Claims
- 1. A lens focusing system for a camera, said system comprising:
- a focusing lens group comprising at least one focusing lens, said focusing lens group being movable between a near extremity and a far extremity;
- automatic focusing means for automatically positioning said focusing lens group in an in-focus condition;
- manual focusing means for manually positioning said focusing lens group; and
- means for changing a focusing mode of said camera, so that, in an automatic focusing mode, focusing is carried out by said automatic focusing means, and, in a manual focusing mode, focusing is carried out by said manual focusing means;
- said automatic focusing means comprising means for automatically positioning said focusing lens group at a predetermined position whenever the focusing mode of said camera is changed from manual focusing to automatic focusing.
- 2. The system according to claim 1, further comprising means for producing pulses as said focusing lens group is moved, and means for decrementing or incrementing a position value in accordance with said pulses, the position value being indicative of the position of said focusing lens group.
- 3. The system according to claim 1, wherein said automatic positioning means positions said focusing lens group at said far extremity.
- 4. The system according to claim 3, wherein said far extremity corresponds to an infinity position of said focusing lens group.
- 5. The system according to claim 2, further comprising means for setting said position value to a predetermined value in association with a change in focusing mode from manual to automatic.
- 6. The system according to claim 5, wherein said predetermined value is zero.
- 7. The system according to claim 5, wherein said setting means set said position value to said predetermined value upon positioning of said focusing lens group at one of the extremities of said focusing lens group.
- 8. The system according to claim 7, wherein said predetermined value is zero.
- 9. The system according to claim 1, wherein said predetermined position is one of said far extremity and said near extremity.
Priority Claims (6)
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63-237570 |
Sep 1988 |
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63-237571 |
Sep 1988 |
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63-237572 |
Sep 1988 |
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63-237573 |
Sep 1988 |
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63-237574 |
Sep 1988 |
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63-237575 |
Sep 1988 |
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Parent Case Info
This application is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/881,785, filed May 11, 1992, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,283,607 on Feb. 1, 1994 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/652,038, filed Feb. 4, 1991, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,159,377 on Oct. 27, 1992 which is a continuation of application Ser. No. 07/410,880, filed Sep. 22, 1989, which issued as U.S. Pat. No. 5,093,680 on Mar. 3, 1992.
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Continuations (3)
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