IP Library Granted Patent US 12663692
Granted Patent B2
US 12663692 · App. 18/289,909 · Granted Jun 23, 2026

Blur correction device, lens barrel, and imaging apparatus

Inventors: Yusuke Sakamoto (Kawasaki, JP); Sueyuki Ohishi (Kawasaki, JP)
Assignee: NIKON CORPORATION
G03B5/00G03B17/12G03B2205/0007
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Patent No.
US 12663692
App. No.
18/289,909
Granted
Jun 23, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A blur correction device includes a lens holding frame that holds a lens, a holding frame that movably holds the lens holding frame, a first drive unit that drives the lens holding frame with respect to the holding frame in a direction intersecting an optical axis, a lock member configured to move between a lock position that restricts movement of the lens holding frame and a release position that releases restriction, and a detection unit configured to detect an amount of movement of the lock member.

Claims (72)

1 . A blur correction device comprising:

a lens holding frame that holds a lens;

a holding frame that movably holds the lens holding frame;

a first drive unit that drives the lens holding frame with respect to the holding frame in a direction intersecting an optical axis;

a lock member configured to move between a lock position that restricts movement of the lens holding frame and a release position that releases restriction;

a detection unit configured to detect an amount of movement of the lock member;

a second drive unit that drives the lock member; and

a control unit configured to control the second drive unit based on the amount of movement of the lock member detected by the detection unit,

wherein the lock member includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in at least one of the release position or the lock position,

wherein the contact portion includes a first contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in the release position and a second contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in the lock position, and

wherein the control unit reduces a moving speed of the lock member before the holding frame comes into contact with the first contact portion or the second contact portion based on the amount of movement of the lock member detected by the detection unit.

2 . The blur correction device according to claim 1 , wherein the control unit stops driving of the second drive unit after the holding frame comes into contact with the first contact portion or the second contact portion based on the amount of movement of the lock member detected by the detection unit.

3 . The blur correction device according to claim 1 , wherein the detection unit detects the amount of movement of the lock member without contacting the lock member.

4 . The blur correction device according to claim 1 , further comprising:

a restriction member that restricts movement of the lock member when the lock member is in the lock position.

5 . A lens barrel comprising the blur correction device according to claim 1 .

6 . An imaging apparatus comprising the blur correction device according to claim 1 .

7 . The blur correction device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the holding frame includes an elastic member that comes into contact with the lock member in at least one of the release position or the lock position,

wherein the detection unit includes a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit,

wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a part of the holding frame, and

wherein the light-receiving unit is provided in a part of the lock member.

8 . The blur correction device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion are arranged on a same circumference centered on the optical axis.

9 . The blur correction device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the lock member includes a gear portion to which a drive force from the second drive unit is transmitted,

wherein the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the gear portion are arranged on a same circumference centered on the optical axis, and

wherein the gear portion, the second contact portion, and the first contact portion are arranged in this order along a circumferential direction of a circle centered on the optical axis.

10 . A blur correction device comprising:

a lens holding frame that holds a lens;

a holding frame that movably holds the lens holding frame;

a first drive unit that drives the lens holding frame with respect to the holding frame in a direction intersecting an optical axis;

a lock member configured to move between a lock position that restricts movement of the lens holding frame and a release position that releases restriction;

a detection unit configured to detect an amount of movement of the lock member;

a second drive unit that drives the lock member; and

a control unit configured to control the second drive unit based on the amount of movement of the lock member detected by the detection unit,

wherein the control unit moves the lock member at a first speed until a predetermined time elapses when the control unit starts moving the lock member, and the control unit moves the lock member at a second speed faster than the first speed when the predetermined time has elapsed.

11 . The blur correction device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the lock member includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in at least one of the release position or the lock position,

wherein the detection unit includes a light-emitting unit and a light-receiving unit,

wherein the light-emitting unit is provided in a part of the holding frame, and

wherein the light-receiving unit is provided in a part of the lock member.

12 . The blur correction device according to claim 11 ,

wherein the detection unit includes a comb-teeth portion formed in a part of the lock member,

wherein the light-emitting unit and the light-receiving unit face each other across the comb-teeth portion, and

wherein the control unit controls the second drive unit based on a number of edges of a digital signal based on a signal indicating a detection state of the light from the light-emitting unit in the light-receiving unit.

13 . The blur correction device according to claim 10 , wherein the holding frame includes an elastic member that comes into contact with the lock member in at least one of the release position or the lock position.

14 . The blur correction device according to claim 10 , wherein the detection unit detects the amount of movement of the lock member without contacting the lock member.

15 . The blur correction device according to claim 10 , further comprising:

a restriction member that restricts movement of the lock member when the lock member is in the lock position.

16 . The blur correction device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the lock member includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in at least one of the release position or the lock position,

wherein the contact portion includes a first contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in the release position and a second contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in the lock position, and

wherein the first contact portion and the second contact portion are arranged on a same circumference centered on the optical axis.

17 . The blur correction device according to claim 10 ,

wherein the lock member includes a contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in at least one of the release position or the lock position;

wherein the lock member includes a gear portion to which a drive force from the second drive unit is transmitted,

wherein the contact portion includes a first contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in the release position and a second contact portion that comes into contact with the holding frame in the lock position,

wherein the first contact portion, the second contact portion, and the gear portion are arranged on a same circumference centered on the optical axis, and

wherein the gear portion, the second contact portion, and the first contact portion are arranged in this order along a circumferential direction of a circle centered on the optical axis.

18 . A blur correction device comprising:

a lens holding frame that holds a lens;

a holding frame that movably holds the lens holding frame;

a first drive unit that drives the lens holding frame with respect to the holding frame in a direction intersecting an optical axis;

a lock member configured to move between a lock position that restricts movement of the lens holding frame and a release position that releases restriction; and

a detection unit configured to detect an amount of movement of the lock member,

wherein the lock member includes a protrusion portion that restricts movement of the lens holding frame,

wherein the lock member, the holding frame, and the lens holding frame are arranged in this order along the optical axis, and

wherein when the lock member is in the lock position, the protrusion portion penetrates through the inside of an opening portion of the holding frame and is in contact with the lens holding frame.

19 . The blur correction device according to claim 18 ,

wherein the protrusion portion is formed so as to protrude along the optical axis.

20 . The blur correction device according to claim 18 , wherein the amount of movement detected by the detection unit is an amount of rotation of the lock member.