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US 7,598,978 B2Granted
Imaging apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorYoshitaka Hashimoto
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus configured to clean a surface of an optical member disposed in the vicinity of an image sensor that photoelectrically converts an object image. The imaging apparatus includes a foreign substance removal mechanism including a capturing portion configured to capture foreign substances by traveling while contacting a surface of the optical member, and a cleaning mechanism including a wiping portion configured to wipe off the captured foreign substance from the capturing portion to clean the capturing portion.
Claims7
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an image sensor configured to photoelectrically convert an object image;
- an optical member disposed in the vicinity of the image sensor and having a surface;
- a foreign substance removal mechanism including a capturing portion configured to capture foreign substances by traveling while contacting the surface of the optical member;
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- a cleaning mechanism including a wiping portion configured to wipe off the captured foreign substances from the capturing portion to clean the capturing portion.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.