Patent ID: 9733552
Date: 2017-08-15
CPC Classifications: G03B,G06F,H04N

Claim:
1. An image pickup device, comprising: an image pickup element which captures an image of a subject; an optical filter which has higher transmissivity in an infrared range than in a visible light range; a visible light transmitting member which has higher transmissivity in the visible light range than the transmissivity of the optical filter in the visible light range; a switching unit which switches between a first condition where the optical filter is disposed on an optical path of light entering the image pickup element, and a second condition where the visible light transmitting member is disposed on the optical path; and an image pickup lens which forms an image of light received from the subject on the image pickup element, wherein the optical filter is inserted between the image pickup element and the image pickup lens in the first condition, and the visible light transmitting member is inserted between the image pickup element and the image pickup lens in the second condition, wherein the switching unit includes a movable member which holds the optical filter and the visible light transmitting member, a pressing member between the movable member and the image pickup lens, the pressing member including a cylindrical portion at a center of the pressing member in order to hold the image pickup lens, and a base member which supports the movable member in such a condition that the movable member can rotate, wherein the movable member switches between the first condition and the second condition by rotation in a first direction to the first condition and rotation in a second opposite direction to the second condition around a center shaft at one end of the movable member that extends in a direction along an optical axis of the image pickup element, wherein the movable member has a shape that radially expands from the one end to another end with an arc formed at the another end, and wherein the pressing member is fixed to the base member such that the movable member can be rotatably supported between the pressing member and the base member.