US 12,457,394 B2
Image pickup apparatus with air cooling mechanism
Koichi Shigeta, Kanagawa (JP); Yuko Iritani, Tokyo (JP); and Yuko Teruya, Kanagawa (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on May 1, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/310,077.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-077640 (JP), filed on May 10, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0370704 A1, Nov. 16, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/52 (2023.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01); G03B 17/55 (2021.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/60 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H05K 7/20 (2006.01)
CPC H04N 23/52 (2023.01) [G03B 17/55 (2013.01); H04N 23/00 (2023.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/665 (2023.01); H04N 23/687 (2023.01); H05K 7/20145 (2013.01); G02B 27/646 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0038 (2013.01); G03B 2205/0053 (2013.01)] 16 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:
a housing in a front part of which a lens barrel containing a lens is disposed;
an image pickup unit including an image sensor that picks up an optical image formed by the lens, the image pickup unit being disposed in an inner space of the housing to divide the inner space into a first space and a second space, the second space being in front of the first space;
an electronic component in the first space, communicably connected to the image sensor;
a first duct in the first space, including a first heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the electronic component, and a first flow path through which air for cooling the electronic component via the first heat exchanger passes; and
a second duct in the second space, including a second heat exchanger that exchanges heat with the image pickup unit, and a second flow path through which air for cooling the image pickup unit via the second heat exchanger passes,
wherein the image pickup unit includes an optical filter disposed in front of the image sensor, and an optical filter holding member that holds the optical filter and has thermal conductivity,
the second duct has a through hole communicating with the second flow path and into which a part of the optical filter holding member is inserted, and
the second heat exchanger is made of a filler with viscoelasticity, filling the through hole.