Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Yusuke Mogi

Hayato Mano

Hideki Toichi

Yasuhiro Kojima

Yuko Teruya

Kenji Yamagata

Yuta Nakamura

Yoshinobu Shibayama

Yosaku Endo

Kazuo Yamamoto

Yoji Oya

Masato Ito

Koichi Shigeta

Kazuna Oyama

Manabu Abe

Shigeshi Maekawa

Masato Yokosawa

An image capturing apparatus equipped with a function of performing image stabilization by moving an image capturing section (image sensor) and capable of effectively cooling the image sensor without increasing the size of the apparatus. The apparatus includes an image sensor board on which the image sensor is mounted, an image stabilization mechanism for performing image stabilization by moving the image sensor board, a first duct having an air flow passage and movable, a second duct having an air flow passage and fixedly disposed and connected to the first duct, and a cooling fan for causing outside air to flow through the first duct and the second duct. The image sensor board is held on the first duct.

Image capturing apparatus capable of cooling image sensor

An image sensor converts an optical image formed by an imaging optical system to video signals. A heat dissipation section discharges heat generated in an image sensor to the outside. The imaging optical system, the image sensor, the heat dissipation section, and a battery chamber are arranged on an extension line of an axis of the system in the mentioned order. The battery chamber has an upper surface tilted forward in a direction in which the image sensor is disposed with respect to the axis by a predetermined angle. A projected shadow of a portion, close to the heat dissipation section, of an upper end portion of the battery chamber, which is projected from an upper surface side of the image capturing apparatus, overlaps the heat dissipation section.

Image capturing apparatus that is reduced in size and has high operability, and operation member

An image capturing apparatus having a forced air cooling function and capable of having an accessory attached thereto includes an image capturing apparatus body. A lens mount is provided on the apparatus body and can have a shooting lens removably attached thereto. An attachment portion is provided on the apparatus body and can have the accessory removably attached thereto. A built-in microphone is arranged on a side of a surface of the apparatus body, different from any of a surface where an air outlet port for discharging air used for forced cooling is arranged, a surface where the lens mount is arranged, and a surface where the attachment portion is arranged. The built-in microphone is arranged at a location closer to a top surface of the image capturing apparatus body than a bottom surface thereof.

Image capturing apparatus having built-in microphone

An image capturing system that makes it possible to easily attach an accessory to an image capturing apparatus body without requiring any tool. The image capturing apparatus body is provided with an accessory shoe and a screw hole. The accessory removably attached to the image capturing apparatus body includes a sheet metal that is engaged with the accessory shoe by being slidably inserted therein, and a fixing screw that has an operation portion which is rotationally operated, and is provided, in association with the screw hole, at a location frontward of the sheet metal in a direction of inserting the sheet metal into the accessory shoe. The fixing screw is screwed into the screw hole in a state in which the sheet metal is engaged with the accessory shoe, whereby the accessory is attached to the image capturing apparatus body.

Image capturing system to which accessory can be easily attached, image capturing apparatus, and accessory

An electronic apparatus to which an accessory is removably attached. One of a grip and an image capture apparatus body includes a first attachment part formed by a first screw, a first electrical connection part disposed outside the first screw, and a first engagement part formed outside the first electrical connection part. The other of them includes a second attachment part formed by a second screw and screwed with the first screw, a second electrical connection part disposed outside the second screw, and electrically connected to the first electrical connection part, and a second engagement part formed outside the second electrical connection part, and engaged with the first engagement part. When the first and second screws are screwed, the first and second engagement parts are engaged, and the first and second electrical connection parts are electrically connected.

Electronic apparatus to which accessory is removably attached, accessory, and system

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Kawasaki, Japan

Yusuke Mogi