Patent ID: 7573526
Filing Date: 2009-08-11
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An electronic camera comprising: an image pick-up unit disposed on an optical path of light that enters the electronic camera, the image pick-up unit including a photoelectric converter that receives the light; and a shutter unit disposed on the optical path between the photoelectric converter and a portion of the camera through which the light enters the camera, the shutter unit housing a single set of a plurality of shutter blades; a portion of the image pick-up unit that opposes the shutter unit protruding into a portion of the shutter unit, wherein the shutter unit includes a lens-side frame located on one side of the plurality of shutter blades that faces away from the image pick-up unit, the lens-side frame has a first opening part to transmit the light to the plurality of shutter blades, and an image pick-up unit-side frame on other side of the shutter unit that opposes the image pick-up unit, the image pick-up unit-side frame has a second opening part to transmit the light to the photoelectric converter, wherein all of the shutter blades are disposed between the lens-side frame and the image pick-up unit-side frame, the portion of the image pick-up unit that opposes the shutter unit is located between all of the shutter blades and the photoelectric converter when all of the shutter blades are in extended positions to block the light from reaching the photoelectric converter, and protruding into the second opening part of the image pick-up unit-side frame.