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Omnidirectional camera

  • US 9,071,767 B2
  • Filed: 03/22/2012
  • Issued: 06/30/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/2011
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An omnidirectional camera, comprising a camera mounting frame of a cylindrical hollow body, two or more first mount blocks which hold a first lens unit in a horizontal posture and are installed to said camera mounting frame from a horizontal direction, and first circuit boards provided on inner end surfaces of said first mount blocks,wherein said camera mounting frame and said first mount blocks are made of a metal material,wherein said first circuit board has a ground layer formed on a surface abutting said first mount block, such that the ground layer is in contact with the inner end surface of the first mount block, and said first circuit board has a first image pickup element disposed on said surface and arranged on an optical axis of said first lens unit, andwherein the heat generated from said first image pickup element is radiated from said first mount block and said camera mounting frame through said ground layer.

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