Appeal No. 1997-0318
Application 08/135,173
in this application.
The disclosed invention relates to an electronic camera having control data protection means for
protecting, from static electricity, data used for operating the camera, including means for temporarily
storing the control data when the camera back is opened for loading and unloading the film. The
invention is further described by the following representative claim. Claim 2 is reproduced
below as representative:
2. A camera, comprising: a cover movable between a closed state and an open state;
detecting means for detecting when the cover makes a transition between the closed state and the open
state and producing a corresponding detection signal; a data register for storing control data; film
sensitivity detecting means for detecting film sensitivity; temporary storing means for temporarily storing
the control data; and control means for controlling operation of the camera depending on the control
data stored in the data register, the control means including means responsive to the detection signal for
transferring the control data from the data register to the temporary storing means when the cover
makes a transition from the closed state to the open state and for transferring the control data from the
temporary storing means back to the data register when the cover makes the transition from the open
state to the closed state so as to protect data from disruption due to static electricity.
The references relied on by the Examiner are:
Haraguchi et al. (Haraguchi) 4,733,265 Mar. 22, 1988
Ishikawa et al. (Ishikawa) 4,783,674 Nov. 8, 1988
Claims 1 through 18 stand rejected under 35 U.S.C. § 103 over Haraguchi and Ishikawa.
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