Imaging apparatus having retractable barrier on an imaging side of an electrical component and retraction space below the lens
US8016496B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Apr 2, 2008 |
| Grant date | Sep 13, 2011 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Nov 4, 2028 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG03B11/043
- WIPO fieldOptics
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A lens barrier is arranged on a front face of a photographic lens. The lens barrier can move into a lens barrier retraction space at an angle which is inclined with respect to the optical axis of the photographic lens. The lens barrier retraction space is provided under the photographic lens. As a result, a remote control light receiving element and a microphone can be arranged on an object side of the lens barrier retraction space, whereby the object side surface area of a camera body can be made smaller due to the configuration of the lens barrier.
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