IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

• US 20190098189A1
• Filed: 02/09/2018
• Published: 03/28/2019
• Est. Priority Date: 09/26/2017
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Kimura, Yasunori
• Application Number:
  US15/893,040
• Publication Number:
  US 20190098189A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/561 Support related camera accessories
• CPC Class Codes: G08B 13/1963 Arrangements allowing camera rotation to change view, e.g. pivoting camera, pan-tilt and zoom [PTZ]
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/50 Constructional details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/55 Optical parts specially adapted for electronic image sensors; Mounting thereof
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/56 provided with illuminating means
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/58 Means for changing the camera field of view without moving the camera body, e.g. nutating or panning of optics or image sensors

Abstract

An image pickup apparatus including a lens unit, a tilt unit to which the lens unit is fixed, a base unit that includes an attaching portion, a pan unit that includes a first tilt unit support portion that supports a first side of the tilt unit, and a second tilt unit support portion that supports a second side of the tilt unit, in which the pan unit is pan-rotatable with respect to the base unit and supports the tilt unit in a tilt-rotatable manner, and a wireless communication member that includes a wireless antenna that allows wireless communication with an external device. In the image pickup apparatus, the wireless antenna is disposed on the first tilt unit support portion or the second tilt unit support portion.

Claims

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

a lens unit;

a tilt unit to which the lens unit is fixed;

a base unit that includes an attaching portion;

a pan unit that includes a first tilt unit support portion that supports a first side of the tilt unit, and a second tilt unit support portion that supports a second side of the tilt unit, wherein the pan unit is pan-rotatable with respect to the base unit and supports the tilt unit in a tilt-rotatable manner; and

a wireless communication member that includes a wireless antenna that allows wireless communication with an external device,

wherein the wireless antenna is disposed on the first tilt unit support portion or the second tilt unit support portion.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

a connection member that electrically connects the tilt unit and the pan unit to each other,

wherein the connection member is disposed in a vicinity of the first tilt unit support portion, and

wherein the wireless antenna is disposed in a vicinity of the second tilt unit support portion.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein in the second tilt unit support portion, at least a vicinity of the wireless antenna is formed of resin.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the pan unit includes a base portion to which the first tilt unit support portion and the second tilt unit support portion are fixed, and to which the base unit is attached,

wherein the tilt unit, the base unit, and the base portion are formed of metal, and

wherein the first tilt unit support portion and the second tilt unit support portion are formed of resin.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an illumination member,

wherein the illumination member is disposed inside the tilt unit.

6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1, further comprising:

an ultrasonic motor that rotationally drives the tilt unit,

wherein the ultrasonic motor is disposed on the first tilt unit support portion.

7. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein the ultrasonic motor is ring shaped, and

wherein the connection member is disposed so as to pass inside the ultrasonic motor.

8. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1,

wherein, in use, the external surfaces of the tilt unit and the pan unit are directly exposed to the external environment.