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Photographic camera
Assignee: Minolta Co Ltd
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Filing: 1988-06-07
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Granted: 1989-08-29
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Expires: 2008-06-07
Abstract
Abstract A photographic camera system including a mode setting device for selectively setting the system to a real focal length photographing mode for printing an ordinary photographic zone and a pseudo focal length photographing mode for printing a zone narrower than the ordinary photographic zone, a recording device for recording on a film information corresponding to a set one of the real and pseudo focal length photographing modes and a data imprinting device for imprinting data such as date in a printing zone on the film not only when the system has been set to the real focal length photographing mode but when the system has been set to the pseudo focal length photographing mode.
Inventors
- 👤 Nobuyuki Taniguchi
- 👤 Yoshiaki Hata
- 👤 Manabu Inoue
- 👤 Yoshinobu Kudo
- 👤 Takeo Hoda
- 👤 Hiroshi Ueda
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
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google_patents
Last Synchronized
2026-10-30 05:08
CPC Classifications
G; G03; G03B; G03B17/00; G03B17/24; G03B7/00; G03B7/26; G03B2206/00; G03B2206/004; G03B2217/00; G03B2217/007; G03B2217/24; G03B2217/242; G03B2217/243; G03B2217/246
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 7
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A photographic camera system comprising: means for selectively setting the camera system to one of a real focal length photographing mode in which an ordinary photographic zone of a film is to be printed and a pseudo focal length photographing mode in which a photographic zone of the film narrower than the ordinary photographic zone is to be printed; means for recording mode setting data corresponding to a mode set by said setting means; means for imprinting chronometric data at a predetermined common location of the film included within both the ordinary photographic zone and the narrower photographic zone.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A photographic camera system comprising: means for selectively setting the camera system to one of a real focal length photographing mode in which an ordinary photographic zone of a film is to be printed and a pseudo focal length photographing mode in which a photographic zone of the film narrower than the ordinary photographic zone is to be printed; means for recording mode setting data corresponding to a mode set by said setting means; means for imprinting chronometric data at a predetermined common location of the film included within both the ordinary photographic zone and the narrower photographic zone.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
26 words
A photographic camera system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chronometric data imprinted by said data imprinting means are data indicating year, month and day.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
26 words
A photographic camera system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said chronometric data imprinted by said data imprinting means are data indicating day, hour and minute.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
207 words
A photographic camera which is capable of selectively taking either of a vertical picture having a vertical dimension larger than a horizontal dimension and a normal picture having an aspect ratio substantially equal to that of a normal frame of film, without turning the camera about its optical axis, comprising: means for selecting one of a vertical picture mode for taking said vertical picture and a normal picture mode for taking said normal picture; means for recording a signal commanding, when the vertical picture mode is selected, to print a photographic zone of a frame of the film defined by a vertical dimension equal to a vertical dimension of the normal frame of the film and a horizontal dimension shorter than a horizontal dimension of the normal frame, the ratio of the vertical dimension to the horizontal dimension of said zone being substantially equal to the ratio of the horizontal dimension to the vertical dimension of the normal frame; means for displaying in a viewfinder of the camera the field equivalent to the vertical printing zone when the vertical picture mode is selected; and means for winding said film by a predetermined length when either of the vertical picture mode and the normal picture mode is selected.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
207 words
A photographic camera which is capable of selectively taking either of a vertical picture having a vertical dimension larger than a horizontal dimension and a normal picture having an aspect ratio substantially equal to that of a normal frame of film, without turning the camera about its optical axis, comprising: means for selecting one of a vertical picture mode for taking said vertical picture and a normal picture mode for taking said normal picture; means for recording a signal commanding, when the vertical picture mode is selected, to print a photographic zone of a frame of the film defined by a vertical dimension equal to a vertical dimension of the normal frame of the film and a horizontal dimension shorter than a horizontal dimension of the normal frame, the ratio of the vertical dimension to the horizontal dimension of said zone being substantially equal to the ratio of the horizontal dimension to the vertical dimension of the normal frame; means for displaying in a viewfinder of the camera the field equivalent to the vertical printing zone when the vertical picture mode is selected; and means for winding said film by a predetermined length when either of the vertical picture mode and the normal picture mode is selected.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
27 words
The photographic camera of claim 9, wherein when the vertical picture mode is selected, the horizontal dimension of the printing zone is centered within the normal frame.
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