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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.

Patent No.:

US 12610113 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Apr. 21, 2026

Filed:

Aug. 04, 2022

Imaging apparatus

Applicant:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Ryota Kawamata, Tokyo, JP;

Keiichi Betsui, Tokyo, JP;

Kazuyoshi Yamazaki, Tokyo, JP;

Rei Sakakibara, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

Hitachi, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

Miles & Stockbridge, P.C.

Primary Examiner:

Nasim N Nirjhar

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/51 (2023.01); B60Q 1/00 (2006.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/51 (2023.01); B60Q 1/0023 (2013.01); H04N 13/239 (2018.05); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/90 (2023.01);
Abstract

To suppress an influence of reflected light from a cover in an imaging apparatus. An imaging apparatusincludes: a first imaging unithaving a first viewpoint Pand a second imaging unithaving a second viewpoint Pas imaging units; and a light transmissive coverarranged in a region intersecting at least a part of a first field of view Vof the first imaging unitand a second field of view Vof the second imaging unitin such a way as to accommodate the imaging units. The coverhas a portion having a spheroidal shape as a cover portion having a shape that reflects a light beam from a region near the first viewpoint Ptoward a region near the second viewpoint P

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