Imaging device unit and electronic apparatus including the imaging device unit
AssigneeSamsung Electronics Co., Ltd.
InventorMasahiro Shirono
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Abstract
An imaging device unit and an electronic apparatus including the imaging device unit are provided. The imaging device unit includes: an imaging device comprising a surface on which an optical image of a subject is to be formed, and for converting the optical image to an electrical signal; an optical unit disposed nearer to the subject than the imaging device; a piezoelectric element mounted on the optical unit to vibrate the optical unit; and an air stream supply unit for generating an air stream by using a change in a capacity of a predetermined space, the air stream being generated due to vibration of the piezoelectric element to supply the air stream to a surface of the optical unit.
Claims10
An imaging device unit comprising:
- an imaging device comprising an imaging surface on which an optical image of a subject is to be formed, and for converting the optical image to an electrical signal;
- an optical unit disposed nearer to the subject than the imaging device;
- a piezoelectric element mounted on the optical unit to vibrate the optical unit;
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- an air stream supply unit for generating an air stream by using a change in a capacity of a predetermined space, the change in the capacity of the predetermined space being generated due to vibration of the piezoelectric element to supply the air stream to a surface of the optical unit.
An electronic apparatus comprising:
- a photographing optical system for forming an optical image of a subject;
- an imaging device comprising a surface on which the optical image of a subject is to be formed, and for converting the optical image to an electrical signal;
- an optical unit disposed nearer to the subject than the imaging device;
- a piezoelectric element mounted on the optical unit to vibrate the optical unit;
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- an air stream supply unit for generating an air stream by using a change in a capacity of a predetermined space, the change in the capacity of the predetermined space being generated due to vibration of the piezoelectric element to supply the air stream to a surface of the optical unit.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.