Imaging unit including a chassis and heat transfer member
AssigneeRicoh Company, Ltd.
InventorsTomonori Kimura, Shu Kambe, Maiko Yasui, Shuji Takamatsu, Masashi Adachi
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Abstract
An imaging unit includes a plurality of imaging devices configured to capture images of an object; a circuit substrate configured to generate image data based on the images captured by the imaging devices; a chassis that holds the imaging devices; and a heat transfer member including a contacting portion configured to contact an installed member in a case where the imaging unit is installed on the installed member. The heat transfer member contacts the chassis or the circuit substrate, and heat conductivity of the heat transfer member is greater than the heat conductivity of the chassis.
Claims15
An imaging unit, comprising:
- a plurality of imaging devices configured to capture images of an object;
- a circuit substrate configured to generate image data based on the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices;
- a chassis that holds the plurality of imaging devices;
- and
- a heat transfer member including a contacting portion configured to contact an installed member in a case where the imaging unit is installed on the installed member, the heat transfer member contacting the chassis or the circuit substrate, heat conductivity of the heat transfer member being greater than the heat conductivity of the chassis.
An imaging unit, comprising:
- a plurality of imaging devices configured to capture images of an object;
- a circuit substrate configured to generate image data based on the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices, the circuit substrate including an image processing substrate configured to generate the image data based on electric signals generated based on the images;
- a chassis that holds the plurality of imaging devices;
- and
- a heat transfer member arranged so as to contact the chassis and the image processing substrate inside the chassis, wherein
- the chassis includes a treated surface that reduces solar light absorptance, and
- the treated surface is opposed to an installed member when the imaging unit is installed on the installed member.
An imaging unit, comprising:
- a plurality of imaging devices configured to capture images of an object;
- a circuit substrate configured to generate image data based on the images captured by the plurality of imaging devices, the circuit substrate including an image processing substrate configured to generate the image data based on electric signals generated based on the images;
- a chassis that holds the plurality of imaging devices;
- and
- a heat transfer member arranged so as to contact the chassis and the image processing substrate inside the chassis, wherein
- the chassis includes a treated surface that increases a radiation rate on a surface other than the treated surface, and
- the surface is opposed to an installed member when the imaging unit is installed on the installed member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.