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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 17, 2016
Applicant:
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Inventors:
Jyouji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Yoshihito Urashima, Fukuoka, JP;
Akihiro Iizuka, Fukuoka, JP;
Hideaki Yamada, Fukuoka, JP;
Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 17/56 (2006.01); G03B 15/02 (2006.01); G03B 11/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/0006 (2013.01); G03B 11/00 (2013.01); G03B 15/02 (2013.01); G03B 17/568 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a camera front light-transmission plate that covers a front surface of a camera, an auxiliary device addition space which has a virtual surface obtained by an exterior surface of the camera front light-transmission plate being extended, and in which an auxiliary imaging device is provided, and a wiper that wipes the exterior surface of the camera front light-transmission plate by moving along the exterior surface and that moves to the virtual surface.