Abstract: A supporting apparatus for an imaging device, for supporting the imaging device includes a heating device having a heat generating portion, and a supporting portion for supporting the heating device, wherein the heating device is provided on a surface of a heating subject side in the supporting portion, and the surface of the supporting portion includes one or a plurality of non-contact portions which do not contact the heat generating portion.

Abstract: A liftgate with rearward facing camera is provided. The rearward facing camera is positioned on the liftgate such as to comply with manufacturer recommended placement guidelines. The liftgate is moveable between stowed and deployed configurations, and the rearward facing camera is protected from damage when the liftgate is in the deployed configuration. The camera assemble includes at least one protective element. Accommodation is made for the routing and protection of wiring associated with the camera.

Abstract: A controllable aperture stop includes a light pass portion, a fixed portion, a driving part and rollable elements. The light pass portion includes movable blades together surrounding a light pass aperture. The fixed portion has shaft structures corresponding to the movable blades. The driving part includes a rotatable element, a magnet and a coil. The rotatable element is for driving the movable blades to rotate relative to the shaft structures to adjust the size of the light pass aperture. The magnet is disposed on the rotatable element. The coil corresponds to the magnet. The magnet and the coil are to drive the rotatable element to rotate around the light pass aperture. The rollable elements are disposed between the fixed portion and the rotatable element and arranged around the light pass aperture, so the rotatable element is rotatable relative to the fixed portion.

Abstract: Camera mounting assemblies and mounting plates. A mounting plate includes a body. The body includes a center portion. The body further includes an extension member extending away from the center portion in a coplanar direction. The body further includes a first mounting hole located on the extension member. The first mounting hole is configured to receive a first attachment. The body further includes a second mounting hole. The second mounting hole is located on the center portion and is configured to receive a second attachment, the second attachment being different than the first attachment. The body further includes an opening. The opening is located on the center portion and is configured to provide a path for an electrical conduit to be coupled to the second attachment.

Abstract: A controllable aperture stop includes a light pass portion, a fixed portion, a driving part and rollable elements. The light pass portion includes movable blades together surrounding a light pass aperture. The fixed portion has shaft structures corresponding to the movable blades. The driving part includes a rotatable element, a magnet and a coil. The rotatable element is for driving the movable blades to rotate relative to the shaft structures to adjust the size of the light pass aperture. The magnet is disposed on the rotatable element. The coil corresponds to the magnet. The magnet and the coil are to drive the rotatable element to rotate around the light pass aperture. The rollable elements are disposed between the fixed portion and the rotatable element and arranged around the light pass aperture, so the rotatable element is rotatable relative to the fixed portion.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus system includes a first imaging apparatus, and a second imaging apparatus. The first imaging apparatus includes a first top casing including a casing top surface, and a common rear casing including a casing rear surface. The second imaging apparatus includes a second top casing including a casing top surface, and the common rear casing. The first top casing has a shape in which a vent hole is formed in the second top casing.

Abstract: A waterproof camera system that can easily perform underwater image pickup and overwater image pickup. The waterproof camera system includes an image pickup apparatus, a waterproof casing that hermetically stores the image pickup apparatus. The image pickup apparatus includes a first housing that includes a lens unit and a second housing that holds the first housing. The waterproof casing includes a first section that surrounds a circumference of the first housing and a second section that surrounds a circumference of the second housing. The waterproof camera system has buoyancy that floats the waterproof camera system on a water surface in both a first posture in which the first section of the waterproof casing is in an underwater side and a second posture in which the first section is in an overwater side in a state where the image pickup apparatus is stored.

Abstract: An optical filter attachment assembly for a camera is provided. The optical filter attachment assembly includes an attachment assembly configured to be threadably coupled to the camera and having an attachment frame. The attachment frame includes a first set of magnets. The optical filter attachment assembly further includes at least one filter assembly. Each filter assembly includes at least one optical filter mounted in a filter frame. The filter frame includes a second set of magnets. The first set of magnets and the second set of magnets are configured to detachably couple to each other such that the at least one optical filter is retained on the camera.

Abstract: An image capture device is disclosed that includes a body and a door assembly that is configured for removable connection to the body. The door assembly includes a door body; a locking mechanism that is slidable in relation to the door body between a locked position and an unlocked position; and at least one biasing member that is configured for engagement (contact) with the door body and the locking mechanism to automatically move the locking mechanism into the locked position upon closure of the door assembly.

Abstract: An apparatus including a camera optical element and a tactile indicator associated with the camera optical element for indicating a property of the camera optical element.

Abstract: A camera case that includes a buoyant material. The buoyant material forms a cavity defined by a top side, a right side, a bottom side, and a left side, and the cavity is configured to removably receive a camera. A front opening extends into the cavity. A rear opening is located opposite the front opening, and the rear opening is larger than the front opening so that the camera is extendable into the cavity through the rear opening. A button recess in the top side is aligned with a physical input interface of the camera. A mount opening extends through the bottom side of the camera case to receives a portion of a support member so that the support member and the camera are connectable through the mount opening. The camera case includes a sufficient amount of the buoyant material to float the camera in water when the camera is inserted into the cavity.

Abstract: The present embodiment pertains to a camera module comprising: a first body comprising a lens; a second body coupled to the first body and comprising a connection portion; and a sealing member and a ground member, arranged on the connection portion of the second body, wherein the connection portion comprises a first area having a first hole and a second area having a second hole of which the diameter is greater than the diameter of the first hole, the sealing member is arranged in the second area, the ground member is arranged to be spaced apart from the sealing member, and the second area is positioned between the first area and the ground member.

Abstract: A reflective screen including a lens layer having a Fresnel lens shape with a plurality of unit lenses and a reflective layer formed on the unit lenses to reflect light. The unit lenses protrude from a video source side to a back surface side in the thickness direction of the lens layer, the lens layer has a flat edge section where a portion of the back surface side serves as a flat surface, and h1min?h2>0 is satisfied, where h1min is the minimum height distance in the thickness direction of the lens layer from a position of the lens layer most on the video source side to a position of the unit lenses most on the back surface side, and h2 is the height which is the distance from the flat surface of the flat section to the position of the unit lenses most on the back surface side.

Abstract: A method for mounting a camera for a vehicle providing a first housing part of an electronic housing for the camera, in which a first groove is formed on an outer side of the first housing part, providing a housing outer part separate from the first housing part, which comprises a plug channel and an inner side, wherein a second groove is formed on the inner side, introducing an adhesive part into the first groove and/or into the second groove, assembling and retaining the first housing part to the housing outer part by an adhesive connection, wherein thereto the adhesive part in the first groove adheres to the first housing part and the adhesive part on the second groove adheres to the housing outer part.

Abstract: An optical element driving system is provided. The optical element driving system includes an optical element driving mechanism and a control assembly. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, and a driving assembly. The movable portion is used for connecting to an optical element. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The movable portion is in an accommodating space in the fixed portion. The driving assembly is used for driving the movable portion to move relative to the fixed portion. The control assembly provides a driving signal to the driving assembly to control the driving assembly. The driving assembly includes a first driving element, and the material of the first driving element includes shape memory alloy.

Abstract: A lens moving apparatus is disclosed.

Abstract: The present teachings provide a camera housing that includes a first housing portion, a second housing portion, a hinge, a latch mechanism, and protrusions. The first housing portion forms a first portion of a cavity. The second housing portion forms a second portion of the cavity The hinge is located within the first housing portion so that the first housing portion is divided into a first piece and a second piece. The hinge movably connects the first housing portion to the second housing portion so that the second housing portion is movable relative to the first housing. The latch mechanism is movable between an open position and a closed position. The protrusion extend from a third housing portion, and the third housing portion is located opposite the first housing portion with respect to the cavity.

Abstract: The in-vehicle camera comprises a lens barrel; a circuit board on which an image processing circuit is mounted, the image processing circuit performing image processing to recognize a subject from video signals; and a housing which includes an intake vent and an exhaust vent and accommodates therein the circuit board such that the image processing circuit and the lens barrel are away from each other in the left-right direction. The in-vehicle camera is configured such that a ventilation passage connecting the intake vent and an exhaust vent is formed between an inner face on a side of the installation face of the housing and the circuit board in a path that is away from the lens barrel and passes through a region in which the image processing circuit is disposed.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes a forced air cooling mechanism that uses driving of a fan. The imaging apparatus further includes a lens mount, an air intake port, and an air exhaust port. The lens mount is provided on a front surface of an apparatus main body. A lens device is detachably attachable to the lens mount. The air intake port is formed in a first protruding portion on a first side surface of the apparatus main body. The air exhaust port is formed in a second protruding portion on a second side surface of the apparatus main body. The second side surface is different from the first side surface.

Abstract: An imaging apparatus includes an apparatus main body including a lens mount to which a lens device is detachably attachable, and at least two protruding portions protruding further to a front side in a direction of an optical axis than a mount surface on which the lens mount is provided. Amounts of protrusion in the direction of the optical axis of the at least two protruding portions are approximately the same.