Image capture apparatus and electronic apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorMasatoshi Nagano
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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.
Claims4
An image capture apparatus comprising:
- a sensor unit including a photoelectric conversion element;
- a first optical element having an optical axis;
- a holding member including a first portion adapted to hold the first optical element, and a second portion extending in a direction orthogonal to the optical axis over the first portion and covering an outer circumference of the sensor unit;
- a driven member;
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- an actuator configured to drive the driven member in order to perform a photographing-relevant operation,
- wherein the actuator is disposed outside of the first portion,
- wherein the sensor unit, the first optical element, and the actuator are directly fixed to the holding member, and the holding member is composed of a single piece of material,
- the second portion is rectangular as viewed from the optical axis,
- the actuator and the first portion are circular as viewed from the optical axis,
- the center of the circular actuator is disposed on a diagonal line of the rectangular second portion as viewed from the optical axis, and
- an output shaft of the actuator is disposed on the diagonal line of the rectangular second portion.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.