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A failure detection and storage device provided with a failure factor detection unit for detecting generation of a failure factor when the failure factor being capable of causing a failure of a camera is generated, a date-and-time information output unit for outputting date-and-time information whic

A failure detection and storage device provided with a failure factor detection unit for detecting generation of a failure factor when the failure factor being capable of causing a failure of a camera is generated, a date-and-time information output unit for outputting date-and-time information which corresponds to a date and a time at which the failure factor is generated, a storage unit being capable of storing failure factor information representing the failure factor, the generation of which is detected by the failure factor detection unit, and date-and-time information outputted the date-and-time information output unit, a display unit being capable of displaying the information stored by the storage unit and a control unit for determining a level of the failure factor, the generation of which is detected by the failure factor detection unit, and for deciding whether or not at least one of the failure factor information, the generation of which is detected by the failure factor detection unit, and the date-and-time information, which is outputted by the date-and-time output unit, is stored by the storage unit.

대표청구항 ▼

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A camera having a device for detecting an abnormality of a driving mechanism, comprising:driving-condition detection means for detecting a driving condition of a driving mechanism thereof to generate an output value;storage means for storing a first output value of the dr

[ What is claimed is:] [1.] A camera having a device for detecting an abnormality of a driving mechanism, comprising:driving-condition detection means for detecting a driving condition of a driving mechanism thereof to generate an output value;storage means for storing a first output value of the driving-condition detection means which is in a normal state;impact detection means for generating an output upon detecting an impact applied to the camera;means responsive to said impact detection means detecting an impact for operating said driving mechanism after detection of said impact and controlling said driving-condition detecting means to generate a second output value representing a driving condition of said driving mechanism subsequent to said impact;comparison means for comparing said first output value stored before occurrence of said impact, which is preliminarily stored in the storage means, of the driving-condition detection value of a normal state, with said second output value; andabnormality detection means for detecting whether an abnormality has occurred according to a result of a comparison made by the comparison means and for generating a signal representing an abnormal condition when an abnormal condition occurs.