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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 03, 2011
Masayuki Yoshii, Osaka, JP;
Takuya Hara, Osaka, JP;
Nobuhisa Koike, Nara, JP;
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus body having an outer casing, at least a shutter mechanism and an imaging device placed inside the outer casing, an opening formed in the outer casing, and a storage space and a placement space defined inside the outer casing and communicating with the opening and the storage space, respectively, a strobe unit having a lid part and a light-emitting part and connected to the apparatus body so as to be movable between close and open positions, a sensor unit placed in the placement space and having an autofocus sensor and a sensor adjusting part having plural adjusting screws, and a mirror placed inside the outer casing to reflect part of incident light toward the autofocus sensor. When the strobe unit is moved to the open position, the storage space is defined as an adjustment space into which an adjustment jig can be inserted.