Imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorDaisuke Sasaki
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus allows an interior structure including a camera unit to make a retreating movement in response to a shock applied to a cover from various directions. The imaging apparatus includes a camera unit including a lens and an image sensor, a dome cover covering the camera unit, a tilt support stand tilt-rotatably supporting the camera unit, a pan rotary support member pan-rotating together with the tilt support stand, and an elastic member arranged on the pan rotary support member and imparting an urging force to the tilt support stand. When a force is applied from the dome cover, the camera unit can make a retreating movement in a vertical direction and a slanting direction.
Claims8
An imaging apparatus equipped with a shock absorbing mechanism, comprising:
- a camera unit including a lens and an image sensor;
- a cover configured to cover the camera unit;
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- an elastic member configured to support the camera unit elastically so as to allow the camera unit to make a retreating movement in a vertical direction and a slanting direction when a force is applied from the cover.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.