Patent: Very small large aperture zoom lens optical formulas

There’s always a trade off when bringing camera for vacation, weather sealed and large aperture lens I si going to be heavy and huge, really hope canon can come out something light with large aperture and weather sealed lens.
 
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Canon’s goal in this patent​

To provide a zoom lens having a short total length and a small size but having high optical performance, and an image pickup apparatus having the same.
Mystified and amused by the terminology... :unsure:

How can the "image pickup apparatus" (presumably the camera sensor) have the "same" (i.e. a short total length, small size and high optical performance?

Something has been lost in the translation here - if they are not referring to the sensor, what exactly do they mean by "image pickup apparatus"?
 
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Canon’s goal in this patent​


Mystified and amused by the terminology... :unsure:

How can the "image pickup apparatus" (presumably the camera sensor) have the "same" (i.e. a short total length, small size and high optical performance?

Something has been lost in the translation here - if they are not referring to the sensor, what exactly do they mean by "image pickup apparatus"?
Image pickup apparatus = camera.
 
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