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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 11, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 22, 2012
Jun Sasagawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Hirokazu Yamada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Jun Sasagawa, Tokyo-to, JP;
Hirokazu Yamada, Tokyo-to, JP;
Kabushiki Kaisha TOPCON, Tokyo-to, JP;
Abstract
An omnidirectional camera comprises a camera assemblyhaving two or more horizontal camera unitsprovided radiantly and a coverfor accommodating the camera assembly, and in the omnidirectional camera, a lens hole, through which an objective lens of the horizontal camera units come out, is formed on the cover, a lens hoodis provided on the cover concentrically with the lens hole, the lens hood has a shape of surface which does not intercept a field angle of the horizontal camera units, and a maximum height of the lens hood is larger than a protruding amount of the objective lens from the cover.