Camera with motor for driving flash mechanism and exposure-preparatory mechanism
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorShousuke Haraguchi
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Abstract
A camera includes a flash mechanism, an exposure-preparatory operation mechanism, a motor, a clutch mechanism arranged to transmit an output of the motor to the flash mechanism during the time of operation of the motor in a first direction and to transmit the output of the motor to the exposure-preparatory operation mechanism during the time of operation of the motor in a second direction, a first detecting device for detecting an operational state of the flash mechanism, a second detecting device for detecting an operational state of the exposure-preparatory operation mechanism, and a controller for controlling driving of the motor in response to outputs from the first and second detecting devices.
Claims15
A camera comprising:
- (a) a motor;
- (b) a flash mechanism, which performs multiple, repeatable operations that are driven by an output of said motor;
- (c) an exposure-preparatory operation mechanism which operates during a period from generation of a signal for starting release of exposure;
- (d) a clutch mechanism for transmitting the output of said motor to said flash mechanism during an operation of said motor in a first direction and to transmit the output of said motor to said exposure-preparatory operation mechanism during an operation of said motor in a second direction;
- (e) first detecting means for detecting an operational state of said flash mechanism;
- (f) second detecting means for detecting an operational state of said exposure-preparatory operation mechanism;
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- (g) controlling means for controlling driving of said motor in response to outputs from said first and second detecting means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.