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DUST REMOVAL APPARATUS OF PHOTOGRAPHING APPARATUS

  • US 20080084505A1
  • Filed: 10/09/2007
  • Published: 04/10/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/10/2006
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A dust removal apparatus of a photographing apparatus, comprising:

  • a movable unit that has an imaging device and that is movable;

    a detector that is used for specifying a holding position of said photographing apparatus in relationship to the direction of gravity direction; and

    a controller that moves said movable unit on a plane that is parallel to a first direction and a second direction, said first direction being perpendicular to an optical axis of a photographing optical system that captures an optical image on a photographing surface of said imaging device, said second direction being perpendicular to said optical axis;

    said controller striking said movable unit against a boundary of a range of movement of said movable unit in one of said first direction and said second direction, on the basis of said holding position, as a dust removal operation.

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