The invention provides a camera system, including: a supporting base; a rotary driving module for outputting rotary power, including a first driving unit and a driving shaft connected to an output of the first driving unit for being driven by the first driving unit; a camera module, connected to the driving shaft for being driven by the driving shaft to rotate around a central axis of the driving shaft; a mobile driving module including a second driving unit and a driving member connected to the second driving unit. The supporting base is connected to the driving member away from an end part of the camera module. The second driving unit drives the driving member to move, so that the driving member drives the supporting base, the rotary driving module, and the camera module to reciprocate in a direction parallel to the central axis of the driving shaft.

The invention provides a camera system, including: a supporting base; a rotary driving module for outputting rotary power, including a first driving unit and a driving shaft connected to an output of the first driving unit for being driven by the first driving unit; a camera module, connected to the driving shaft for being driven by the driving shaft to rotate around a central axis of the driving shaft; a mobile driving module including a second driving unit and a driving member connected to the second driving unit. The supporting base is connected to the driving member away from an end part of the camera module. The second driving unit drives the driving member to move, so that the driving member drives the supporting base, the rotary driving module, and the camera module to reciprocate in a direction parallel to the central axis of the driving shaft.

A probe assembly for a process vessel for viewing the inside of the vessel, the probe assembly includes an elongated bracket, an elongated frame, an ICPC unit, and a camera unit. The elongated bracket has a front face and a rear face, the elongated bracket having an upper portion and a lower portion, the lower portion has a first aperture. The elongated frame has a proximal end and a distal end, the distal end of the elongated frame is coupled to the upper portion of the front face of the bracket. The ICPC unit includes a housing that has a front wall, a rear wall, and side wall extended between the front wall and the rear wall, the front wall has a second aperture, the rear wall has a third aperture. The ICPC unit further includes an actuator enclosed in the housing and an elongated tube operably coupled to the actuator, the tube extends through the second aperture and the first aperture away from the rear face of the bracket, the actuator configured to reciprocate the tube between an extended position and a retracted position. The camera unit includes a camera enclosure housing a camera, wherein the actuation member is configured to reciprocate the camera unit between the engage mode and stand-by mode, in the engage mode, the lens' hood is within the tube of the ICPC unit, and in the stand-by mode, the camera unit is away from the ICPC unit towards the proximal end of the elongated frame.

Various embodiments include a folded optics camera actuator and suspension arrangement. For example, the folded optics camera may include one or more voice coil motor (VCM) actuators for moving a lens group, relative to an image sensor, in multiple directions. The folded optics camera may include a suspension arrangement that suspends a lens barrel arrangement from a base structure of the camera, and that allows motion of the lens group enabled by the VCM actuator(s). In some embodiments, the folded optics camera may include an actuator for moving a light folding element relative to the image sensor.

An adapter device includes a first mount on one side and a second mount on another side. The first mount is detachably mounted to an imaging apparatus, and the second mount is detachably mounted to an accessory. The first mount has first through third mount recesses and first through third mount claws, disposed following a circumferential direction. The second mount has fourth through sixth mount recesses and fourth through sixth mount claws, disposed following the circumferential direction. The first through third mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on another imaging apparatus. The fourth through sixth mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on another accessory. A smallest angle range out of angle ranges in the circumferential direction of the first through third mount recesses is equal to or smaller than a smallest angle range out of angle ranges in the circumferential direction of the fourth through sixth mount claws.

An adapter device includes a first mount on one side and a second mount on another side. The first mount is detachably mounted to an imaging apparatus, and the second mount is detachably mounted to an accessory. The first mount has first through third mount recesses and first through third mount claws, disposed following a circumferential direction. The second mount has fourth through sixth mount recesses and fourth through sixth mount claws, disposed following the circumferential direction. The first through third mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on another imaging apparatus. The fourth through sixth mount claws are insertable to mount recesses on another accessory. A smallest angle range out of angle ranges in the circumferential direction of the first through third mount recesses is equal to or smaller than a smallest angle range out of angle ranges in the circumferential direction of the fourth through sixth mount claws.

An image pickup apparatus includes a lens barrel unit including an imaging optical system, a first cylindrical member, a second cylindrical member movable relative to the first cylindrical member along a guide bar between a retracted position and a pop-up position, a diopter adjuster provided on the second cylindrical member, a first detector configured to detect that the second cylindrical member is located at the retracted position or the pop-up position, and a first display unit. The guide bar is formed inside a projection surface of the first display unit when viewed from an optical axis direction. The first detection unit is fixed onto the first cylindrical member, and the first detector is more distant from the lens barrel unit than a reference line that passes a center of the first cylindrical member when viewed from the optical axis direction.

An image pickup apparatus includes a lens barrel unit including an imaging optical system, a first cylindrical member, a second cylindrical member movable relative to the first cylindrical member along a guide bar between a retracted position and a pop-up position, a diopter adjuster provided on the second cylindrical member, a first detector configured to detect that the second cylindrical member is located at the retracted position or the pop-up position, and a first display unit. The guide bar is formed inside a projection surface of the first display unit when viewed from an optical axis direction. The first detection unit is fixed onto the first cylindrical member, and the first detector is more distant from the lens barrel unit than a reference line that passes a center of the first cylindrical member when viewed from the optical axis direction.

According to at least one aspect, the present disclosure provides a method comprising: determining whether a vehicle is traveling in reverse or is in a rear photographing mode; in response to determining that the vehicle is traveling in reverse or is in the rear photographing mode, opening an opening and closing unit included in an inner housing; as the opening and closing unit opens, drawing a camera and a fluid injection unit out of the vehicle; photographing, by the camera, a peripheral region of the vehicle; spraying, by the fluid injection unit, each of a washer fluid and air toward a lens surface of the camera; when the vehicle has ended traveling in reverse or the rear photographing mode, closing the opening and closing unit; and as the opening and closing unit closes, drawing the camera and the fluid injection unit into the vehicle.

Innovative aspects of the subject matter described in this specification can be embodied in a portable biometric capture system. In one example, a portable biometric capture system includes a case, a telescoping stand, a camera housing, and a power source. The case includes wheels and a carry handle. The telescoping stand has a first end and a second end. The first end of the telescoping stand is coupled to a surface within an interior of the case by a first pivotable joint. The camera housing is coupled to the second end of the telescoping stand by a second pivotable joint. The power source is installed within the interior of the case and electrically connected to a wiring that is routed to the camera housing through a channel within the telescoping stand.