Patent ID: 7782549
Filing Date: 2010-08-24
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A camera, comprising: a first lens group arranged to receive a light flux incident along a first optical axis; a bending member arranged to deflect the light flux along a second optical axis that intersects with the first optical axis, after the light flux passes through the first lens group; a lens frame structure configured to retain and move the first lens group along the first optical axis relative to the bending member; a second lens group arranged to receive the light flux after being deflected by the bending member; an imaging device configured to receive the light flux passing through the second lens group; a lens barrel including the lens frame structure, the bending member, the second lens group, and the imaging device; and a chassis that supports the lens barrel, the second optical axis being substantially parallel to the transverse direction of an object to be captured by the imaging device when a bottom side of the chassis is substantially parallel to the transverse direction of the object.