Appeal No. 97-0903
Application No. 08/266,865
DECISION ON APPEAL
This is a decision on the appeal under 35 U.S.C. § 134
from the examiner’s rejection of claims 1-3, which constitute
all the claims in the application.
The disclosed invention pertains to a camera for
recording optically readable print size information within the
exposed area of a frame of film. A light-emitting display
module is used to expose the film to time and/or date
information as well as panoramic print information.
Representative claim 1 is reproduced as follows:
1. A camera, equipped with an exposure date recording
feature for recording print size information on a film to be
optically read by a photographic printer having a zoom lens so
as to automatically change a focal length of the zoom lens
based on the print size information and permit different sizes
of pictures to be made from a regular size frame and
simultaneously conceal portions of the regular size frame
based on said print size information if said print size
information contains panoramic size information so as to make
a panoramic size print from said regular size frame, said
camera comprising:
a camera body provided with subject exposure means
for optically exposing a subject to a frame of film disposed
in said camera body;
a light-emitting display module, including a first
pair of light-emitting elements, a second pair of light-
emitting elements and a third pair of light-emitting elements
built in said camera body, for displaying at least one of date
information, representing a date of exposure of the frame of
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