Patent ID: 11895381
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Field: Audio-visual technology (Electrical engineering)
Classification: CPC H  A  G | IPC H

Claim 18:
19. An image pickup apparatus for use with an endoscope, the image pickup apparatus comprising:
an image pickup member provided with an image sensor;
a first optical member comprising one or more first optical elements, the first optical member having a first outer periphery in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis direction;
a second optical member comprising one or more second optical elements, the first optical member, the second optical member and the image pickup member being at least indirectly stacked in the optical axis direction, the second optical member having a second outer periphery in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction;
wherein the first outer periphery includes at least a first portion offset in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction towards an optical axis relative to other portions of the first outer periphery;
the second outer periphery includes at least a second portion offset in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction towards the optical axis relative to other portions of the second outer periphery;
a common portion of the first portion and the second portion overlap in the direction orthogonal to the optical axis direction;
a sealing resin is disposed in the first portion, the second portion, and the common portion.