Patents Assigned to Creative Phototronics, Inc.
  • Patent number: 4203668
    Abstract: The meter senses flashes of illumination, it converts the illumination to an electrical current whose magnitude is proportional to the intensity of the illumination; it integrates the current over a period of time corresponding to a selected shutter speed by charging a capacitor; it discharges the capacitor and measures the time required to do so; it converts the time required to discharge the capacitor into a corresponding signal representative of an appropriate camera aperture setting for a preselected film sensitivity and shutter speed via a microprocessor and a stored data program; and then displays the camera aperture setting on a multi-segment display. This process is repeated with each new flash of illumination automatically. The meter also measures multiple flashes and displays an accumulated camera aperture setting as well as the number of flashes needed to accumulate that setting.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 20, 1980
    Assignee: Creative Phototronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Darwin E. Chapman
  • Patent number: D257355
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 1978
    Date of Patent: October 14, 1980
    Assignee: Creative Phototronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Darwin E. Chapman
  • Patent number: D259198
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 31, 1978
    Date of Patent: May 12, 1981
    Assignee: Creative Phototronics, Inc.
    Inventor: Darwin E. Chapman