IP Library Granted Patent US 8,873,945
Granted Patent B2
US 8,873,945 · App. 14/162,881 · Granted Oct 28, 2014

Image pickup apparatus

Inventors: Chifuyu Inagaki (Tokyo, JP); Hiroshi Akada (Kawasaki, JP); Makoto Miyawaki (Yokohama, JP)
Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha
G03B17/02
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Patent No.
US 8,873,945
App. No.
14/162,881
Granted
Oct 28, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes a camera body 1 including a monitor unit 11 , a lens barrel 2 and a lens body 3 which include an image pickup optical system L, a rotary portion 8 provided between the camera body 1 and the lens body 3 , and rotatably supporting the lens body 3 with respect to the camera body 1 , absorption portions 12 a and 12 b attached to the camera body 1 , and a cover portion 4 movably connected with respect to the camera body 1 and covering the absorption portions 12 a and 12 b.

Claims (30)

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a first housing including a display unit;

a second housing including an image pickup optical system;

a rotary portion provided between the first housing and the second housing and rotatably supporting the second housing with respect to the first housing;

a first absorption portion attached to the first housing;

a cover member movably connected with respect to the first housing and covering the first absorption portion; and

a second absorption portion attached to the cover member,

wherein the cover member is movably connected with respect to the first housing between a first position where the cover member covers the first absorption portion and a second position where the first absorption portion is exposed, and

wherein a concave portion is formed on the first housing, and the concave portion is configured to house the second absorption portion when the cover member is located at the first position.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first absorption portion and the second absorption portion are shifted from each other so as not to interfere when the cover member is located at the first position.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the second housing is rotatable with respect to the first housing between a first rotational position and a second rotational position by a rotation of the rotary portion,

wherein when the second housing is located at the first rotational position, the first housing, the second housing, and the cover member covering the first absorption portion form a cuboid shape, and

wherein when the second housing is located at the second rotational position, the cover member is configured to be movable to allow the first absorption portion to be exposed, and an opening portion that introduces an object image is configured to be located at an outside of an end portion of the first housing.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 3 ,

wherein the opening portion of the second housing is configured to be rotatable with respect to the second housing.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a rotational center of the rotary portion is located at a position shifted from a center of a screen of the display unit in a plane direction horizontal to the screen of the display unit.

6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein a rotational center of the rotary portion is located at a position shifted from a center position in a thickness direction of the first housing.

7. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 ,

wherein the display unit and the first absorption portion are arranged on opposite planes of the first housing.

8. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a first housing including a display unit;

a second housing including an image pickup optical system;

a rotary portion provided between the first housing and the second housing and rotatably supporting the second housing with respect to the first housing;

a first absorption portion attached to the first housing and exposed on an exterior surface of the first housing; and

a cover member movably connected with respect to the first housing and covering the first absorption portion,

wherein the first absorption portion includes an adhesive gel member.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 2, 2014
From: INAGAKI, CHIFUYU; AKADA, HIROSHI; MIYAWAKI, MAKOTO
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2013-012935 · Jan 28, 2013 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20140212126A1 · Jul 31, 2014