsive to said feeding pulse signal;
- a controller;
- said controller generating a first data imprinting signal having a first frequency;
- said controller generating a second data imprinting signal having a second frequency;
- said first frequency and said second frequency responsive to said feeding pulse signal;
- light emitting elements;
- said light emitting elements being positioned to expose a portion of said film to light emitted from said light emitting elements, responsive to one of said first and second data imprinting signals, thereby imprinting data in said portion on said film during rotation of said at least one film spool by said film advance motor;
- at least a portion of said light emitting elements is disposed in a generally triangular space, adjacent said at least one spool, defined by said camera body back surface, whereby an outside dimension of said camera is reduced.
- 2. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a light emitting element lens assembly is movably mounted in said camera body for movement between a third position and a fourth position;
- said controller controlling a position of said light emitting element lens assembly responsive to said screen size changing frame.
- 3. Apparatus according to claim 1, wherein said lens assembly focusses at a first character height and width when said first screen size is selected, and a second character height and width when said second screen size is selected, said character height and width having substantially the same proportions in both said first screen size and said second screen size.
- 4. Apparatus according to claim 2, wherein:
- said controller begins said imprinting a first predetermined time after a beginning of said feeding pulse signal, when said first screen size is selected;
- said controller begins imprinting a second predetermined time after said beginning of said feeding pulse signal, when said second screen size is selected; and
- said first and second times are different.
- 5. Apparatus according to claim 4, wherein said first predetermined time is about twice said second predetermined time.
- 6. A camera comprising:
- a camera body;
- a plurality of light emitting elements mounted within said camera body;
- a lens assembly focussing light emitted from said plurality of light emitting elements on a film surface of a photosensitive means held in said camera body;
- said light emitted from said plurality of light emitting elements forming imprinted data on said film surface;
- a shutter for selectively exposing said film surface to light from an object to be photographed;
- a spool;
- said film being wound on said spool;
- a data imprinting window disposed closer to the center of the spool than a plane A, which plane is in contact with the maximum diameter of said film wound on said spool and is perpendicular to said film surface; and
- said lens assembly being mounted in a roughly triangular region defined by a wall of a spool chamber, perpendicular to said film surface; and a surface of the main camera body parallel to said film surface and closest to said film surface;
- said triangular region disposed closer to the center of said spool than said plane A;
- whereby an outside dimension of said camera is reduced.
- 7. A camera according to claim 6, further including:
- at least one film pressing roller;
- said at least one film pressing roller being resiliently mounted on said camera body such that said at least one film pressing roller maintains resilient contact with a surface of said photosensitive means wound on said spool;
- a space for said at least one film pressing roller retractably arranged directly below said roughly triangular region in which said optical means are stored; and,
- said at least one film pressing roller being urged into said roughly triangular region when a diameter of said photosensitive means wound on said spool approaches said circle having a diameter proportional to the maximum diameter of said photosensitive means wound on said spool.
- 8. Apparatus for imprinting data in a camera, said camera being of a type capable of exposing a photosensitive medium in at least a full size mode and a panorama mode, comprising:
- a first pulse generator generating first pulses having a first frequency;
- a spool capable of winding said photosensitive medium including a film advance motor for advancing said photosensitive medium along a film plane and onto said spool;
- a data imprinting window disposed closer to the center of said spool than a plane A, which plane is in contact with the external form of said photosensitive medium and is perpendicular to said film plane;
- a roller arranged on a plane parallel to said film plane, in a position directly below and in front of said data imprinting window of said film plane in a direction perpendicular to said film plane;
- a second pulse generator generating second pulses having a second frequency;
- said second frequency being at least twice said first frequency, such that for each of said first pulses there are at least a first one and a second one of said second pulses;
- a controller capable of energizing a plurality of sources of light in a pattern, responsive to said first one of said second pulses, effective to imprint a first pattern of data on said photosensitive medium;
- said controller being capable of energizing said plurality of sources of light in a pattern, responsive to said first one and said second one of said second pulses, effective to imprint a second pattern of data on said photosensitive medium; and
- said first pattern having a length substantially equal to an integral multiple of said second pattern.
Priority Claims (3)
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3-276879 |
Sep 1991 |
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3-298017 |
Oct 1991 |
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3-286640 |
Oct 1991 |
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Parent Case Info
This is a Continuation of application Ser. No. 08/436,160 filed May 8, 195 (abandoned), which was a Continuation-in-part of application Ser. No. 08/952,580 filed Sep. 28, 1992 (abandoned).
US Referenced Citations (8)
Foreign Referenced Citations (1)
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Continuations (1)
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436160 |
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Continuation in Parts (1)
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