Image pickup apparatus
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorsTetsuo Nagata, Tomoko Sato, Akihiro Sakurai, Tetsuya Ishii, Takeshi Takahashi, Kazuhiro Matsumoto
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Abstract
An image pickup apparatus comprises one holding component which holds two or more prisms and an image pickup element. As for the holding component, a prism holding portion and an image pickup element holding portion are formed in one component. At the prism holding portion, an opening is formed. At the image pickup element, the image pickup element holding portion is fixed. Each prism is fixed to the holding component from the both sides of the holding component by fitting a projected portion into a penetration hole, respectively.
Claims17
An image pickup apparatus comprising, one holding component which holds two or more prisms and an image pickup element,
- wherein the holding component has a first plate-shaped portion and a second plate-shaped portion,
- wherein the image pickup element is held on a front surface of the first plate-shaped portion,
- wherein the prisms are held with the second plate-shaped portion being interposed between, and
- wherein the second plate-shaped portion is constructed to protrude from the front surface of the first plate-shaped portion at a position where the prisms face the front surface of the first plate-shaped portion.
An image pickup apparatus comprising, a prism holding component which holds two or more prisms, and an image pickup element holding component which holds an image pickup element,
- wherein the image pickup element is held on a front surface of the image pickup element holding component,
- wherein the prisms are held with the prism holding component being interposed between, and
- wherein the prism holding component is constructed to protrude from the front surface of the image pickup element holding component at a position where the prisms face the front surface of the image pickup element holding component.
An image pickup apparatus comprising, a prism holding component which holds two or more prisms, and an image pickup element holding component which holds an image pickup element,
- wherein the prism holding component is constructed to be movable relative to the image pickup element holding component.
A holding structure for image pickup optical members, wherein by using a holding component having a prism holding portion and an image pickup element holding portion located on an exit light path of a prism, two or more prisms are held on the prism holding portion as facing one another, and an image pickup element is held on the image pickup element holding portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.