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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
Oct. 27, 2020
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yuichiro Kato, Tochigi, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2021.01); B29D 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/04 (2013.01); B29D 11/00009 (2013.01);
Abstract
Provided is an optical apparatus including: an optical member; a focus motor configured to move the optical member; a lens CPU configured to control the focus motor; an MF ring including a reflection portion and a low reflection portion having a reflectance lower than a reflectance of the reflection portion, and a photo-reflector configured to receive light reflected by the reflection portion, wherein the lens CPU is configured to control the focus motor based on output from the photo-reflector, and the reflection portion has conductivity.