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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 01, 2005
Filed:
May. 08, 2003
Tetsurou Kajino, Tokyo, JP;
Jouji Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Kusakari, Yokohama, JP;
Takuya Imaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Ida, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsurou Kajino, Tokyo, JP;
Jouji Wada, Yokohama, JP;
Takashi Kusakari, Yokohama, JP;
Takuya Imaoka, Yokohama, JP;
Tetsuya Ida, Yokohama, JP;
Matsushita Electric Industrial Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
To provide a lens select device in which an iris image pickup function may be incorporated into a portable information terminal at low cost. In a lens support member, a small gearis formed at one end part of the lens support member, and a lens-housing boss partand a lens-housing boss partare juxtaposed at the other end part. By turning the small gear, the first lens or the second lens is aligned with a predetermined position. An operation partis provided. When the operation partengages with the small gearand turns the same, the operation partswitches the lens which is aligned with the predetermined position to the first lens or the second lens. Preferably, the operation partis an arcuate member which turns about a position, which is different from a rotational center of the small gear, and it is an inscribed gearhaving teeth formed in the inner peripheral surface, which are in mesh with the small gear