Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd.

Panasonic Corporation

Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.

Kabushiki Kaisha Meidensha

Tama Kasei Co., Ltd.

Masami Takahashi

Kenji Nishiwaki

Koji Yukikado

Noriyuki Shinohara

Shinichi Murata

Tamotsu Senda

Koya Kurokawa

Norihiko Shimose

Jyoji Wada

Jyouji Wada

Jouji Wada

Toshio Nagashima

Akira Nakajima

Toshikazu Tatewaki

Kimihiko Kaneko

Shokichi Takahashi

Ichiro Kajiya

Masayuki Sakigawara

Izumi Satou

Hironobu Takekuma

A camera apparatus comprising an image pickup device, a lens cover which has an end plate comprising a first plate with a through hole and a second plate positioned in the through hole, and a lens which is covered by the lens cover and converges light from an object to the image pickup device, the light passing through the end plate. A plurality of light sources are arranged to surround the lens in the lens cover and a light shielding member is arranged between the lens and the light sources, and bridges a gap between the first plate and the second plate.

Camera apparatus

A camera apparatus includes: an image pickup device; a lens configured to converge light from an object to the image pickup device; a coaxial circular-shaped lens cover in which the lens is arranged; a plurality of infrared light sources arranged to surround the lens in the lens cover; and a light shielding member which is provided between the lens and the infrared light source and which has an opening. The opening is outwardly extended at corner optical path portions which correspond to diagonal corners of an angle of view of the image pickup device.

Surveillance camera

An electronic appliance which can be a camera device includes a resin case containing electronic components for taking a camera images, and a metal shield member attachable to the inside of the case. The shield member is provided with two staking holes, and three staking tabs which protrude inwardly are provided around each of the staking holes. The case is provided with a boss in a position corresponding to each of the staking holes. When the shield member is attached to the case, each boss is pushed into the staking hole and fastened by the three deformed staking tabs, so that the shield member is fixed to the case.

Electronic appliance and camera device

A pickup device driving apparatus includes: a movable part which moves a pickup device in a first direction while a direction of a pickup surface is held; a linear actuator which moves an axis in a second direction different from the first direction; a direction changing part which has a bearing part provided in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, rotates on the bearing part, and changes a bias force applied in the second direction by the axis of the linear actuator to a bias force applied in the first direction, and applies the bias force to the movable part; and a weight part which is provided in the direction changing part to cancel a rotation moment of the bearing part generated in the direction changing part by the inclination of the movable part.

Pickup device driving apparatus and photographing device using the same

A camera installation device has a camera installation base () and a camera support section (). A coupling direction (X) between the camera support section () and the camera installation base () is inclined relative to the direction vertical to a camera installation surface (). Further, in the camera installation device, the angle of the camera support section () relative to the camera installation base () on a coupling reference surface (Y) crossing a coupling direction (X) is variable depending on the angle of the installation surface (). Preferably, an inclination angle in the coupling direction (X) is 45&#xb0;, and the camera support section () is reversible on the coupling reference surface (Y). Further, the camera support section () can be installed on an upper side and a lower side of a camera (). The camera installation device can be used in different installation places such as a wall surface and a ceiling.

Camera installation device

A monitor camera device () has a camera housing () and a dehumidification regulation body (). The dehumidification regulation body () has a dehumidification element (), an electrode, and an engaging portion engaging with an engaged portion of the camera housing (). One end side of the electrode is constructed so as to supply a power source to the dehumidification element (), and the other end side penetrates through the engaging portion of the dehumidification regulation body (). The dehumidification regulation body () is detachably attached to the camera housing () by the engaging portion of the dehumidification regulation body () and the engaged portion of the camera housing (). The monitor camera device can be downsized while providing a dehumidification regulating function.

Monitor camera

A monitor camera () has a front glass () and a glass hold-down plate for holding the front glass (). The glass hold-down plate has an outer surface in a region continues to the front glass (), and the outer surface is flush with or stepped back from an outer surface of the front glass (). Further, the glass hold-down plate has a hold-down portion vertical to the direction of the thickness of the front glass (), the hold-down portion presses the held-down portion stepped back from the outer surface of the front glass (). The above structure prevents the field of vision of the monitor camera () from being hindered by natural substances including snow lying on the front glass and enhances waterproof property of the monitor camera.

A first attaching base member is fixed to a camera arranging place. A second attaching base member is attached to the first attaching base member. The first attaching base member and the second attaching base member form an internal wiring chamber for passing camera wiring therethrough. The second attaching base member is connected to the first attaching base member by a hinge portion so as to be opened and closed. Plural hinge portions are arranged so as to open and close the second attaching base member in plural directions. Thus, an attaching construction work can be easily made. Further, an external appearance image can be improved.

Camera attaching device

The camera apparatus includes a camera main body and a convex mirror. A picture reflected by the convex mirror is taken by the camera main body. Even if the angle of view of a camera lens is set small and the camera main body is made compact, a picture having a wide angle of view can be taken through the convex mirror.

Video tape recorder

0 A vehicle peripheral-area display apparatus comprising: a camera ( ) for picking up images of a peripheral area of a vehicle ( ); an integration processing unit ( ) for detecting the vehicle's own position as positional information via a vehicle sensor ( ); a memory ( ) for storing present picture data as to the peripheral area of the vehicle picked up by the camera ( ), and also for storing positional information as to the picked up images of peripheral area of the vehicle; a picture composite unit ( ) for reading past picture data corresponding to the positional information from the memory ( ) by way of a memory control unit ( ), and for combining own vehicle shape data &ldquo;x&rdquo; with this past picture data; and a display control unit ( ) for displaying the picture data combined by this picture composite process unit ( ) on a monitor display unit ( ). As a result, this vehicle peripheral-area display apparatus of the present invention can display not only the road surface of the lower portion of the vehicle body of this vehicle, but also the past peripheral-area.

Vicinity display for car

Hard disk recorder

A waterproof camera has a waterproofing camera case (front and rear cases) and a lens barrel secured within the camera case. Within the lens barrel, there is formed a lens-containing space communicating to a front opening thereof. A group of lenses for wide-angle imaging are arranged in the space. A front lens of the lenses is placed to cover the opening, so that the front lens serves in common as a sealing member. An annular protrusion of tip of the lens barrel is caulked inside by thermal welding. An O-ring is inserted between an outer cylindrical surface of the front lens and an inner wall cylindrical surface of the lens barrel. Another O-ring is inserted between an outer cylindrical surface of tip of the lens barrel and an inner cylindrical surface of tip of the front case.

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Kanagawa, Japan

Masami Takahashi