Flexible Light Guard For Entrance Of Hand Patents (Class 396/362)
  • Publication number: 20040081446
    Abstract: A camera includes an image sensor having an array of light measuring elements; a shutter curtain which moves in a predetermined direction and with a predetermined speed to block light from reaching the image sensor; and a reset mechanism for resetting the light measuring elements to a nominal state; wherein, when the reset mechanism initiates operation at a first time to reset incrementally the elements of the array with substantially the same predetermined direction and with substantially the same predetermined speed as the shutter curtain for starting the light measuring process, the shutter curtain moves at a second time to block light from the image sensor which effectively stops the light measuring process
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: April 29, 2004
    Applicant: Eastman Kodak Company
    Inventor: John T. Compton