| 摘要 |
[Object] The present technique relates to an image pickup apparatus that enables a rotation in a predetermined direction to be controlled. [Solving Means] An image pickup apparatus includes: an optical block constituted of a lens; an image pickup block constituted of an image pickup device; a lens tube that accommodates the optical block and the image pickup block and includes a rotating sphere section having a shape of a sphere larger than a hemisphere; a supporting member in which a circular opening having an inner diameter smaller than a diameter of the rotating sphere section is formed, the rotating sphere section being mounted on the supporting member on an outer side of the opening; and a retaining member in which a circular opening having an inner diameter smaller than the diameter of the rotating sphere section is formed, the retaining member accommodating the rotating sphere section on an inner side of the opening and preventing the lens tube from falling out, in which: the image pickup block is provided inside the rotating sphere section; at least a part of the optical block is positioned inside a virtual globe obtained by extending a spherical surface of the rotating sphere section; the rotating sphere section has two grooves formed on a front surface thereof; and the retaining member has a protrusion that comes into contact with the front surface of the rotating sphere section. The present technique is applicable to a dome-type camera. |
