G02B 7/346
Using horizontal and vertical areas in the pupil plane, i.e. wide area
Official title: {using horizontal and vertical areas in the pupil plane, i.e. wide area autofocusing}
G02B7/346 (Using horizontal and vertical areas in the pupil plane, i.e. wide area) appears on 354 US grants and 136 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
- Range determination system102US 4,185,191 AHoneywell Inc. · 1980
- Automatic focusing position detection apparatus79US 4,387,975 ARicoh Company, Ltd. · 1983
- Focus detection apparatus67US 4,561,749 ANippon Kogaku K. K. · 1985
- Optical apparatus having visual axis detector and determining whether eyeglasses are worn64US 5,182,443 ACanon Kabushiki Kaisha · 1993