Patent ID: 8488053
Filing Date: 2013-07-16
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device for use with a removable lens and provided with injury protection that prevents injury to a user's finger when the lens is removed, said imaging device comprising: a lens mount section with a removable lens section; an imaging element adapted to generate a video signal by converting image light of a subject entering through the removable lens section attached to the lens mount section into an electric signal; a disk-shaped shutter having a light shielding section and a transmission section, the light shielding section adapted to shield the imaging element from incident light, and the transmission section adapted to transmit incident light onto the imaging element, the disk-shaped shutter accessible by the user's finger when the removable lens section is removed; a shutter drive motor adapted to drive the disk-shaped shutter; a detection section adapted to detect whether the removable lens section is attached or detached; and a shutter control section including: