IP Library Granted Patent US 12,461,432
Granted Patent B2
US 12,461,432 · App. 18/241,112 · Granted Nov 4, 2025

Imaging apparatus system

Inventors: Jun Saiki (Hyogo, JP); Takuo Taniguchi (Osaka, JP); Yoshiaki Kudo (Osaka, JP); Rintaro Wada (Osaka, JP); Ryousuke Tamaki (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
G03B17/14H04N23/50
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Patent No.
US 12,461,432
App. No.
18/241,112
Granted
Nov 4, 2025
Kind
B2
Abstract

In an imaging apparatus system, a first imaging apparatus includes a first front casing, a common rear casing, a first lens mount attached to the first front casing, and a common monitor attached to the common rear casing. A second imaging apparatus includes a second front casing, a common rear casing, a second lens mount attached to the second front casing and different from the first lens mount, and a common monitor. When the first and second front casings are respectively attached to the common rear casings and, the center of the first lens mount and the center of the second lens mount are identical, regarding the relative positions in the left-right direction with respect to the common rear casings.

Claims (65)

1 . An imaging apparatus system including a first imaging apparatus and a second imaging apparatus, the first imaging apparatus and the second imaging apparatus being manufactured as different types of imaging apparatus;

wherein the first imaging apparatus includes

a first front casing including a casing front surface,

a common rear casing including a casing rear surface,

a first lens mount attached to the first front casing, and

a common monitor mounted to the common rear casing, the second imaging apparatus includes

a second front casing including a casing front surface,

the common rear casing,

a second lens mount attached to the second front casing, and

the common monitor, and

when each of the first and second front casings is attached to the common rear casing, a center of the first lens mount and a center of the second lens mount are identical, regarding a relative position in a left-right direction with respect to the common rear casing.

2 . The imaging apparatus system according to claim 1 , wherein when each of the first and second front casings is attached to the common rear casing, a center of the first lens mount and a center of the second lens mount are identical, regarding a relative position in a height direction with respect to the common rear casing.

3 . The imaging apparatus system according to claim 1 , wherein the first and second imaging apparatuses respectively include a first and second electronic viewfinders,

the common rear casing includes finder windows of the first and second electronic viewfinders, and

when each of the first and second front casings is attached to the common rear casing, a center of the finder window and centers of the first and second lens mounts are identical, regarding a position in the left-right direction.

4 . The imaging apparatus system according to claim 1 , wherein

the common rear casing or the first and second front casings include female screw holes for mounting a camera platform, and

when each of the first and second front casings is attached to the common rear casing, centers of the female screw holes and the first and second lens mounts are identical, regarding a position in the left-right direction.

5 . The imaging apparatus system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first imaging apparatus includes a first imaging module attached to the first front casing and including at least a first image sensor, and

the second imaging apparatus includes a second imaging module attached to the second front casing and including a second image sensor different from the first image sensor.

6 . The imaging apparatus system according to claim 1 , wherein a common grip portion is provided in each of the first and second front casings.

7 . The imaging apparatus system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first imaging apparatus includes a first top casing including a casing top surface,

the second imaging apparatus includes a second top casing including a casing top surface,

the first and second top casings include a common shape, and

a common operation unit is provided in the first and second top casings.

8 . The imaging apparatus system according to claim 1 , wherein

the first imaging apparatus includes a first top casing including a casing top surface,

the second imaging apparatus includes a second top casing including a casing top surface, and

the first top casing has a shape in which a vent hole is formed in the second top casing.

9 . An imaging apparatus system including a first imaging apparatus and a second imaging apparatus, the first imaging apparatus and the second imaging apparatus being manufactured as different types of imaging apparatus;

wherein the first imaging apparatus includes

a first front casing including a casing front surface,

a common rear casing including a casing rear surface,

a first image sensor attached to the first front casing, and

a common monitor mounted to the common rear casing, and

the second imaging apparatus includes

a second front casing including a casing front surface,

the common rear casing,

a second image sensor attached to the second front casing and having a size different from that of the first image sensor, and

the common monitor.

10 . An imaging apparatus system including a first imaging apparatus and a second imaging apparatus, the first imaging apparatus and the second imaging apparatus being manufactured as different types of imaging apparatus;

wherein the first imaging apparatus includes

a first front casing including a casing front surface,

a common rear casing including a casing rear surface, a

first lens mount attached to the first front casing, and

a first grip portion is provided in the first front casing,

the second imaging apparatus includes

a second front casing including a casing front surface, the

common rear casing,

a second lens mount attached to the second front casing, and

a second grip portion is provided in the second front casing, and

when each of the first and second front casings is attached to the common rear casing, a center of the first lens mount and a center of the second lens mount are identical, regarding a relative position in a left-right direction with respect to the common rear casing.

11 . An imaging apparatus system including a first imaging apparatus and a second imaging apparatus, the first imaging apparatus and the second imaging apparatus being manufactured as different types of imaging apparatus;

wherein the first imaging apparatus includes

a first front casing including a casing front surface,

a common rear casing including a casing rear surface,

a first image sensor attached to the first front casing, and

a first grip portion is provided in the first front casing, and

the second imaging apparatus includes

a second front casing including a casing front surface,

the common rear casing,

a second image sensor attached to the second front casing and having a size different from that of the first image sensor, and

a second grip portion is provided in the second front casing.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 13, 2023
From: SAIKI, JUN; TANIGUCHI, TAKUO; KUDO, YOSHIAKI; WADA, RINTARO; TAMAKI, RYOUSUKE
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP 2022-142480 · Sep 7, 2022 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20240077788A1 · Mar 7, 2024
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