IMAGING DEVICE

• Main Author: KUROKI HIROYUKI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 28.06.2023
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

To provide an imaging device with a shifting image sensor capable of preventing dust and other foreign matter floating in the imaging device due to the shift of the shifting image sensor from adhering to optical components such as filters.SOLUTION: The imaging device includes: an image sensor 28 with an imaging plane 28a where the light from the subject is incident; an imaging unit 22 that supports the image sensor 28 with the imaging plane 28a facing forward; a housing 24 with a through hole 32b on the front face which accommodates the imaging unit 22 in a state in which the front part of the imaging unit 22 passes through the through hole 32b so as to protrude from the front surface 32c; and an actuator placed in the housing 24 for shifting the imaging unit 22 in the direction that intersects the normal direction of the imaging plane 28a. The imaging unit 22 includes a flange portion 44 extending outwardly from the front portion of the imaging unit 22 and along the front surface 32c of housing 24 so as to cover the gap between the through hole 32b of the housing 24 and the imaging unit 22.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 6 【課題】撮像素子が変位する撮像装置において、撮像素子の変位によって撮像装置内で宙に舞った埃などの異物がフィルタなどの光学部品に付着することを抑制する。【解決手段】撮像装置は、被写体からの光が入射する撮像面２８ａを備える撮像素子２８と、撮像面２８ａが前方に向いた状態で撮像素子２８を支持する撮像ユニット２２と、前面に貫通穴３２ｂを備え、撮像ユニット２２の前側部分が前面３２ｃから突出するように貫通穴３２ｂを通過した状態で、撮像ユニット２２を収容する筺体２４と、筺体２４内に設けられ、撮像ユニット２２を撮像面２８ａの法線方向と交差する方向に変位させるアクチュエータとを有する。撮像ユニット２２が、筺体２４の貫通穴３２ｂと撮像ユニット２２との隙間を覆うように、撮像ユニット２２の前側部分から外側に且つ筺体２４の前面３２ｃに沿って延在するフランジ部４４を備える。【選択図】図６