US 12,149,810 B2
Imaging device
Junya Yamada, Osaka (JP)
Assigned to PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD., Osaka (JP)
Filed by Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka (JP)
Filed on Jan. 5, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/093,637.
Claims priority of application No. 2022-001615 (JP), filed on Jan. 7, 2022; and application No. 2022-196021 (JP), filed on Dec. 8, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2023/0224563 A1, Jul. 13, 2023
Int. Cl. H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/695 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/54 (2023.01) [H04N 23/695 (2023.01)] 9 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An imaging device comprising:
an imaging unit that captures an object;
a first member;
a second member that supports the imaging unit and is rotatably supported in a predetermined direction with respect to the first member in order to change an imaging direction of the imaging unit; and
a regulation member that regulates rotation of the second member in the predetermined direction with respect to the first member by coming into contact with both the first member and the second member, wherein
the first member and the second member include a recess formed between the first member and the second member,
the regulation member includes an insertion part to be inserted into the recess,
the predetermined direction is a tilt direction,
the recess is a gap formed between the first member and the second member,
the insertion part of the regulation member includes a first engagement part,
the first member includes a second engagement part disposed in the gap, and
the first engagement part and the second engagement part are detachably engaged with each other by inserting the insertion part of the regulation member into the gap in a state where the regulation member is supported by the second member.