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Granted Patent B2
US 10,855,919 · App. 16/438,503 · Granted Dec 1, 2020

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.
H04N5/23238G02B13/06H04N5/2251H04N5/2252H04N5/2254H04N5/23241G02B5/04
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Patent No.
US 10,855,919
App. No.
16/438,503
Granted
Dec 1, 2020
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 (21)

1. An imaging system, comprising:

an optical system;

a shutter button; and

a housing including the optical system, wherein

a lens which is a convex lens located on a most object side in the optical system,

the convex lens projects from a part of the housing which is between the shutter button and the convex lens, and

a center of the imaging system is disposed between a gravity center of the imaging system and the convex lens.

2. The imaging system according to claim 1 , further comprising:

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

a power supplier that supplies power to the imaging element, wherein

the center of the imaging system is disposed between a gravity center of the power supplier and the convex lens.

3. The imaging system according to claim 2 , wherein a weight m of the imaging body and a weight M of the power supplier satisfy the following condition: m<M.

4. An imaging system, comprising:

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

a shutter button;

a power supply that supplies power to the imaging element;

a housing including the imaging body, the shutter button, and the power supply,

wherein:

a lens located on a most object side in the optical system projects from a part of the housing between the shutter button and the lens, and

a distance AN between a gravity center A of the imaging body and a center N of a shape of the imaging system and a distance BN between a gravity center B of the power supplier and the center N of the shape of the imaging system satisfy a condition AN>BN.

5. The imaging system according to claim 4 , wherein the power supply includes a battery.

Priority Claims (2)
JP 2012-060242 · Mar 16, 2012 · national
JP 2012-277671 · Dec 20, 2012 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 15936170 · Mar 26, 2018
Division 15648966 · Jul 13, 2017
Continuation 15223574 · Jul 29, 2016
Continuation 14854595 · Sep 15, 2015
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