Abstract: Disclosed herein is a vehicle-mounted type of camera capable of being reduced in the space required for installation on the windshield of a vehicle. An imaging unit 15 is provided on a substrate 19 and has an optical axis in a direction perpendicular to the substrate surface. The substrate 19 is set up in parallel with respect to the windshield of the vehicle. A lens 14 is disposed on the optical axis. A mirror 16 is also provided on the optical axis of the imaging unit 15, and is adapted to change a direction of the optical axis to a frontward direction of the vehicle, thus guiding frontward visual field information of the vehicle to the imaging unit 15. The mirror 16 is retained in an attachment 11. The attachment 11 can be engaged with and disengaged from an enclosure 12 that holds the lens 14.

Abstract: An image pick-up apparatus capable of directing an increase amount of light toward an auto focus module and of performing a fast auto focusing is disclosed. The image pick-up apparatus includes a photographing lens to focus light received from a subject, a main mirror to pass a portion of the light passing through the photographing lens and reflect remaining light, an auto focus module to detect a focus state of the photographing lens and a sub-mirror operable independently from the main mirror to guide the light passing through the photographing lens toward the auto focus module.

Abstract: An image pick-up apparatus capable of directing an increase amount of light toward an auto focus module and of performing a fast auto focusing is disclosed. The image pick-up apparatus includes a photographing lens to focus light received from a subject, a main mirror to pass a portion of the light passing through the photographing lens and reflect remaining light, an auto focus module to detect a focus state of the photographing lens and a sub-mirror operable independently from the main mirror to guide the light passing through the photographing lens toward the auto focus module.

Abstract: An LED based light source unit for an endoscopic imaging system produces illumination for a camera through an endoscope. The light source unit includes an array of LEDs mounted to a thermally conductive substrate. The light source unit is integrated into the proximal end of an endoscope and coupled directly to the optical fibers running to the tip of the endoscope. A plurality of such light source units may be integrated into the housing of an endoscope. Light emitted from each light source unit is directed to a distinctive section of the endoscope's tip and a doctor may control light output of each individual light source unit during a surgery.