US 11,956,556 B2
Imaging apparatus
Hiroyuki Kuroki, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Nov. 25, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/994,056.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-204525 (JP), filed on Dec. 16, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0199334 A1, Jun. 22, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/957 (2023.01); H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/957 (2023.01) [H04N 25/76 (2023.01); H04N 25/77 (2023.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging apparatus comprising:
an imaging element including an imaging surface on which light from a subject is incident;
an imaging unit that supports the imaging element in a state where the imaging surface faces forward;
a casing including a through hole in a front surface and accommodating the imaging unit in a state where a front side portion of the imaging unit passes through the through hole so as to protrude from the front surface; and
an actuator that is provided in the casing,
wherein the imaging unit includes a flange portion extending outward from the front side portion of the imaging unit so as to cover at least part of a gap between the through hole of the casing and the imaging unit, and
the actuator displaces the imaging unit, including the flange portion, in a direction intersecting a normal direction of the imaging surface.