Claims
- 1. A lens barrier apparatus comprising:
- a lens barrier, movable between at least two states, said lens barrier being provided on a front face of a lens barrel and protects a camera lens;
- a sensor that sense a state of said lens barrier;
- a motor which drives said lens barrier; and
- a drive controller which operates such that, if during driving of said lens barrier in a first direction, an intended state of said lens barrier is not reached, said controller drives said motor in a second direction, opposite to said first direction, for a predetermined time period and then drives said motor in said first direction again.
Priority Claims (7)
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8-012317 |
Jan 1996 |
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8-032522 |
Feb 1996 |
JPX |
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8-032523 |
Feb 1996 |
JPX |
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8-034126 |
Feb 1996 |
JPX |
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8-058335 |
Feb 1996 |
JPX |
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8-058350 |
Feb 1996 |
JPX |
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8-034822 |
Feb 1996 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a divisional application of U.S. patent application Ser. No. 08/775,239, filed Dec. 30, 1996, now U.S. Pat. No. 5,842,057 the contents of which are hereby incorporated by reference in its entirety.
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Divisions (1)
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775239 |
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