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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 20, 2022
Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshihiko Konno, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/63 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/71 (2023.01); H04N 23/74 (2023.01);
Abstract

An imaging apparatus including a first sensor configured to image an optical subject image incident via a first lens unit includes a display panel, an eyepiece portion, a second sensor configured to image an eye of a user viewing the display panel by looking into the eyepiece portion, the second sensor being different from the first sensor, an optical path split unit configured to guide light from the display panel to outside the imaging apparatus and to guide external light to the second sensor, and a second lens unit disposed between the optical path split unit and the eyepiece portion, wherein the second sensor is disposed at a different side from a side where a grip region of the imaging apparatus is disposed with respect to an optical axis of the second lens unit.


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