Embodiments of the present disclosure include an apparatus with a camera. A shutter is positioned horizontally in front of the lens of the camera. The shutter is configured to move in front of a lens of the camera and is further configured to move orthogonally to the horizontal axis so as to at least partially obscure the lens of first camera in a closed shutter position. The apparatus further includes a motor positioned horizontally behind the front of the lens of the camera. The motor is configured to move the shutter orthogonally to the horizontal axis between the closed shutter position and an open shutter position.

An imaging device that includes a shutter unit including a shutter adjusting an amount of subject light incident on an image sensor through an imaging optical system. The shutter unit being mounted on a frame. The at least three or more elastic members are disposed on an outer periphery of a contour of the shutter unit in a front view and press the shutter unit from the frame to support the shutter unit, each of the at least three or more elastic members is elastically deformed in a first direction that is a direction in which each of the at least three or more elastic members presses the shutter unit from the frame and a second direction that is a direction perpendicular to the first direction, and the first directions of the at least three or more elastic members intersect with each other at a specific spot inside the contour.

An image pickup apparatus which satisfactorily compensates for a flash band appearing due to an external flash and prevents a row insensitive to the flash from appearing in a corrected image. The flash band appearing in a plurality of frames consecutive in terms of time is detected based on an image signal output from an image pickup device which sequentially starts exposure and sequentially reads out signals for each row of pixels. An image in at least one of those frames is corrected to a full-screen flash image. When a width of the flash band is smaller than the number of rows in one frame, a row in which the flash band does not appear is interpolated using a row in which the flash band appears and which immediately precedes or immediately succeeds the row in which the flash band does not appear.

A shutter device includes: a substrate having an opening; a first light-shielding member having a light-shielding region having lengths in first and second directions respectively larger and smaller than those of the opening in the same directions, and partly shields the opening while moving from a first position outside the opening of the substrate to a second position outside the opening, the second position being different from the first position; and a second light-shielding member having a light-shielding region having a length in the first direction smaller than the length of the opening in the first direction and a length in the second direction smaller than the length of the opening in the second direction, and shields the opening between an end in the first direction of the first light-shielding member and the substrate while moving in the second direction.

A shutter device includes: a substrate having an opening; a first light-shielding member having a light-shielding region having lengths in first and second directions respectively larger and smaller than those of the opening in the same directions, and partly shields the opening while moving from a first position outside the opening of the substrate to a second position outside the opening, the second position being different from the first position; and a second light-shielding member having a light-shielding region having a length in the first direction smaller than the length of the opening in the first direction and a length in the second direction smaller than the length of the opening in the second direction, and shields the opening between an end in the first direction of the first light-shielding member and the substrate while moving in the second direction.

A blade driving device includes: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; first and second actuators arranged adjacent to each other and respectively driving the first and second blades, and respectively including first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils; a printed circuit board; and solder portions electrically connecting the first and second coils with the printed circuit board; wherein the solder portions includes: first and second solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the first coil with the printed circuit board; and third and fourth solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the second coil with the printed circuit board; and the first, second, third, and fourth solder portions face one another.

A blade driving device includes: a board including an opening; first and second blades opening and closing the opening; first and second actuators arranged adjacent to each other and respectively driving the first and second blades, and respectively including first and second stators, first and second rotors, and first and second coils; a printed circuit board; and solder portions electrically connecting the first and second coils with the printed circuit board; wherein the solder portions includes: first and second solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the first coil with the printed circuit board; and third and fourth solder portions respectively connecting one end and another end of the second coil with the printed circuit board; and the first, second, third, and fourth solder portions face one another.

An optical element driving mechanism is provided, including a movable part, a fixed part, and a driving assembly. The movable part is for connecting the optical element. The movable part is movable relative to the fixed part. The driving assembly is used for generating a driving force to drive the movable part to move relative to the fixed part. The driving assembly further includes a first reinforcement element, for strengthening the driving force.

A camera shutter device including an optical opening and an electromagnetic drive mounted fixedly relative to the opening, and having a linearly guided, movable part which is fixedly connected to a first shutter blade to form one unit. The unit is connected to a drive end of a two-armed lever which is rotatable about an axis of rotation. A counterweight is provided at an output end of the lever. A second weight force acting on the counterweight causes a second torque about the axis of rotation of the lever, which counteracts a first torque which is caused by a first weight force acting on the unit.

An optical element driving mechanism is provided and includes a first movable part, a fixed assembly and a first driving assembly. The first movable part is configured to connect a first optical element. The fixed assembly has a first opening for a light beam to pass through, and the first movable part is movable relative to the fixed assembly. The first driving assembly is configured to drive the first movable part to move relative to the fixed assembly. When the first movable part is located in a first position relative to the fixed assembly, the first optical element overlaps the first opening.