IP Library Granted Patent US 12,693,491
Granted Patent B2
US 12,693,491 · App. 18/402,965 · Granted Jul 28, 2026

Lens apparatus and image pickup apparatus

Inventor: Takehiko Sato (Tochigi, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
G02B7/10
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Patent No.
US 12,693,491
App. No.
18/402,965
Granted
Jul 28, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens apparatus includes an optical system including at least one movable lens unit that moves along an optical axis of the optical system and at least one fixed lens unit that does not move along the optical axis, an operation member disposed outside at least part of the optical system in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis and operable by a user, and a driving unit configured to be controlled according to an operation of the operation member, to drive the movable lens unit. A predetermined inequality is satisfied.

Claims (34)

1 . A lens apparatus comprising:

an optical system including:

at least one movable lens unit that moves along an optical axis of the optical system; and

at least one fixed lens unit that does not move along the optical axis;

an operation member disposed outside at least part of the optical system in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis and operable by a user; and

a driving unit configured to be controlled according to an operation of the operation member, to drive the movable lens unit,

wherein the optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit as the fixed lens unit and a second lens unit as the movable lens unit,

wherein a maximum diameter of the first lens unit is a maximum diameter of the fixed lens unit, and the maximum diameter of the first lens unit is larger than a diameter of a circumscribed circle that has a center on the optical axis and circumscribes the driving unit so as to contain the driving unit, and

wherein the following inequality is satisfied:

Dm

<

Dg

Df

.

where Df is the maximum diameter of the fixed lens unit, Dg is a diameter of a circle that does not contain the operation member, contacts the operation member, and has a center on the optical axis, and Dm is a maximum diameter of the movable lens unit.

2 . The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein at least part of the operation member is disposed at a position, in a direction along the optical axis, that is within a range, in a direction along the optical axis, in which the movable lens unit is movable.

3 . The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the operation member is a member rotatable or swingable about an axis distant from the optical axis in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis, or a member movable in a direction along the optical axis.

4 . The lens apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the driving unit drives the second lens unit.

5 . The lens apparatus according to claim 4 , the second lens unit moves in a direction along the optical axis during zooming.

6 . An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a lens apparatus; and

an image sensor configured to capture an optical image formed by the lens apparatus,

wherein the lens apparatus includes:

an optical system including:

at least one movable lens unit that moves along an optical axis of the optical system; and

at least one fixed lens unit that does not move along the optical axis;

an operation member disposed outside at least part of the optical system in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis and operable by a user; and

a driving unit configured to be controlled according to an operation of the operation member, to drive the movable lens unit,

wherein the optical system includes, in order from an object side to an image side, a first lens unit as the fixed lens unit and a second lens unit as the movable lens unit,

wherein a maximum diameter of the first lens unit is a maximum diameter of the fixed lens unit, and the maximum diameter of the first lens unit is larger than a diameter of a circumscribed circle that has a center on the optical axis and circumscribes the driving unit so as to contain the driving unit, and

wherein the following inequality is satisfied:

Dm<Dg≤Df,

where Df is the maximum diameter of the fixed lens unit, Dg is a diameter of a circle that does not contain the operation member, contacts the operation member, and has a center on the optical axis, and Dm is a maximum diameter of the movable lens unit.