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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 09, 2024
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2022
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuroki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes: an imaging element including an imaging surface on which light from a subject is incident; an imaging unit that supports the imaging element in a state where the imaging surface faces forward; a casing including a through hole in a front surface and accommodating the imaging unit in a state where a front side portion of the imaging unit passes through the through hole so as to protrude from the front surface; and an actuator that is provided in the casing and displaces the imaging unit in a direction intersecting a normal direction of the imaging surface. The imaging unit includes a flange portion extending outward from the front side portion of the imaging unit so as to cover at lease part pf a gap between the through hole of the casing and the imaging unit.