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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 05, 2021
Filed:
Apr. 15, 2020
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Hidemasa Oshige, Yokohama, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A viewfinder comprising a display device which comprises a surface including a display portion and a peripheral portion, a lens and a housing is provided. In an orthogonal projection with respect to the surface, the housing comprises an overlap portion and a shielding portion that overlap at least a part of the peripheral portion, respectively. A distance between the peripheral portion and the shielding portion is larger than a distance between the peripheral portion and the overlap portion. A light beam emitted from an end of the display portion which has an angle less than a predetermined angle from a normal of the surface enters the lens, and a light beam emitted from the end which has an angle not less than the predetermined angle from the normal of the surface and is reflected by the overlap portion enters the shielding portion.