Lens unit, imaging device, and control method
US11221462B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 21, 2020 |
| Grant date | Jan 11, 2022 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 21, 2040 |
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- 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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