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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 18, 2025
Filed:
Nov. 25, 2022
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Hiroyuki Kuroki, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The present disclosure facilitates access to an imaging surface of an imaging element in an imaging apparatus in which a plurality of optical filters are selectively arranged in front of the imaging surface of the imaging element. An imaging apparatus includes an imaging element including an imaging surface on which light from a subject is incident, a first filter unit including a first optical filter, a second filter unit including a second optical filter, and a filter unit drive mechanism that drives each of the first and second filter units between a filtering position in front of the imaging surface and a retracted position deviated from the front of the imaging surface. The filter unit drive mechanism selectively executes an interlocking mode in which when one of the first and second filter units is located at the filtering position, the other of the first and second filter units is interlocked so as to be located at the retracted position, and a single motion mode in which one of the first and second filter units is maintained in a stopped state at the retracted position and the other one is driven.