Automatic focusing device used for a camera
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Jun 9, 1992
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Oct 1, 1990
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Jan 17, 1990
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An automatic focusing device employs an active range finder to establish an initial range to an object. A blur is calculated based on the initial range. If the blur is less than a predetermined value, the active range finder is bypassed in favor of a passive range finder. A focusing drive is responsive to the output of the passive range finder to drive the focus toward zero blur. If the initial range provides a blur calculation exceeding the predetermined value, the focusing drive responds to the active range finder until the calculated blur is reduced to a second predetermined value, at which time the active range finder is bypassed in favor of the passive range finder. Thereafter, the focusing drive responds to the passive range finder.
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