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Patent No.:

US 11647267 B1

Date of Patent:

May. 09, 2023

Filed:

Oct. 08, 2021

Image pickup apparatus having extendibility

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Manami Gunji, Kanagawa, JP;

Takeshi Hamada, Tokyo, JP;

Takao Kimura, Kanagawa, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Cowan, Liebowitz & Latman, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Rodney E Fuller

Int. Cl.

CPC ...

H04N 23/51 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); G03B 17/55 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01);

U.S. Cl.

CPC ...

H04N 23/51 (2023.01); G03B 17/12 (2013.01); G03B 17/55 (2013.01); G03B 17/563 (2013.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01);

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus having extendibility. The image pickup apparatus includes a front case that forms an apparatus appearance, a rear case that forms the apparatus appearance with the front case, and panel members. At least one of the front case and the rear case has arms that extend in a direction approximately parallel to an optical axis of the image pickup apparatus and that are united with at least one of the front case and the rear case. The front case and the rear case are connected through the arms. The panel members are fixed to the front case and the rear case so as to cover openings formed in a state where the front case and the rear case are connected through the arms.

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