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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2009
Filed:
May. 17, 2006
Applicants:
Hiroyuki Matsumoto, Wakayama, JP;
Yasushi Yamamoto, Kishiwada, JP;
Atsuo Masui, Sakai, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Konica Minolta Photo Imaging, Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
In zooming, an optical unit moves the lens unit located at the most image side and the image sensor along the optical axis while not moving at least one lens unit, of a plurality of lens units, other than the lens unit located at the most image side.