Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Lens barrel and imaging device
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Application No.: US17429370Application Date: 2020-03-12
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Publication No.: US11947184B2Publication Date: 2024-04-02
- Inventor: Takahiro Kobayashi , Tomoaki Kobayashi , Takahiro Nakayama
- Applicant: Takahiro Kobayashi , Tomoaki Kobayashi , Takahiro Nakayama
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee: RICOH COMPANY, LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: XSENSUS LLP
- Priority: JP 19048910 2019.03.15
- International Application: PCT/JP2020/010959 2020.03.12
- International Announcement: WO2020/189532A 2020.09.24
- Date entered country: 2021-08-09
- Main IPC: G02B7/10
- IPC: G02B7/10 ; G02B15/14

Abstract:
A lens barrel includes: a variable-power optical system including a focus lens group; a focus actuator configured to move the focus lens group supported by a support forward or backward in a direction of the optical axis to change a shooting distance; and a moving unit configured to, in response to receiving a driving force for changing a zoom magnification, move a position of the focus lens group in the direction of the optical axis to a position corresponding to the changed zoom magnification. The moving unit is configured to move the focus lens group in the direction of the optical axis by the driving force such that a change in a shooting distance due to a change in the zoom magnification is within a predetermined tolerance when the focus lens group is at a position corresponding to the minimum shooting distance, at every zoom magnification.
Public/Granted literature
- US20220146784A1 LENS BARREL AND IMAGING DEVICE Public/Granted day:2022-05-12
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