US 11,754,911 B2
Imaging apparatus and mobile object
Hiroyuki Abe, Yokohama (JP)
Assigned to KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
Appl. No. 17/754,048
Filed by KYOCERA Corporation, Kyoto (JP)
PCT Filed Sep. 8, 2020, PCT No. PCT/JP2020/033939
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Mar. 22, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/059965, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of application No. 2019-176130 (JP), filed on Sep. 26, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0334455 A1, Oct. 20, 2022
Int. Cl. G03B 17/55 (2021.01); G03B 17/12 (2021.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 17/55 (2013.01) [G03B 17/12 (2013.01); H04N 23/52 (2023.01)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus, comprising:
an imaging optical system including at least a first optical member and a second optical member;
a holding member that holds the imaging optical system;
an imaging device that includes a light-receiving region and is located in an image-forming plane of the imaging optical system;
an elastic member that surrounds the light-receiving region without overlapping the light-receiving region when viewed in an optical axial direction of the imaging optical system, the elastic member being in contact with the imaging device such that an area of contact between the elastic member and the imaging device is ring-shaped; and
a plate-like member that is located farther from an optical axis of the imaging optical system than an inside perimeter of the elastic member, and that overlaps at least part of the elastic member when viewed in the optical axial direction of the imaging optical system, the plate-like member including a portion in contact with the holding member and a portion in contact with the elastic member,
wherein the second optical member is closer to the imaging device than the first optical member, and the second optical member is joined to the holding member at a separated distance above the imaging device.