Imaging device
First Claim
1. An imaging device comprising:
- an imaging unit having an imager configured to image a subject, and a holder configured to hold the imager at one end thereof;
a housing including a recess formed in a first surface thereof, and configured to house the imaging unit, the housing being a housing for a video conferencing device; and
a hinge having a hinge member housed in the recess pivotally coupled to the housing around an axle extending approximately in parallel with the first surface inside the recess of the housing, whereinthe imaging unit pivots around the axle via the hinge between a housing position at which the imaging unit is housed inside the recess of the housing and a projecting position at which the imaging unit is projected from the recess of the housing,wherein;
the imager includes an imaging element having a rectangular shape with a 16;
9 aspect ratio, a lens configured to introduce external light into the imaging element, and a lens hood mounted at an outer periphery of the lens, the imaging element disposed inside of the housing,the lens hood projects from a surface of the lens by a distance to allow the imager to introduce light for imaging a subject from the lens into the imaging element and to block unnecessary light introduced from the lens into the imaging element,a shape of the lens hood is substantially rectangular, and has an aspect ratio substantially the same as the aspect ratio of the imaging element, andthe substantially rectangular shape of the lens hood has substantially the same shape as the rectangular shape of the imaging element in both a horizontal and a vertical dimension.
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Abstract
An imaging device includes an imaging unit having an imaging part, and a holder to hold the imaging part at one end; a housing including a recess part in a first surface to house the imaging unit; and a hinge device having a hinge member housed in the recess part pivotally coupled to the housing around an axle extending in parallel with the first surface. The imaging unit pivots around the axle via the hinge device between a housing position and a projecting position of the imaging unit. The imaging part includes a rectangular imaging element, a lens introducing external light into the imaging element, and a lens hood at an outer periphery of the lens. The lens hood projects from the lens surface by a distance allowing the imaging part to introduce necessary light from the lens into the imaging element and block unnecessary light.
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1. An imaging device comprising:
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an imaging unit having an imager configured to image a subject, and a holder configured to hold the imager at one end thereof; a housing including a recess formed in a first surface thereof, and configured to house the imaging unit, the housing being a housing for a video conferencing device; and a hinge having a hinge member housed in the recess pivotally coupled to the housing around an axle extending approximately in parallel with the first surface inside the recess of the housing, wherein the imaging unit pivots around the axle via the hinge between a housing position at which the imaging unit is housed inside the recess of the housing and a projecting position at which the imaging unit is projected from the recess of the housing, wherein; the imager includes an imaging element having a rectangular shape with a 16;
9 aspect ratio, a lens configured to introduce external light into the imaging element, and a lens hood mounted at an outer periphery of the lens, the imaging element disposed inside of the housing,the lens hood projects from a surface of the lens by a distance to allow the imager to introduce light for imaging a subject from the lens into the imaging element and to block unnecessary light introduced from the lens into the imaging element, a shape of the lens hood is substantially rectangular, and has an aspect ratio substantially the same as the aspect ratio of the imaging element, and the substantially rectangular shape of the lens hood has substantially the same shape as the rectangular shape of the imaging element in both a horizontal and a vertical dimension. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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