Exposure control circuit for cameras equipped with self-timer
AssigneeSeiko Koki Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsShinji Nagaoka, Koji Satoh
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Abstract
An exposure control circuit for cameras equipped with a self-timer comprises an RC integrating circuit including a capacitor and a resistance for determining an automatic shutter releasing period and a time constant setting circuit employing the same capacitor for switching from the self-timer operating mode to the exposure time control mode. Exposure time is determined by the capacitor and the output signal of a photoelectric conversion circuit. This circuit construction allows a single electromagnet to control both an automatic shutter releasing period and exposure, and a single capacitor to function in three time constant setting operations.
Claims7
An exposure control circuit, for a camera, comprising:
- an electrical self-timer operation control circuit for setting a self-timer operating time period by means of a time setting circuit including a resistance and a condenser;
- an exposure time control circuit capable of automatically determining an exposure time by means of the output of a photoelectric element and including said condenser;
- and means for controlling a charge on said condenser so as to function as the condenser for said self-timer operation control circuit, the condenser for setting a time period between the completion of the operation of a self-timer and the starting of the exposure operation, and as the time-setting condenser of said exposure control circuit.
An exposure control circuit, for a camera, having a self-timer mode and an exposure control mode, said exposure control circuit comprising:
- a capacitor;
- means operative in the self-timer mode for charging said capacitor to determine the duration of the self-timer mode of exposure control circuit operation;
- means operative at the completion of the self-timer mode for partially discharging said capacitor to determine the duration of a time interval between the completion of the self-timer mode and the start of the exposure control mode of exposure control circuit operation;
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- means operative in the exposure control mode for charging said capacitor to determine the duration of the exposure control mode of exposure control circuit operation.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.