G02B 7/34
Using different areas in a pupil plane
Official title: using different areas in a pupil plane
G02B7/34 (Using different areas in a pupil plane) appears on 1,351 US grants and 890 published applications in this corpus.
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- Distance detecting device, focus state detecting device and camera having same409US 5,890,021 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1999
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- Focus detecting device for use with cameras140US 4,952,966 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1990
- Focus detecting device for use with cameras116US 4,636,624 AMinolta Camera Kabushiki Kaisha · 1987