US 12,321,082 B2
Image pickup apparatus
Yuki Totori, Tokyo (JP); Kazuaki Yamana, Kanagawa (JP); Yoshikazu Asai, Kanagawa (JP); Shoma Mizutani, Tokyo (JP); Keisuke Adachi, Tokyo (JP); Sho Nagatsu, Kanagawa (JP); and Nagisa Inoue, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Mar. 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/176,785.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-032478 (JP), filed on Mar. 3, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0280634 A1, Sep. 7, 2023
Int. Cl. G03B 11/00 (2021.01); G03B 7/00 (2021.01); G03B 9/08 (2021.01); G03B 17/14 (2021.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)
CPC G03B 11/00 (2013.01) [G03B 7/00 (2013.01); G03B 9/08 (2013.01); G03B 17/14 (2013.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01)] 17 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image sensor;
an optical filter;
a holding member configured to hold the optical filter;
a driving unit configured to move the holding member;
a grip portion configured to be gripped by a user; and
a light blocking member configured to control blocking or opening of an image pickup range,
wherein the driving unit rotationally moves the optical filter between (i) a first position at which the optical filter is inserted into the image pickup range and (ii) a second position at which the optical filter is retracted from the image pickup range in a direction from the first position toward the grip portion, and
wherein the optical filter is located on a side closer to the image sensor than the light blocking member.