Image pickup apparatus

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2011-05-24

2011-05-24

Ometz, David L (Department: 2622)

Television

Camera, system and detail

Optics

C348S335000, C348S373000, C348S374000, C015S001510, C396S357000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07948552

ABSTRACT:
An image pickup apparatus which can remove a dust stuck to a surface of an optical member such as a cover glass or an optical filter without damaging the surface of the optical member, and which can take a good image without imaging shadows of the dust stuck to the surface of the optical member. An image pickup apparatus comprises an optical element, an image pickup device, and a drive unit. The drive unit applies voltage to a non-uniform electric field generating device and moving the non-uniform electric field generating device to scan an optical incidence plane of the optical element.

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