DIGITAL CAMERAS WITH TRIANGULATION AUTOFOCUS SYSTEM
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
- a camera body; and
a spot beam emitter held by the camera body, the spot beam emitter being configured to concurrently project a plurality of light spots onto a target subject that is able to be captured in a digital image of a target subject taken by the camera;
a camera lens held by the camera body disposed proximate the spot beam emitter, wherein the digital camera comprises a triangulation auto focus system that calculates measures of distance of the spots to focus the camera lens.
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Digital cameras with triangulation auto focus systems include a spot beam emitter than can be used to project a spot onto a subject that is captured in an image and used to electronically automatically determine a subject to camera distance.
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1. A digital camera, comprising:
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a camera body; and a spot beam emitter held by the camera body, the spot beam emitter being configured to concurrently project a plurality of light spots onto a target subject that is able to be captured in a digital image of a target subject taken by the camera; a camera lens held by the camera body disposed proximate the spot beam emitter, wherein the digital camera comprises a triangulation auto focus system that calculates measures of distance of the spots to focus the camera lens. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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