Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Manami Gunji

Takeshi Hamada

Yuta Nakamura

Hiroshi Yano

Kazuaki Maruhashi

Tadanori Saito

Takamichi Kosugi

Yuya Nagata

Naohiro Arai

Manabu Abe

Takao Kimura

Takutomi Ogawa

Hironobu Makara

Tsubasa Nakatani

A mount module that is capable of improving waterproofness without enlarging its size. The mount module to which a lens barrel having claws is attachable includes a base member, a fixed mount member, a movable member, movable claws, first and second sealing member. A fixed mount member has a first mount surface that abuts to a second mount surface of the lens barrel. The movable member is arranged between the fixed mount member and the base member rotatably around an optical axis. The movable claws engage with the claws of the lens barrel and move in an optical axis direction by interlocking with rotation of the movable member. The first sealing member is arranged between the movable member and the fixed mount member. And the second sealing member is arranged between the movable member and the base member.

Mount module with waterproofness and image pickup apparatus equipped with mount module

An image pickup apparatus having extendibility. The image pickup apparatus includes a front case that forms an apparatus appearance, a rear case that forms the apparatus appearance with the front case, and panel members. At least one of the front case and the rear case has arms that extend in a direction approximately parallel to an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus and that are united with at least one of the front case and the rear case. The front case and the rear case are connected through the arms. The panel members are fixed to the front case and the rear case so as to cover openings formed in a state where the front case and the rear case are connected through the arms.

Image pickup apparatus having extendibility

An image capture apparatus to which a module having a predetermined function can be attached, the apparatus comprises a connecting unit configured to attach the module, a heat transfer unit configured to exchange heat with the module, a communication unit configured to communicate with the module, and a control unit configured to control a heat dissipation state of a system including the image capture apparatus and the module on the basis of information pertaining to heat dissipation performance of the module and position information pertaining to an attachment position of the module, the information having been acquired by the communication unit.

Image capture apparatus, module, and control method thereof

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Kawasaki, Japan

Manami Gunji