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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 12, 2019
Filed:
May. 22, 2015
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yasuaki Isonaga, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 17/08 (2006.01); G03B 17/12 (2006.01); G03B 17/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G03B 15/02 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G03B 15/05 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23209 (2013.01); G02B 17/086 (2013.01); G03B 15/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/04 (2013.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); G03B 17/563 (2013.01); G03B 17/566 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H04N 5/2252 (2013.01); H04N 5/2256 (2013.01); G03B 15/05 (2013.01); H04N 5/23293 (2013.01);
Abstract
[Object] To provide an image pickup apparatus suited for self-shooting. [Solving Means] An image pickup apparatus according to an embodiment of the present technology includes a main body and a movable unit. The main body includes a lens tube portion. The movable unit includes a movable portion and a bias portion that biases the movable portion toward the lens tube portion, the movable portion having a relative position with respect to the lens tube portion being variable along an axial direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the lens tube portion.