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Patent No.:

US 9743006 B1

PDFFull Text
Expired
Date of Patent:
Aug. 22, 2017

Filed:

Sep. 30, 2014

Imaging apparatus

Applicant:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, Gyeonggi-do, KR;

Inventors:

Myung-gyu Kim, Yongin-si, KR;

Shi-hyun Kim, Suwon-si, KR;

Assignee:

Samsung Electronics Co., Ltd., Suwon-si, KR;

Attorney:

Drinker Biddle & Reath LLP

Primary Examiner:

Xi Wang

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/262 (2006.01); H04N 5/238 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 7/10 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/23296 (2013.01); G02B 15/14 (2013.01); G02B 7/102 (2013.01);
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes: a zoom lens unit that forms image light on an imaging unit; a zoom ring that is provided around the zoom lens to be manually rotated; a rotation detection unit including: a slit member that includes a plurality of blades that are spaced apart from one another in a rotation direction and is rotated by being connected to the zoom ring, and a sensor that detects rotation of the slit member and outputs a detection signal; and a lens control unit that adjusts a zoom ratio by driving the zoom lens unit based on the detection signal of the sensor, wherein a rotation ratio of the slit member to the zoom ring is greater than 1.

Find Patent Forward Citations

Kim, Myung-gyu. (2017). Imaging apparatus (U.S. Patent No. 9743006). U.S. Patent and Trademark Office. https://idiyas.com/patent/badge/9743006

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