Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Image capture device with rotatable lens unit
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Application No.: US15389040Application Date: 2016-12-22
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Publication No.: US09860435B2Publication Date: 2018-01-02
- Inventor: Takanori Mukai
- Applicant: Sony Corporation
- Applicant Address: JP Tokyo
- Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee: Sony Corporation
- Current Assignee Address: JP Tokyo
- Agency: Wolf, Greenfield & Sacks, P.C.
- Priority: JP2012-195201 20120905
- Main IPC: H04N5/225
- IPC: H04N5/225 ; G02B7/02

Abstract:
Provided is an image capture device including a lens unit that includes a lens, a supporting member that supports the lens unit and rotates in a predetermined rotating direction with the lens unit, a rotation regulating member that regulates rotation of the supporting member by coming into contact with the supporting member while the supporting member is rotating, and a move permitting part that permits the rotation regulating member being in contact with the supporting member to move a predetermined amount in the rotating direction in a manner that the supporting member is rotatable 360 degrees or more in the rotating direction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20170104908A1 IMAGE CAPTURE DEVICE Public/Granted day:2017-04-13
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