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WO2000058785A1 - Appareil photo aps et procede correspondant - Google Patents

Appareil photo aps et procede correspondant Download PDF

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WO2000058785A1
WO2000058785A1 PCT/US2000/007628 US0007628W WO0058785A1 WO 2000058785 A1 WO2000058785 A1 WO 2000058785A1 US 0007628 W US0007628 W US 0007628W WO 0058785 A1 WO0058785 A1 WO 0058785A1
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Yeung Chi Ping
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Concord Camera Corp.
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Priority to AU40208/00A priority Critical patent/AU4020800A/en
Priority to EP00919541A priority patent/EP1166177A1/fr
Priority to CA002367754A priority patent/CA2367754A1/fr
Priority to KR1020017012212A priority patent/KR20010114236A/ko
Priority to NZ513516A priority patent/NZ513516A/en
Priority to JP2000608223A priority patent/JP2002540471A/ja
Publication of WO2000058785A1 publication Critical patent/WO2000058785A1/fr

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    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B19/00—Cameras
    • G03B19/02—Still-picture cameras
    • G03B19/04—Roll-film cameras
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/02—Bodies
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B17/00—Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor
    • G03B17/56—Accessories
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B21/00—Projectors or projection-type viewers; Accessories therefor
    • G03B21/14—Details
    • G03B21/32—Details specially adapted for motion-picture projection
    • G03B21/321—Holders for films, e.g. reels, cassettes, spindles
    • G03B21/323—Cassettes
    • G—PHYSICS
    • G03—PHOTOGRAPHY; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY
    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
    • G03B2219/00—Cameras
    • G03B2219/02—Still-picture cameras
    • G03B2219/04—Roll-film cameras
    • G03B2219/045—Roll-film cameras adapted for unloading the film in the processing laboratory, e.g. disposable, reusable or recyclable cameras

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  • APS film cassettes Conventional film cartridges, such as 35 mm film cartridges, have a film leader extending therefrom at the time of purchase, and a brush or similar mechanism at the cartridge's film slot to prevent light from entering the cartridge and exposing film contained therein.
  • Another type of film cassette is variously referred to as an "APS film cassette” (wherein APS means Advanced Photo System), a “film safe cassette", or a “SSU film strip loaded cartridge.”
  • APS film cassette is KODAK ® brand ADVANTIX ® film.
  • the cameras with which these film cassettes are used are known as APS cameras.
  • APS film cassettes do not, at the time of purchase, or at the time the film is first inserted into the camera, have a film leader extending from the cassette to facilitate film loading.
  • APS film cassettes have a light lock door that must be opened in order to advance or scroll the film from the cassette. Once the light lock door of the film cassette has been opened, ambient light is free to enter the cassette and expose the film within the cassette. Therefore, the light lock door of an APS film cassette must be opened either inside of a light sealed camera or in darkroom conditions to prevent the film therein from being inadvertently exposed.
  • film is usually loaded from the back of the camera by opening a back door thereof, placing the cartridge into the camera, pulling the film leader across the camera, engaging the leader on a take-up spool and then closing the back door. Since opening the light lock door of an APS film cassette in the presence of light can expose the film within the cassette, conventional methods of loading film are not suited to APS cameras.
  • a typical APS film loading sequence involves loading film into the camera through a film cassette door disposed on the bottom of the camera and then closing the film cassette door to light-tightedly seal the camera. Following this, the light lock door of the film cassette is opened. The film is then driven out of the cassette, across a film path, and into a film spooling area on the opposite side of the camera from the cassette. Before the cassette can be removed from the camera, the film must be rewound back into the cassette, and the light lock door must be closed.
  • APS cameras are designed to prevent opening of the film cassette door when the light lock door is open.
  • a single use camera is one that has been preloaded with film at the factory and sold to the consumer with the intent of being used only a single time (i.e., with only the roll of preloaded film) by the end user.
  • Preloading generally connotes the process of loading the camera with a spool of unexposed film in a film spool compartment that is opposite the film cartridge/cassette compartment such that, as exposures are taken, the exposed film is wound back into the film cartridge or cassette.
  • Prewinding connotes the process of winding or spooling the unexposed film into the film spool compartment.
  • this is usually done by loading the film into the back camera in much the same way that a conventional 35 mm camera is loaded, then securely assembling a back cover to the camera by a locking mechanism, screws, adhesives, thermal bonding, etc.
  • the film can be prewound into the film spool compartment of the camera either before the back cover is affixed to the camera (by spooling the film externally of the camera then placing the spool film in the film spool compartment) or after the back cover has been affixed to the camera (by applying a winding tool to the film spool).
  • a package such as paper, cardboard, plastic and/or adhesive labels
  • the term "package” as used in connection with this application is intended to refer to both cardboard, paper, plastic and other types of packaging that may at least partly surround the camera body, and adhesive labels that may be affixed to at least front and/or back covers of the camera.
  • the film may not be removed without destroying at least part of the package.
  • the film cannot be removed without destroying or disassembling part of the camera body.
  • film cannot easily be reloaded into the camera by the end user, at least not without partial destruction or disassembly of the camera body and/or its packaging.
  • Single use APS cameras are also known in the art. It will be appreciated that loading an APS film cassette into a single use APS camera presents special problems. The light lock door cannot be opened in non-darkroom conditions without exposing the film in the cassette, and thus conventional techniques used to preload 35 mm single use cameras cannot be employed unless film loading and final camera assembly take place in darkroom conditions.
  • Prior art methods of loading film into single use APS cameras include performing the following steps in darkroom conditions, with the back cover of the camera removed: opening the light lock door of the cassette by inserting a tool or fixture into the light lock door spindle of the film cassette to rotate the light lock door to the open position before the cassette is placed in the camera; inserting a tool or fixture into the film spool spindle of the film cassette to drive a leader portion of the film from the cassette by rotating the spool inside the cassette with the tool or fixture; placing the cassette in a film cassette compartment of the camera; winding unexposed film from the cassette into a spool in a film spool compartment of the camera; then, assembling the back cover to the camera.
  • Single use APS cameras usually automatically close the light lock door on the film cassette after all of the film has been rewound back into the cassette. This is usually done by means of a film sensor or other mechanism. Therefore, one issue that must be addressed in designing an APS camera is that of closing the light lock door of the film cassette after all of the film has been rewound into the film cassette. (In reusable APS cameras, this issue also entails preventing opening of the film cassette door until the light lock door has been closed.) In order to determine when to close the light lock door, there must be provided some indication that the film has been rewound into the film cassette. Typically, an APS camera employs a film sensor for this purpose.
  • the function of the film sensor is to sense the presence or absence of film in the film path disposed between the film cassette compartment and the film spool compartment.
  • the film sensor typically extends into the film path and rests against the film when film is present in the film path, thus detecting the presence of film outside of the film cassette.
  • the absence of film is detected and it is assumed that all film has been wound into the film cassette. This causes the light lock door to close either automatically or upon further rotation of the film advance wheel. See, for example, U.S. patent no. 5,600,395 and the 733 and 311 patents.
  • the film sensor presses against the film when film is present in the film path and thus exerts a force on the film in a direction transverse to the direction of travel of the film. Moreover, this force exists at all times that the film is present, including when the film is in motion, and may cause the film to deflect transverse to its direction of travel. Observation has shown that the action of the film sensor pressing against the film while the film is wound into the film cassette (i.e., after an exposure has been taken) may cause damage to or deterioration of the film because the film might rub against an internal surface of the camera or because the action of the film sensor rubbing against the film may cause damage to or deterioration of the film.
  • An APS camera has an aperture in its body that opens to the exterior of the camera and light tightedly provides access to a light lock door driver and a film sensor mounted within the camera.
  • a preloading tool is used to manipulate, via the aperture, the light lock door driver so as to open the light lock door and to move the film sensor out of the film path.
  • the preloading tool includes, at one end, a movable member for operating the light lock door driver and a fixed member for operating the film sensor. The other end is for manipulation by a user.
  • the camera's film advance mechanism is used to thrust film from the film cassette, into the film path, and into a film spool compartment after the light lock door has been opened and while the film sensor is held out of the film path.
  • a winding tool is used to spool the film in the film spool compartment so as to pre- wind the film therein.
  • the light lock door driver is spring biased to urge the light lock door to a closed position, but is prevented from doing so due to interference from the film sensor when the film sensor is in a first position indicating that film is present in the film path.
  • a brake is normally applied to the film sensor to prevent it from pressing against the film (and thus preventing it from sensing the presence or absence of film in the film path), except during a brief sensing interval that occurs during a short period of rotation of the film advance wheel. During the sensing interval, the brake is released and the film sensor is permitted to momentarily sense the presence or absence of film in the film path. If film is sensed, the brake is reapplied at the end of the sensing interval.
  • the film sensor moves to a second position (into the film path) wherein it no longer interferes with the light lock door driver, whereupon, due to the spring biasing, the light lock door driver rotates the light lock door to the closed position.
  • Figure 1 is a front perspective view of one preferred embodiment of a single use APS camera according to the invention, showing one form of packaging that may be applied thereto in dotted lines.
  • Figure 2 is a rear perspective view of the camera of Figure 2.
  • Figure 3 is a diagrammatical view of an interior portion of one embodiment of the camera of Figure 1 and illustrates, in part, a light lock door driver and film sensor, and a preloading tool cooperating with the light lock door driver and film sensor to urge the same to a film preloading position.
  • Figure 4 is a perspective view of the distal end of the preloading tool, showing one portion thereof extended relative to another portion.
  • Figure 4A is a side elevation of the preloading tool of Figure 4, showing the distal end thereof in cross section.
  • Figure 5 is a plan view of the distal end of the preloading tool of Figure 4
  • Figure 6 is a rear plan view of the camera of Figure 1, with a portion of that side of the camera containing the film cassette being shown in a partial cut-away view.
  • Figure 7 is a rear plan view of the camera of Figure 1 with the back cover thereof removed, and illustrates a stage of camera preloading wherein film extends from the film cassette part way into the film path.
  • Figure 8 is a rear plan view of the camera of Figure 1 with the back cover removed, and illustrates the film extending from the film cassette, fully across the film path and into the film spool compartment, and further illustrates a winding tool inserted into the film spool compartment to wind film therein.
  • Figure 9 is a cross section taken through line 9-9 of Figure 7 and illustrates an initial stage of a film preloading procedure wherein the preloading tool is first inserted into the aperture of the camera but has not yet manipulated the light lock door driver to the light lock door open position.
  • Figure 10 is a cross section taken through line 9-9 of Figure 7 and illustrates a further stage of a film preloading procedure wherein the preloading tool has manipulated the light lock door driver to the light lock door open position; in Figure 10, the film from the film cassette is shown as partially extending into the film path, but not yet reaching the film spool compartment.
  • Figure 11 is a cross section taken through line 9-9 of Figure 7 and illustrates yet a further stage of a film preloading procedure wherein the light lock door is held in the light lock door open position with the preloading tool, and the tool has also been manipulated to move the film sensor out of the film path and so as to interfere with the light lock door driver; in Figure 11, the film from the film cassette is shown wound in a spool in the film spool compartment.
  • Figures 12, 13, 14 and 15 illustrate use of the preloading tool to manipulate the light lock door driver and film sensor, and particularly how the preloading tool is used to rotate the light lock door driver from a light lock door closed position (Figure 12) to a light lock door open position ( Figure 14) and to move the film sensor from a first position ( Figure 12) to a second position that is out of the film path ( Figure 15).
  • Figure 16 illustrates the cooperation between the film advancing mechanism and the film cassette.
  • Figure 17 is a side plan view of those details of the camera illustrated in Figure 3, and further illustrates movement of the film sensor between the first (dotted line) and second (solid line) positions.
  • Figures 18, 19, 20 and 21 are a partial cross section, i.e., of the right hand side (film cassette compartment side), taken through line 9-9 of Figure 7, with a portion of the advance wheel cut away to reveal additional details, and to show a sequence of events during a film rewinding procedure.
  • Figure 22 is a cross section taken through line 22-22 of Figure 18 and illustrates coupling of the light lock door driver and film advancing mechanism to the film cassette.
  • Figure 23 illustrates the camera of Figure 1 with its back cover removed and illustrates interior details of the back cover and main body of the camera. Detailed Description of the Preferred Embodiment
  • camera 10 is a single use APS camera having a main body 26 (e.g., Figure 7) sandwiched between a front cover 12 and a back cover 14 light tightedly sealed together.
  • Camera 10 may have packaging (as herein defined) 102 , as is common.
  • Camera 10 may be provided with a first port 16 on the underside thereof for receiving an APS film cassette 18 therethrough for loading into a film cassette compartment, and a tab 20 for light tightedly sealing the film cassette compartment 28 after the cassette 18 has been received therein.
  • cassette 18 may be loaded into camera 10 before the back cover 14 has been applied thereto, with the back cover 14 being applied so as to light tightedly seal the camera 10 after cassette 18 has been inserted into the camera.
  • the method of the present invention involves preloading camera 10 with film from cassette 18 with the back cover 14 affixed to the camera 10 and such that camera 10 is substantially light tight.
  • Camera 10 may also be provided with a second port 88 for receiving a winding tool 100 ( Figure 8) inside a film spool compartment 30 to facilitate prewinding.
  • a second tab 92 may be provided for light tightedly sealing the film spool compartment after prewinding has been completed.
  • Tabs 20 and 92 may be applied by mechanical means such as tongue and groove fastening, snap fit, etc., or may be adhesively bonded, thermally bonded, etc.
  • Camera 10 has a film path 36 disposed between the film cassette compartment 28 and the film spool compartment 30. See Figures 7 and 10.
  • Film path 36 includes a pair of opposed, spaced apart rails 38 ( Figures 7, 8), and thus film path 36 is defined longitudinally by the distance between the film cassette compartment 28 and the film spool compartment 30 and laterally by the distance between spaced apart rails 38.
  • a tubular spool 34 having a film slot 72 for receiving a leading edge 80 of film 32 may be provided in film spool compartment 30.
  • slot 72 and film path 36 are designed such that no meaningful amount of light can enter the film path 36 to expose film 32 via slot 72.
  • an aperture 22 in substantial alignment with a portion 64 of a light lock door driver 40 disposed in the camera and also in substantial alignment with a portion 68 of a film sensor 46 disposed on the main body 26 of camera 10. See Figures 2 and 23 for the aperture 22; see Figures 6 and 9-11 for the alignment of elements 64 and 68 with aperture 22.
  • Aperture 22 is adapted to receive a pair of members 94, 96 disposed at a distal end of a preloading tool 90 as shown in Figures 3 and 9-11.
  • Ambient light is prevented from entering the film cassette compartment 28 or film path 36 via aperture 22 by means of rails 38 and additional mating surfaces disposed on the main body 26 and inside of the back cover 14 so as to create a light tight seal and light tightedly envelop the film path 36. See, e.g., Figures 6, 7 and 23.
  • a manually rotatable advance wheel 24 has a shaft 82 adapted to cooperate with film spool spindle 44 of film cassette 18.
  • light lock door driver 40 has a shaft 84 adapted to cooperate with the light lock door spindle 42 of film cassette 18. See, e.g., Figures 2, 16 and 22.
  • Light lock door driver is rotatably mounted to main body 26 by means of a pin 66 such that rotation of the light lock door driver 40 in a clockwise direction (as seen in Figure 3) will open the light lock door, and rotation thereof in a counterclockwise direction (as seen in Figure 3) will close the light lock door.
  • pin 66 is located on the underside of driver 40, and cannot be seen from the top of driver 40.
  • Element 66 shown in Figure 3 is intended to show the placement of the pin beneath the driver 40.
  • a spring 54 coupled to a post 52 disposed on the light lock door driver 40 and to a post 86 on the main body 26 biases the light lock door driver in a direction (counterclockwise in Figure 3) that tends to close the light lock door.
  • the lower end 62 of a film sensor 46 is mounted for partial rotation about a pin 48 coupled to the main body 26.
  • the film sensor 46 includes an integral molded plastic spring section 56 compressed against the main body 26 so as to bias the upper portion 60 of the film sensor 46 in a clockwise direction as seen in Figure 17.
  • the film sensor 46 includes an integral film sensing finger 50 adapted to contact film 32 when present in the film path 36, and adapted to be received into a recess 70 ( Figure 6) when no film is present in the film path 36.
  • the film sensor 36 is in the position indicated in dotted lines in Figure 17, and when no film is present in the film path 36, the film sensor is in the position indicated by solid lines in Figure 17.
  • reference numerals 50', 56' and 60' indicate the position of those elements when film is present in the film path 36.
  • Light lock door driver 40 has a portion 64 that includes a flat surface 65.
  • surface 65 acts as a brake that prevents finger 50 from applying any meaningful pressure or force to film 32.
  • the brake also prohibits finger 50 from sensing the absence of film, since rotation of film sensor 46 is inhibited during the time that the brake is applied.
  • a cam 76 Integrally formed on the underside of wheel 24 is a cam 76, as shown in Figures 16 and 18-21.
  • the cam is adapted to cooperate with a post 58 disposed on light lock door driver 40.
  • Figure 18 represents the position of the cam 76 relative to the post 58 before an exposure has been taken. It will be seen that the surface 65 of portion 64 is urged against the portion 60 of the film sensor 46 by action of spring 54, and hence the brake is applied.
  • the film advance wheel has been slightly rotated in a counterclockwise direction so as to begin rewinding of the film into the cassette one frame after the taking of an exposure. It will be seen that the cam 76 has also rotated a slight amount so as to contact the post 58.
  • Camera 10 may be designed so that only one 360° rotation of the manual advance 24 is required to wind one frame of film 32 into cassette 18, thus preventing multiple sensing intervals during the rewinding of a single frame. However, this is not necessary, and several sensing intervals may occur during the rewinding of a single frame. Importantly, however, finger 50 is prevented from applying the force that would normally be applied by reason of spring 56 during the entire time that film is being rewound into the cassette. It will thus be appreciated that, as long as film 32 is present in the film path, the film sensor 46 will remain in the position illustrated in dotted lines in Figure 17, and the upper portion 60 will interfere with the rotation of the light lock door driver 40 in the counterclockwise direction, so as to prevent closing of the light lock door.
  • Preloading tool 90 has a handle portion 74 at a proximal end thereof and a pair of members 94, 96 at a distal end thereof.
  • Member 94 is fixed relative to the handle 74.
  • Member 96 is slideable between first and second positions by means of knob 98. As shown in Figure 4, the end of slidable member 96 has a beveled edge 96', whereas fixed member 94 has a portion 94' that is stepped down at a distal end so as to create a shoulder 94".
  • Member 94 is adapted to cooperate with portion 64 and a projecting member of 78 of light lock door driver 40, and member 96 is adapted to cooperate with surface 68 of portion 60 of film sensor 46.
  • member 94 is inserted into aperture 22 so that the distal end 94' thereof contacts projecting member 78 disposed on the underside of light lock door driver 40.
  • the tool 90 is then pushed toward the back cover 14 of the camera (into the camera) so as to rotate the light lock door driver 40 in a clockwise direction as seen in Figures 9-11, until the light lock door driver 40 has been rotated to the position indicated in Figure 10.
  • An internal stop may be provided to prevent further rotation of light lock driver 40 beyond the position shown in Figure 10.
  • the shoulder 94" will contact the portion 64 of light lock door driver 40 so as to allow continued rotation of the light lock door driver 40 after projecting member 78 has been rotated out of contact with the distal end 94' of member 94.
  • the light lock door of film cassette 18 has been opened.
  • the slidable member 96 is extended by means of knob 98 so that the distal end of member 96 contacts surface 68 of the upper portion 60 of film sensor 46. Continuing to extend the member 96 urges the finger 50 out of the film path 36 (e.g., to the position shown in dotted lines in Figure 22).
  • the manual advance wheel 24 is rotated in a clockwise direction (as seen in Figure 10) to thrust film out of the cassette and into the film path 36.
  • the film advance wheel is continued to be rotated until the film 32 is received into slot 72 (which has been previously oriented so as to receive the leading edge 80 of film 32).
  • film winding tool 100 is inserted into the spool 34 and film is prewound into the film spool compartment to complete the preloading process.
  • the preloading tool may be removed from aperture 22 after the film 32 has been received into the slot 72, since the brake will be applied to the film sensor as described above once the tool has been removed and the prewinding process may occur without fear of the finger 50 damaging the film.

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Abstract

L'invention porte sur un appareil photo (10) APS jetable comprenant un couvercle (14) doté d'une ouverture (22) qui permet d'accéder au détecteur (46) de film et au dispositif de commande (40) de la porte brise-jour par l'intermédiaire d'un élément (90) conçu pour être accueilli dans l'ouverture (22). Cet élément (90) est utilisé pour ouvrir la porte brise-jour (42) et faire sortir le détecteur de film (46) du couloir d'exposition de sorte que le film APS puisse se dérouler de la cassette (18) et se positionné dans le couloir d'exposition (36). Cette structure permet le pré-chargement du film en dehors d'une chambre noire. L'invention porte également sur le procédé correspondant. L'appareil photo peut également utiliser une surface agissant comme un frein (65) qui empêche le détecteur (46) de détecter la présence ou l'absence d'un film (32) excepté lors d'un intervalle de détection précis qui se produit lorsque le film avance.
PCT/US2000/007628 1999-03-30 2000-03-23 Appareil photo aps et procede correspondant WO2000058785A1 (fr)

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AU40208/00A AU4020800A (en) 1999-03-30 2000-03-23 Aps camera and method
EP00919541A EP1166177A1 (fr) 1999-03-30 2000-03-23 Appareil photo aps et procede correspondant
CA002367754A CA2367754A1 (fr) 1999-03-30 2000-03-23 Appareil photo aps et procede correspondant
KR1020017012212A KR20010114236A (ko) 1999-03-30 2000-03-23 Ａｐｓ 카메라와 방법
NZ513516A NZ513516A (en) 1999-03-30 2000-03-23 APS camera and method
JP2000608223A JP2002540471A (ja) 1999-03-30 2000-03-23 Ａｐｓカメラ及び方法

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