Appeal No. 2002-1910
Application 08/901,409
examiner is of the opinion that Okino discloses at column 5,
lines 48 through 55, that “the output of zoom encoder 7 is
clearly stored in microcomputer 20 and that it is clear that
focus lens position information is being stored in a counter
since focus lens position is being detected by counting the
number of pulses of motor 9.” Appellant argues (brief, pages 4
and 7) that Okino neither teaches nor would have suggested
storing zoom lens position information and focus lens position
information only when it is determined that the focus lens is in
focus. According to the appellant (reply brief, page 2),
Okino et al pre-stores the position informa-
tion corresponding to the zoom position and
performs the focusing operation using the
position information corresponding to the
zoom position detected when the lens is in
focus, while the present invention stores
the position information of the zoom lens
and the focus lens when the lens is in focus
and performs the optical zooming operation
and the focusing operation using the zoom
lens position information and the focus lens
position information corresponding to the
focal point just before the lens is out of
focus.
Although Okino has a storage means 17 that stores
information associated with a position where the fourth lens
group 4 is located according to the object distance and the
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