US 4,734,778 AGranted

Solid-state image pickup apparatus

AssigneeOlympus Optical Co., Ltd.

InventorKazunari Kobayashi

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Abstract

A solid-state image pickup apparatus includes a body mounted on an eyepiece section and a solid-state image sensor arranged in the body and having a pickup face opposed to an objective optical system of the eyepiece section. The sensor is fixed to a base which is supported by an adjusting member to be movable in a direction parallel to the pickup face. The base is moved by adjusting centering screws so that the center of the pickup face is aligned with the optical axis of the optical system. A focusing member is supported by the body to be movable along the optical axis. The adjusting member is supported by the body and focusing member to be movable together with the focusing member along the optical axis and universally movable around the point of intersection of the pickup face and the optical axis. The adjusting member is universally moved by tilting screws to adjust the tilt of the pickup face relative to the optical axis.

Claims4

Dependent claims

A solid-state image pickup apparatus for picking up an optical image formed by an objective optical system, comprising:

a solid-state image sensor having a pickup face opposed to the optical system;
and
a support mechanism supporting the image sensor, said mechanism including a body disposed in a predetermined position relative to the optical system, a base on which the image sensor is fixed, an adjusting member supporting the base so that the base can move in a direction parallel to the pickup face, centering means for moving the base to align the center of the pickup face with the optical axis of the optical system, a focusing member supported by the body to be movable along the optical axis of the optical system, said adjusting member being supported by the body and the focusing member to be movable together with the focusing member along the optical axis of the optical system and universally movable around the point of intersection of the pickup face and the optical axis, and tilting means for universally moving the adjusting member to adjust the tilt of the pickup face relative to the optical axis.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.