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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 05, 2013
Filed:
Nov. 02, 2010
Yuuji Toyomura, Fukuoka, JP;
Nobuhiro Tsuchihashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Toshihiko Mitsuse, Fukuoka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image capturing device includes an image capturing element that performs photoelectric conversion of light from an object and outputs a pixel signal, a lens unit that forms images on the image capturing element based on light from the object, and an optical shift mechanism that displaces optical images formed on a light-receiving surface of the image capturing element relative to the image capturing element. The optical shift mechanism has an optical member provided with a parallel plate that is inclined at a predetermined angle with respect to the optical axis of the lens unit and rotated around the optical axis. The optical member is provided in a fluid having a higher refractive index than a refractive index of air.