Lens barrel, camera, and mobile information terminal

Details Lens barrel, camera, and mobile information terminal Lens barrel, camera, and mobile information terminal

2005-07-26

2009-08-25

Koval, Melissa J (Department: 2862)

Photography

Having variable focal length of camera objective

Lens moves in or out of light path

C359S672000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07580623

ABSTRACT:
A lens barrel including a telescopic cylinder configured to be accommodated within a fixed cylinder; a plurality of lens groups configured to be retained in the telescopic cylinder; a lens driving device configured to drive the plurality of lens groups along a longitudinal axis of the telescopic cylinder between a collapsed position in which at least one portion of the plurality of lens groups is stored in the fixed cylinder and an extended position in which the at least one portion of the plurality of lens groups is extended out of the fixed cylinder; and a retractable lens group configured to be retracted into the fixed cylinder through an opening in a wall of the fixed cylinder when the telescopic cylinder is in the extended position.

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