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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2011
Filed:
Oct. 09, 2007
Akihiro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Akihiro Yoshida, Yokohama, JP;
Ricoh Company, Ltd, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus including a lens unit and an image pickup unit. The lens unit includes an optical system that projects a subject image onto an imaging device, the imaging device that converts the subject image into an electric signal, an imaging device driving part that drives the imaging device, an signal processing device that converts the electric signal from the imaging device into a digital signal, and a first connection part that connects the lens unit to the imaging pickup unit mechanically and electrically. The imaging pickup unit includes an electric power supply part, a second connection part that connects the lens unit to the imaging pickup unit mechanically and electrically, voltage supply lines that supply output voltage to the lens unit, and a voltage generating circuit that generates the output voltage supplied to the voltage supply lines.