Patent · US Expired

Imaging system

US7457056B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Key dates

Filing dateMar 31, 2004
Grant dateNov 25, 2008
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Expiry dateJun 27, 2025

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/55
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical unit is transitional between a first mode for shooting and a second mode for non-shooting, and a supporting unit and a driving unit are located within a cylinder for substantially containing a tilting unit to be disposed about an optical axis as a center while are arranged so as to move together with a movable group and to avoid an imager and the retaining unit viewed from the optical axial direction.

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