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Granted Patent B2
US 9,456,113 · App. 14/854,595 · Granted Sep 27, 2016

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.
H04N5/2251H04N5/2252H04N5/2254H04N5/23241
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Patent No.
US 9,456,113
App. No.
14/854,595
Granted
Sep 27, 2016
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 (33)

1. An imaging system, comprising:

an imaging body including an optical system and an imaging element;

a power supply to supply power to the imaging element; and

a user interface into which an instruction to start imaging by the imaging body is input; and

a housing including a holder holding the imaging body and a main body holding the power supply,

wherein at least an optical element of the optical system disposed at a most subject side projects from a housing face of the main body of the housing, and

wherein the optical system, the user interface and the power supply are arranged in order of a gravity center of the imaging body, a position of the user interface, and a gravity center of the entire imaging system.

2. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein a distance AP between a gravity center of the imaging body and a gravity center of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center of the power supply and the gravity center of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition:

AP>BP.

3. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical element projecting from the housing face is a convex lens, 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

4. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein a weight m of the imaging body and a weight M of the power supply satisfy the following condition:

m<M.

5. The imaging system according to claim 4 , wherein the weight m of the imaging body, the weight M of the power supply, a distance AN between a center N of the entire imaging system and a gravity center A of the imaging body, and a distance BN between the center N and a gravity center B of the power supply satisfy the following condition:

m×AN<M×BN.

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

7. The imaging system according to claim 1 , wherein the optical system includes one lens or more comprising a resin material as an optical element, and an optical element holder which fixes the optical element and comprises a resin material.

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

9. 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.

10. An imaging system comprising:

an imaging body including an optical system and an imaging element;

a power supply supplying power to the imaging element;

a user interface into which an instruction to start imaging by the imaging body is input; and

a housing holding the imaging body and the power supply,

wherein at least an optical element of the optical system disposed at a most subject side projects from a housing face at which the power supply is disposed, and

wherein the optical system, the user interface and the power supply are arranged in order of a gravity center of the imaging body, a position of the user interface, and a gravity center of the entire imaging system.

11. An imaging system, comprising:

an imaging body including an optical system and an imaging element;

a power supply to supply power to the imaging element; and

a housing including a holder holding the imaging body and a main body holding the power supply,

wherein at least an optical element of the optical system disposed at a most subject side projects from a housing face of the main body of the housing, and

wherein a distance AP between a gravity center of the imaging body and a gravity center of the entire imaging system and a distance BP between a gravity center of the power supply and the gravity center of the entire imaging system satisfy the following condition:

AP>BP.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-060242 · Mar 16, 2012 · national
JP 2012-277671 · Dec 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (2)
Continuation 13795453 · Mar 12, 2013
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