Imaging apparatus
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorsJyouji Wada, Yoshihito Urashima, Akihiro Iizuka, Hideaki Yamada
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Abstract
An imaging apparatus includes a camera front light-transmission plate that covers a front surface of a camera, an auxiliary device addition space which has a virtual surface obtained by an exterior surface of the camera front light-transmission plate being extended, and in which an auxiliary imaging device is provided, and a wiper that wipes the exterior surface of the camera front light-transmission plate by moving along the exterior surface and that moves to the virtual surface.
Claims17
An imaging apparatus comprising:
- a camera front light-transmission plate that covers the front surface of a camera;
- an auxiliary device addition space which has a virtual surface extended from an exterior surface of the camera front light-transmission plate;
- an auxiliary imaging device, having a light-transmission surface, that is attachable to the camera at the auxiliary device addition space;
- and
- a wiper that wipes the exterior surface of the camera front light-transmission plate by moving along the exterior surface and that moves to the virtual surface, wherein
- a moving range of the wiper is changed by control of a controller depending on whether the auxiliary imaging device is provided or not, and
- when the auxiliary imaging device is attached to the imaging apparatus at the auxiliary device addition space, the light-transmission surface is disposed along the virtual surface extended from the exterior surface of the camera front light-transmission plate such that the wiper is configured to wipe both the exterior surface and the light-transmission surface.
An imaging apparatus configured to be attached with an auxiliary imaging device comprising:
- a first housing;
- a camera that is disposed in the first housing;
- a light transmission plate that covers a front surface of the camera;
- and
- a wiper that moves within a first cleaning region when the auxiliary imaging device is attached to the imaging apparatus and moves within both the first cleaning region and a second cleaning region extended from the first cleaning region when the auxiliary imaging device is not attached to the imaging apparatus.
An imaging apparatus configured to be attached with an auxiliary imaging device comprising:
- a first housing that includes a flat surface having an imaging light incident window;
- a camera that is disposed in the first housing and receives imaging light through the imaging light incident window;
- a light transmission plate, substantially parallel to the flat surface of the first housing, that covers the imaging light incident window is disposed in front of the flat surface;
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- a wiper that moves within a first cleaning region when the auxiliary imaging device is attached to the imaging apparatus and moves within both the first cleaning region and a second cleaning region extended from the first cleaning region when the auxiliary imaging device is not attached to the imaging apparatus.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.