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US 2012/0269502 A1Published application
Camera
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsKentaro Watanabe, Masato Seita
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Abstract
A camera including a drive source, where the drive source is driven so that a charge member enters a moving locus of a mirror drive member when driving a mirror from a mirror down position to a mirror up position. After the charge member has entered the moving locus of the mirror drive member, the mirror drive member is moved from the mirror down position to the mirror up position by an urging force of the mirror drive spring.
Claims5
A camera, comprising:
- a mirror;
- a mirror drive member configured to drive the mirror by moving between a first and a second position;
- a mirror drive spring configured to urge the mirror drive member to the first position;
- a charge member configured to charge the mirror drive spring by moving the mirror drive member from the first position to the second position;
- and
- a drive source configured to drive the charge member,
- wherein the drive source is driven so that the charge member enters a moving locus of the mirror drive member when the mirror drive member is driven from the second position to the first position, and
- wherein after the charge member has entered the moving locus, the mirror drive member is moved from the second position to the first position by an urging force of the mirror drive spring.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.