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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 04, 2025
Filed:
Aug. 22, 2023
Applicant:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yohei Yamada, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04R 5/027 (2006.01); G03B 31/00 (2021.01); H04R 1/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04R 5/027 (2013.01); H04N 23/50 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); G03B 31/00 (2013.01); H04R 1/028 (2013.01);
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus is configured to record sound. The image pickup apparatus includes a housing unit, a first microphone and a second microphone configured to acquire stereophonic sound, and disposed at positions laterally separated from each other, and a third microphone separate from the first microphone and the second microphone. The housing unit includes a first storing unit and a second storing unit separated from each other. The first microphone is disposed in the first storing unit. The second microphone and the third microphone are disposed in the second storing unit.