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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2015
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Jyouji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihito Urashima, Fukuoka, JP;
Masahito Oka, Fukuoka, JP;
Nobuhito Seki, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 11/04 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H01L 27/146 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 11/045 (2013.01); G03B 11/043 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H04N 5/225 (2013.01); H01L 27/14623 (2013.01);
Abstract
According to the invention, there is provided a camera device including a light transmitting cover, a rotatable camera unit that is provided in the cover, a light shielding plate unit that can move the positions of a plurality of light shielding plates each of which blocks a portion of light incident on the camera unit, and a control unit that controls the light shielding plate unit, in which the control unit changes a light shielding range of each of the plurality of light shielding plates according to a tilt angle of the camera unit.