US Patent Issued to NIDEC PRECISION on Jan. 13 for "Imaging device having protruding optical member and sloped housing" (Japanese Inventor)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 13 -- United States Patent no. 12,526,496, issued on Jan. 13, was assigned to NIDEC PRECISION Corp. (Tokyo).

"Imaging device having protruding optical member and sloped housing" was invented by Yuusuke Suzuki (Tokyo).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "An imaging device includes an imaging element that receives subject light, a lens that directs, to the imaging element, the subject light from an imaging range having a predetermined angle of view in at least a first direction, an illuminator including a light source that emits illumination light toward the imaging range and a cover covering the light source, and a housing including a top plate on a plane intersecting with an op...