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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 10, 2008
Hironobu Ichimura, Akishima, JP;
Hironobu Ichimura, Akishima, JP;
Olympus Medical Systems Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup unit according the present invention includes: a solid-state image pickup device which photoelectrically converts a photographic light and thereby outputs a video signal; and a lens barrel which, being approximately cylindrical in shape and being fastened to the solid-state image pickup device by a light-curing adhesive, holds a plurality of objective lenses, wherein a tapered surface is formed on a rear end face which opposes front part of the solid-state image pickup device of the lens barrel, with distance between the tapered surface and the front part of the solid-state image pickup device increasing toward outer circumference.