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US 5,311,230 AGranted
Zoom lens camera
AssigneeAsahi Kogaku Kogyo Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorKimiaki Ogawa
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Abstract
A zoom lens camera has an input for inputting a zooming speed. This inputted zooming speed is stored in a memory. A zooming operation is then controllable in accordance with the zooming speed which is stored in memory.
Claims26
A zoom lens camera, including a zoom lens comprising:
- means for selecting one zooming speed from a plurality of zooming speeds within a zooming mode that are programmed into a semiconductor memory device;
- and
- means for controlling a zooming operation in accordance with said selected zooming speed so as to zoom said lens to a desired focal length at said selected zooming speed.
A zoom lens camera, including a lens comprising:
- means for selecting one zooming speed from a plurality of zooming speeds within a zooming mode that are programmed into a semiconductor memory device;
- means for performing a zooming operation when a zooming operation is conducted;
- and
- means for setting a zooming speed of said zooming operation to a value which corresponds to said selected zooming speed so as to zoom said lens to a desired focal length at said selected zooming speed.
1 more element
A camera, comprising:
- means for selecting a rate of movement of a lens of said camera from a plurality of available movement rates within a zooming mode that are programmed into a semiconductor memory device;
- and
- means for setting a rate of movement of said lens based upon said selected movement rate so as to zoom said lens to a desired focal length at said selected movement rate.
A camera having a variable speed zooming lens, comprising:
- a switch that selects a zooming speed of said lens from a plurality of zooming speeds within a zooming mode that are programmed into a semiconductor memory;
- and
- a switch that sets a zooming speed of said lens based upon said selected zooming speed so as to zoom said lens to a desired focal length at said selected zooming speed.
A zoom lens camera, including a zoom lens comprising:
- a switch that selects a zoom lens zooming speed form a plurality of zooming speeds within a zooming mode that are programmed into a zooming speed storage device;
- and
- a controller that controls a zooming operation of said zoom lens in accordance with said selected zooming speed so as to zoom said lens to a desired focal length at said selected zooming speed.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.