Title:
LENS PROTECTION DEVICE, LENS UNIT, AND IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2012/090675
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An objective of the present invention is to easily protect two image capture lenses with a simple configuration. In a video camera (1), the present invention positions two image capture lenses (3) and (4) in a single horizontal line, with both faces (3A) and (4A) thereof facing the same forward side, and disposes one lens protection cover (29) in front of the two faces (3A) and (4A) of the two image capture lenses (3) and (4), said lens protection cover (29) being movable between a covering position for covering from the outside, and a retracted position for exposing to the outside, the two faces (3A) and (4A) of the two image capture lenses (3) and (4). It is thus possible, when capturing an image of a photographic subject, to retract the lens protection cover (29) to the retracted position and expose the two faces (3A) and (4A) of the two image capture lenses (3) and (4) to the outside, and, when not capturing an image of a photographic subject, to move the lens protection cover (29) to the covering position and simultaneously cover the two faces (3A) and (4A) of the two image capture lenses (3) and (4) from the outside. It is thereby possible to easily protect the two image capture lenses (3) and (4) with a simple configuration.
Inventors:
UWAGAWA SATOSHI (JP)
Application Number:
PCT/JP2011/078498
Publication Date:
July 05, 2012
Filing Date:
December 02, 2011
Export Citation:
Assignee:
SONY CORP (JP)
UWAGAWA SATOSHI (JP)
UWAGAWA SATOSHI (JP)
International Classes:
G03B11/04; G03B35/10; H04N5/225; H04N13/239
Foreign References:
| JP2010139672A | 2010-06-24 | |||
| JP2005173104A | 2005-06-30 | |||
| JPH09215012A | 1997-08-15 |
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
TANABE, Shigemoto (JP)
Tanabe Blessing machine (JP)
Tanabe Blessing machine (JP)
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