Patent ID: 9007449
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: A61B

Abstract:
1. An image-capturing apparatus comprising: a lens frame having a shape of a cylinder in which one or more lenses are fixed; an image-capturing frame having a shape of a cylinder in which an image-capturing device is fixed, the image-capturing frame being arranged such that an inner circumferential surface of the image-capturing frame is in direct contact with an outer circumference surface of the lens frame over an entire periphery of the image-capturing frame, or an outer circumferential surface of the image-capturing frame is in direct contact with an inner circumferential surface of the lens frame over an entire periphery of the image-capturing frame; and a fixing member for fixing the lens frame and the image-capturing frame to each other without adhesion between a part of the lens frame and a part of the image-capturing frame which are in direct contact with each other, wherein the inner circumferential surface or the outer circumference surface of the lens frame has a contact part in contact with the image-capturing frame and a non-contact part out of contact with the image-capturing frame, and the fixing member connects the lens frame and the image-capturing frame at a position other than a vicinity of a boundary between the contact part and the non-contact part.