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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2007
Filed:
Sep. 06, 2006
Genta Yagyu, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tetsuo Kohno, Suita, JP;
Tsutomu Honda, Sakai, JP;
Shinji Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Genta Yagyu, Nishinomiya, JP;
Tetsuo Kohno, Suita, JP;
Tsutomu Honda, Sakai, JP;
Shinji Yamaguchi, Osaka, JP;
Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging optical unit including a simple and small retracting mechanism and optical members having a small eccentric error and an image pickup apparatus will be provided. The imaging optical unit for guiding light to an image pickup device is structured so that a first holding member, for holding a reflection member for turning a light flux entering from the side of a subject along a first optical axis to a second optical axial direction almost at right angle, rotates freely about a rotating shaft between the retracting position where the first holding member is housed in a lens frame of the imaging optical unit and the using position where it is projected.