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Lens unit, imaging device, and control method

US10567631B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateSep 11, 2017
Grant dateFeb 18, 2020
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Expiry dateFeb 10, 2038

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG02B7/28
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

There is provided a lens unit equipped with multiple focus lenses provided inside a lens barrel, multiple actuators corresponding to the respective multiple focus lenses and configured to move each of the multiple focus lenses inside the lens barrel, and a control circuit configured to control movement of the multiple focus lenses according to different rules between a case of a position of each of the multiple focus lenses being inside a designated range of satisfactory optical performance, and a case of being outside the range.

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