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US 8,345,111 · App. 12/718,135 · Granted Jan 1, 2013

Image capturing device

Assignee: Konica Minolta Opto, Inc.
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Patent No.
US 8,345,111
App. No.
12/718,135
Granted
Jan 1, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image capturing device, including an rectangular image capturing element having long sides and short sides; an image capturing optical system forming an image of a subject on the rectangular image capturing element; a first driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a first direction slanted by a predetermined angle from the long side and the short side of an outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image capturing optical system; and a second driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a second direction slanted by a predetermine angle from the long side and the short side of the outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element in the plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the image capturing optical system, but the second direction differs from the first direction.

Claims (20)

1. An image capturing device, comprising:

a rectangular image capturing element which has long sides and short sides;

an image capturing optical system which forms an image of a subject on the rectangular image capturing element, wherein the image capturing optical system is configured with a bent optical system structured of lenses and a mirror;

a first driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a first direction in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image capturing optical system, wherein the first direction is slanted by a predetermined angle excluding 0 degrees and 90 degrees from the long side and the short side of an outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element; and

a second driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a second direction in the plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the image capturing optical system, but the second direction differs from the first direction, wherein the second direction is slanted by a predetermined angle excluding 0 degrees and 90 degrees from the long side and the short side of the outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element;

wherein at least a part of the first driving device and at least a part of the second driving device are provided with an area on which an outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element is to be projected in a direction of the optical axis, wherein the area is at a backside of the rectangular image capturing element.

2. The image capturing device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first driving device and the second driving device are not cross in an optical axial direction.

3. The image capturing device of claim 1 ,

wherein the first driving device and the second driving device are overlapped in an optical axial direction.

4. A digital camera, comprising an image capturing device, comprising:

a rectangular image capturing element which has long sides and short sides;

an image capturing optical system which is configured with a bent optical system structured of lenses and a mirror which forms an image of a subject on the rectangular image capturing element, wherein the image capturing optical system is configured with a bent optical system structured of lenses and a mirror;

a first driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a first direction in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the image capturing optical system, wherein the first direction is slanted by a predetermined angle excluding 0 degrees and 90 degrees from the long side and the short side of an outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element; and

a second driving device which moves the rectangular image capturing element in a second direction in the plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the image capturing optical system, but the second direction differs from the first direction, wherein the second direction is slanted by a predetermined angle excluding 0 degrees and 90 from the long side and the short side of the outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element;

wherein at least a part of said first driving device and at least a part of the said second driving device are provided within an area on which an outer shape of the rectangular image capturing element is projected in a direction of the optical axis, wherein the area is at a backside of the rectangular image capturing element.

5. The digital camera of claim 4 ,

wherein the first driving device and the second driving device are not cross in an optical axial direction.

6. The digital camera of claim 4 ,

wherein the first driving device and the second driving device are overlapped in an optical axial direction.

Priority Claims (1)
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Continuity (2)
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