Patent ID: 8063983
Filing Date: 2011-11-22
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: a housing forming an external armor; an imaging lens provided in the housing; a barrier adapted to be moved between a closing position at which it covers the imaging lens, and an opening position at which it causes the imaging lens to be exposed; a barrier opening/closing member provided at the housing so as to be movable between a first position and a second position; and an interlock mechanism coupling the barrier and the barrier opening/closing member, causing the barrier to be located at the closing position at the first position of the barrier opening/closing member, and causing the barrier to be located at the opening position at the second position, the barrier being provided between the housing and the barrier opening/closing member and covered, at the opening position, with the barrier opening/closing member located at the second position, in which each of the barrier opening/closing member and the barrier has a respective width over a total length of a front surface of the housing in a left/right direction and a respective height less than a vertical height of the front surface of the housing.