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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.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 24, 2009
Filed:
Oct. 02, 2003
Applicants:
Naoki Nishimura, Tokyo, JP;
Kenji Saitoh, Tochigi, JP;
Masaaki Shibata, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 9/04 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); G03B 17/24 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
To realize a wireless imaging apparatus having excellent sensitivity to an environmental change, a wireless imaging device has an imaging unit with a function of imaging a subject and a communication unit with a wireless communication function. The imaging unit has, at least, an optical lens, an apertureto limit incident light from the optical lens, an optical sensorto convert the incident light passed through the apertureinto an electric signal, and an antenna for wireless communication, integrally formed with the aperture.