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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 29, 2017
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2015
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takuo Taniguchi, Osaka, JP;
Tomohiro Murakami, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Ohno, Osaka, JP;
Hikaru Tsuchitani, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
The imaging unit of the present disclosure is an imaging unit rotatable about a first axis. The imaging unit includes a lens holder and an operating member. The lens holder holds a lens on its surface, has a first gear on its rear face, and is rotatable about a second axis in forward and backward directions. The operating member has a second gear engaged with the first gear, is rotatable about a third axis in forward and backward directions, and faces the rear face of the lens holder. A plane with the first axis as a normal, a plane with the second axis as a normal, and a plane with the third axis as a normal are orthogonal to each other. The lens holder rotates by rotating the operating member.