Imaging device

JP7873423B1Active Publication Date: 2026-06-12PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD

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Authority / Receiving Office
JP · JP
Patent Type
Patents
Current Assignee / Owner
PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO LTD
Filing Date
2025-02-18
Publication Date
2026-06-12

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【0008】 本開示によれば、センサユニットが制振装置を介して搭載される撮像装置において、センサユニットおよび制振装置の設置スペースを小さくすることができる。

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Abstract

In an imaging device in which a sensor unit is mounted via a vibration damping device, the installation space for both the sensor unit and the vibration damping device is reduced. [Solution] The imaging device includes a sensor unit 20, a front case 30 which is part of the housing and has a sensor unit mounting portion 30a, and vibration damping devices 46, 48, 50, 52 which connect the sensor unit 20 and the sensor unit mounting portion 30a in a first direction. The sensor unit 20 includes at least one sensor 22A, 22B and a base member 24 which supports the sensors 22A, 22B. In a second direction view intersecting the first direction, a portion 24f of the base member 24 overlaps with the sensor unit mounting portion 30a.
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Claims

1. Sensor unit and Battery and A front case which is part of the housing and includes a handgrip portion that encloses the battery, and the handgrip portion has a sensor unit mounting portion, The device includes a vibration damping device that connects the sensor unit and the sensor unit mounting portion in the front-to-back direction, which is the direction of the optical axis of the imaging device, as the first direction. The aforementioned sensor unit At least one sensor, The base member supporting the sensor is included, With the left-right direction perpendicular to the first direction being taken as the second direction, in the view from the second direction, a portion of the base member overlaps with the sensor unit mounting portion. The handgrip portion is provided on one side in a second direction with respect to the optical axis and has a handgrip surface for the user to grasp, and the sensor unit mounting portion of the front case and the sensor unit are arranged in the internal space of the handgrip portion between the handgrip surface and the battery. The battery has a curved surface that is convex toward the sensor unit side when viewed in the third direction, with the vertical direction being perpendicular to both the first and second directions as the third direction. An imaging device wherein the portion of the base member overlaps the battery in the second viewing direction.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein, in the second viewing direction, a portion of the base member different from the portion of the base member overlaps with at least a portion of the vibration damping device.

3. The vibration damping device, A first vibration damping member is disposed between the base member and the first surface of the sensor unit mounting portion, A retainer member is positioned at a distance from the second surface of the sensor unit mounting portion that is opposite to the first surface in the first direction, A second vibration damping member is disposed between the second surface of the sensor unit mounting portion and the retainer member, The imaging apparatus according to claim 2, further comprising: a fixing screw for fixing the base member to the retainer member while sandwiching the first and second vibration damping members and the sensor unit mounting portion.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 3, wherein the base member is fixed to the retainer member with the fixing screw passing through the sensor unit mounting portion and the first and second vibration damping members.

5. The at least one sensor is a plurality of sensors of different sizes, The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein a large sensor is provided on a portion of the base member.

6. The imaging device according to claim 5, wherein the plurality of sensors are gyro sensors.

7. The substrate further comprises, The imaging apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the substrate is disposed within the handgrip portion and attached to the sensor unit mounting portion.

8. A recessed area is provided in the upper portion of the handgrip surface of the handgrip part. The sensor unit is positioned in the lower part of the internal space of the handgrip portion. The imaging apparatus according to claim 7, wherein the substrate is arranged in the upper portion of the internal space within the handgrip portion.