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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 07, 2009
Filed:
Apr. 16, 2004
Hiroshi Endo, Asaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Asaka, JP;
Takehiko Senba, Asaka, JP;
Akio Omiya, Saitama, JP;
Hiroshi Endo, Asaka, JP;
Yoshihiro Ito, Asaka, JP;
Takehiko Senba, Asaka, JP;
Akio Omiya, Saitama, JP;
FUJINON Corporation, Saitama, JP;
FUJIFILM Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
To provide a digital camera that captures object light with a solid-state image pickup device to generate an image signal and is effectively made thinner by retracting a part of a taking lens into a suitable position when a lens barrel is collapsed. A rear lens group is rotated between a position on an optical axis and a retracted position in a recess section at the side of a CCD solid-state image pickup device, and a focusing lens is rotated between a position on the optical axis and a retracted position in a front lens group side space. When the lens barrel is collapsed, the rear lens group is placed in the recess section, and the focusing lens is placed in the front lens group side space.