US4165930A
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Camera having a holographic indicator
Assignee: Canon Inc
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Filing: 1977-09-02
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Granted: 1979-08-28
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Expires: 1997-09-02
Abstract
Abstract A camera having a holographic indicator in which a reconstructed image of hologram and an image of an object formed by an image forming optical system are formed on the same plane, so that the reconstructed image and the object's image can be observed at the same diopter through a common observation optical system.
Inventors
- 👤 Kazuya Matsumoto
- 👤 Susumu Matsumura
- 👤 Noriyuki Nose
- 👤 Youichi Okuno
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-11-02 00:53
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03H; G03H1/00; G03H1/22; G03H1/02; G03H1/024; G03H1/0248; G03H1/04; G03H1/0402; G03H1/0406; G03H1/0408; G03H1/2249; G03H1/26; G03H1/2645; G03H1/265; G03H1/2202; G03H1/2205; G03H2001/221; G03H2001/2223; G03H2001/2231; G03H2001/2234; G03H2001/2284; G03H2001/2605; G03H2001/261; G03H2001/2615; G03H2210/00; G03H2210/20; G03H2222/00; G03H2222/34; G03H2227/00; G03H2227/02; G03H2240/00; G03H2240/10; G03H2240/11
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A camera comprising: objective lens means for forming an image of an object; exposure control means associated with the lens means for determining the time and intensity of the image formed by said lens means, and a view finder having image-forming optical means for forming another image of the object on a plane a volume and phase recorded focused image hologram having at least one indicating mark recorded thereon, carrier means for holding said focused image hologram on the plane of the other image over-lapping the hologram with the image, illuminating means for illuminating the hologram and reconstructing the recorded mark, and optical means for viewing the reconstructed mark and the overlapped with the other imaged.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A camera comprising: objective lens means for forming an image of an object; exposure control means associated with the lens means for determining the time and intensity of the image formed by said lens means, and a view finder having image-forming optical means for forming another image of the object on a plane a volume and phase recorded focused image hologram having at least one indicating mark recorded thereon, carrier means for holding said focused image hologram on the plane of the other image over-lapping the hologram with the image, illuminating means for illuminating the hologram and reconstructing the recorded mark, and optical means for viewing the reconstructed mark and the overlapped with the other imaged.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
40 words
A camera as in claim 1, wherein said hologram is recording with an object having an indicating mark by illuminating the object with a diffused coherent light and causing interference between the light from the object and the reference light.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
29 words
A camera as in claim 1, wherein said hologram is illuminated by said illuminating means, said illuminating means being arranged to produce a total reflection in the carrier means.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
28 words
A camera as in claim 1, wherein said hologram has a plurality of marks thereon and said illuminating means forms a selective display of the plurality of marks.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A camera as in claim 4, wherein the plurality of marks are recorded at different interference angles.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
A camera as in claim 1, wherein said objective lens means and said image forming means each have a light conductive portion.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
167 words
A camera comprising: an objective lens for forming an image of an object, exposure control means associated with the lens means for determining the time and intensity of the image formed by said lens means, and a view finder including an image-forming optical system directing light along a path and forming another image of the object on a plane, a phase type focused image hologram on which at least one indicating mark is recorded, carrying means for holding said focused image hologram at the plane of the other image and over-lapping the other image, illuminating means out of the path for illuminating the hologram to obtain a reconstructed image, and optical means for viewing the reconstructed image and the other image, said illuminating means being arranged to illuminate the hologram from a direction in which the zero order diffraction light through the hologram bypasses the optical means, and said hologram has a spatial frequency which causes light from the reconstructed image to pass through the optical means.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
167 words
A camera comprising: an objective lens for forming an image of an object, exposure control means associated with the lens means for determining the time and intensity of the image formed by said lens means, and a view finder including an image-forming optical system directing light along a path and forming another image of the object on a plane, a phase type focused image hologram on which at least one indicating mark is recorded, carrying means for holding said focused image hologram at the plane of the other image and over-lapping the other image, illuminating means out of the path for illuminating the hologram to obtain a reconstructed image, and optical means for viewing the reconstructed image and the other image, said illuminating means being arranged to illuminate the hologram from a direction in which the zero order diffraction light through the hologram bypasses the optical means, and said hologram has a spatial frequency which causes light from the reconstructed image to pass through the optical means.
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