Patent ID: 8075205
Filing Date: 2011-12-13
Classification: G02B,G03B

Abstract:
1. An image pickup apparatus including a lens barrel, and a barrier that rotates about a barrier rotary shaft provided on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the lens barrel, for opening and closing a front face of the lens barrel, wherein the barrier is divided into at least a first barrier and a second barrier, the image pickup apparatus comprising: a first gear provided on a side of the lens barrel; a second gear connected to said first gear and configured to rotate in a direction opposite to a direction of rotation of said first gear; one transmission member configured to transmit rotation of said second gear to thereby cause the second barrier to rotate in a direction opposite to a direction of the rotation of the first barrier; and another transmission member configured to transmit the rotation of said first gear to the one transmission member to thereby cause the first barrier to rotate.