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US 9,426,338 B2Granted
Imaging apparatus and image forming apparatus having continuous pores in three dimensions in porous body
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsZuyi Zhang, Yoshinori Kotani, Akira Sugiyama, Kenji Takashima, Naoyuki Koketsu
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus for imaging a subject image from a lens on an imaging element through an optical filter has a porous body having pores which three dimensionally communicate with each other at least at a side opposite to the imaging element of the optical filter.
Claims26
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging element;
- and
- a porous body having a three-dimensional skeleton,
- wherein a plurality of continuous pores in three dimensions is in the porous body.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an optical apparatus used for forming an image by emitting light;
- and
- a porous body provided in the optical apparatus,
- wherein the porous body has a three-dimensional skeleton,
- wherein a plurality of continuous pores in three dimensions is in the porous body.
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An imaging apparatus comprising:
- an imaging element;
- a porous body having a three-dimensional skeleton;
- and
- an optical filter,
- wherein the optical filter is at least one of a low pass filter and an infrared cut filter, and
- wherein a plurality of continuous pores in three dimensions is in the porous body.
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An image forming apparatus, comprising:
- an optical apparatus used for forming an image by emitting light;
- a porous body provided in the optical apparatus;
- and
- a device for removing a foreign substance,
- wherein the porous body has a three-dimensional skeleton,
- wherein a plurality of continuous pores in three dimensions is in the porous body.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.