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Granted Patent B2
US 9,185,279 · App. 13/795,453 · Granted Nov 10, 2015

Imaging system

Inventors: Kensuke Masuda (Kawasaki, JP); Noriyuki Terao (Sendai, JP); Yoshiaki Irino (Kawasaki, JP); Tomonori Tanaka (Yokohama, JP); Nozomi Imae (Yokohama, JP); Toru Harada (Kawasaki, JP); Hirokazu Takenaka (Kawasaki, JP); Hideaki Yamamoto (Yokohama, JP); Satoshi Sawaguchi (Yokohama, JP); Daisuke Bessho (Kawasaki, JP); Hiroyuki Satoh (Yokohama, JP); Makoto Shohara (Hachioji, JP)
Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
H04N5/2254H04N5/2251
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Patent No.
US 9,185,279
App. No.
13/795,453
Granted
Nov 10, 2015
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging system includes an imaging body having an optical system and an imaging element, a power supplier configured to supply power to the imaging element, and a housing configured to hold the imaging body and the power supplier, wherein the optical system includes at least one optical element projecting from the housing, and a distance AP between a gravity center A of a portion including the optical system and a gravity center P of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center B of the power supplier and the gravity center P of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition. AP>BP

Claims (23)

1. An imaging system, comprising:

a housing configured to hold an imaging body including an optical system and an imaging element and a power supplier configured to supply a power to the imaging element, wherein

the optical system includes at least one convex lens projecting from the housing,

a distance AP between a gravity center A of a portion including the optical system and a gravity center P of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center B of the power supplier and the gravity center P of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition

AP>BP , and

a curvature radius r of the convex lens and an effective diameter R of the convex lens satisfy the following condition

1−1 cos {sin −1 ( R/ 2 r )}≧0.17.

2. The imaging system according to claim 1 , further comprising an input unit into which an instruction to start imaging by the imaging body is input, wherein

the optical system, the input unit and the power supplier are arranged in order of the gravity center A of the portion including the optical system, a position S of the input unit and the gravity center P of the entire imaging system.

3. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein a weight m of the portion including the optical system and a weight M of the power supplier satisfy the following condition:

m<M.

4. The imaging system according to claim 3 , wherein the weight m of the portion including the optical system, the weight M of the power supplier, a distance AN between a center N of a shape of the entire imaging system and the gravity center A of the portion including the optical system, and a distance BN between the center N and the gravity center B of the power supplier satisfy the following condition:

m×AN<M×BN.

5. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system includes one lens or more made of a material having a specific gravity smaller than 2.5 g/cm 3 as the optical element.

6. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system includes one lens or more made of a resin material as the optical element, and an optical element holder which fixes the optical element and is made of a resin material.

7. The imaging system according to claim 1 further comprising an impact absorber provided near the power supplier in an exterior of the housing.

8. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system includes n-image-forming optical systems each having an angle of view of 360°/n or more.

9. An imaging system, comprising:

a housing configured to hold an imaging body including an optical system and an imaging element and a power supplier configured to supply a power to the imaging element, wherein

the optical system includes at least one convex lens projecting from the housing,

a distance AP between a gravity center A of a portion including the optical system and a gravity center P of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center B of the power supplier and the gravity center P of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition

AP>BP , and

wherein the optical system includes n-image-forming optical systems each having an angle of view of 360°/n or more.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 12, 2013
From: MASUDA, KENSUKE; TERAO, NORIYUKI; IRINO, YOSHIAKI; TANAKA, TOMONORI; IMAE, NOZOMI; HARADA, TORU; TAKENAKA, HIROKAZU; YAMAMOTO, HIDEAKI; SAWAGUCHI, SATOSHI; BESSHO, DAISUKE; SATOH, HIROYUKI; SHOHARA, MAKOTO
To: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
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Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-060242 · Mar 16, 2012 · national
JP 2012-277671 · Dec 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
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