Imaging apparatus

Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes a lens unit including a lens and an image sensor, a lens unit supporting unit for supporting the lens unit, a base unit for supporting the lens unit supporting unit in a manner that can tilt, a fixing base unit for supporting the base unit, a dome cover mounted to the fixing base unit, and an elastic member for elastically supporting the lens unit so that the lens unit can perform a retreat operation in an opposite direction from an object and along an optical axis direction of the lens unit when a force is applied thereto from the dome cover and even if the lens unit supporting unit leans in a tilt direction.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . An imaging apparatus that includes an impact absorbing mechanism, the imaging apparatus comprising:
 a lens unit including a lens and an image sensor;   a supporting unit configured to support the lens unit;   a base unit configured to support the supporting unit;   a fixing base unit configured to support the base unit;   a dome cover is configured to mount on the fixing base unit and cover the lens unit;   wherein the supporting unit to elastically support the lens unit so that the lens unit is capable of performing a retreat operation toward an optical axis direction of the lens unit in the state of tilting the supporting unit when the dome cover is impacted from the outside.   
     
     
         2 . An imaging apparatus that includes an impact absorbing mechanism, the imaging apparatus comprising:
 a lens unit including a lens and an image sensor;   a supporting unit configured to support the lens unit;   a base unit configured to support the supporting unit;   a fixing base unit configured to support the base unit;   a dome cover is configured to mount on the fixing base unit and cover the lens unit;   wherein the supporting unit to elastically support the lens unit so that the lens unit is capable of performing a retreat operation toward an optical axis direction of the lens unit in the state of tilting the supporting unit with respect to a bottom surface of the fixing base unit or the vertical direction when the dome cover is impacted from the outside.   
     
     
         3 . An imaging apparatus that includes an impact absorbing mechanism, the imaging apparatus comprising:
 a lens unit including a lens and an image sensor;   a supporting unit configured to support the lens unit and move with the lens unit;   a base unit configured to support the supporting unit;   a fixing base unit configured to support the base unit;   a dome cover is configured to mount on the fixing base unit and cover the lens unit;   wherein the supporting unit to elastically support the lens unit so that the lens unit is capable of performing a retreat operation toward an optical axis direction of the lens unit when the dome cover is impacted in an optical axis direction of the lens unit from the outside in spite of the state of tilting the lens unit.