Abstract:
A focal plane shutter includes: a board including an opening; blades capable of opening and closing the opening; a drive member movable between a start position and a terminal position, biased toward the terminal position, and driving the blades; a brake member supported to abut and move away from the drive member positioned at the terminal position, and biased to abut the drive member positioned at the terminal position; and a set member rotatable in only one direction, and moving the drive member from the terminal position to the start position; wherein the set member includes a drive portion abutting the brake member to move the brake member away from the drive member and then abutting the drive member to move the drive member toward the start position.
Abstract:
The shutter device includes a base, a post, a coil, a shutter, a first magnetic member, and a second magnetic member. The base defines a first aperture. The post is fixedly mounted on the base. The coil is connected to the post and rotatable around the post. The shutter blade is coupled to the post and jointly rotatable with the coil. The first and second magnetic members are mounted on the base arranged on two sides of the coil. The first and second magnetic members are configured for driving the coil to rotate, thereby moving the shutter blade to selectively expose or cover the first aperture.
Abstract:
A shutter device includes first and second shutter blades, a shutter base plate rotatably supporting the first and second shutter blades, a partition plate arranged between the first and second shutter blades supported by the shutter base plate, and a cover plate fixed to the shutter base plate while the first and second shutter blades are supported by the shutter base plate and the partition plate is arranged between the first and second shutter blades. The first and second shutter blades, the partition plate, and the cover plate have conductivity. The cover plate is electrically connected to the partition plate. The cover plate has a potential at a ground level.
Abstract:
A mechanical shutter includes a base, four shutter blades, four permanent magnets, and four electromagnets. The base has an aperture for permitting light into a camera module. The shutter blade includes a light shielding portion capable of moving across the aperture by rotating about a shaft formed on the base, a securing portion secured on the base, and an elastic portion connecting the light shielding portion and the securing portion. The permanent magnet is secured on a light shielding portion and sleeves around a shaft. The electromagnets are capable of providing magnetic force to rotate the permanent magnets.
Abstract:
At least one exemplary embodiment is directed to a light quantity adjusting apparatus that can include a first blade member configured to be driven by a drive source, such as a motor, and a second blade member whose movement is configured to be related to the movement of the first blade member.
Abstract:
A lens cover apparatus for camera includes a housing, a cover, and a push rod. The cover is rotatably mounted to the housing to open/close a lens window for selectively exposing/shielding a lens of the camera. The push rod is manually movable with respect to the housing to induce a horizontal movement, which is converted into a rotary motion of the cover by a linkage mechanism that has a lever forming a groove movably receiving and guiding the cover.
Abstract:
A lens barrel includes: a photographic optical system capable of altering focal length; a movable lens group constituting part of the photographic optical system, that moves along an optical axis when altering the focal length; an image sensor disposed at an image forming plane of the photographic optical system to capture a subject image; and a shutter unit disposed between the movable lens group and the image sensor, that comprises a shutter blade that blocks a photographic light flux passing through the photographic optical system. A principal-point of the photographic optical system moves as the movable lens group moves along the optical axis. The shutter unit is disposed by assuring that a distance between a range of motion endpoint of the movable lens group and the shutter blade is shorter than a distance between the image sensor and the shutter blades.
Abstract:
A transparent plate is fixed to the body of a mobile phone with a camera in order to cover an aperture for photography. A solid-state image sensor (4) is placed on the image plane of a photographing optical system. Between a base plate having an aperture for regulating the optical path of photographing light and a cover plate having an aperture, a blade chamber for housing a shutter blade is provided, and an actuator for driving the shutter blade is fixed to the outer surface of the blade chamber. The base plate and the cover plate are arranged in the body so that the aperture is located between the transparent plate and the photographing optical system.
Abstract:
An image capture apparatus includes a sensor unit having a photoelectric conversion element; a holding member having a first portion for holding an optical element, and a second portion extending in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis over the first portion and covering an outer circumference of the sensor unit; and an actuator for driving a driven member in order to perform a photographing-relevant operation. The actuator is disposed outside of the first portion, and the actuator is disposed within an area defined between a first axis and a second axis, wherein the first axis and the second axis represent straight lines passing through the optical axis and parallel with a narrow side and a wide side of the photoelectric conversion element, as viewed from an optical axis direction, respectively.
Abstract:
An image-taking lens apparatus has an image sensor for converting an optical image of a subject into an electrical signal and an image-taking lens system for forming the optical image on the image sensor. The image-taking lens system includes a prism for bending the optical path, and the refractive index of the prism fulfills a prescribed conditional formula.