Position detection device, drive device, and lens barrel

1. A position detection device, comprising:

a detection portion including a first magnetism detection element and a second magnetism detection element, the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element disposed on a first plane; and

a magnetism generation portion disposed at a position opposite the detection portion, the magnetism generation portion including a first magnetized portion and a second magnetized portion,

the first magnetized portion facing the first plane where the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element are disposed, the first magnetized portion having a first north pole and a first south pole,

the second magnetized portion opposing at an opposite side with respect to a side that the first magnetized portion faces the detection portion, the second magnetized portion having a second north pole and a second south pole,

the first north pole opposing the second south pole in a direction perpendicular to the first plane,

the first south pole opposing the second north pole in the direction perpendicular to the first plane,

a polarization line of the first magnetized portion or the second magnetized portion of the magnetism generation portion is disposed on a second plane different from the first plane;

a line segment connecting the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element, and the polarization line of the first magnetized portion or the second magnetized portion of the magnetism generation portion are either a) skewed lines or b) parallel,

the detection portion executes position detection of the detection portion relative to the magnetism generation portion with respect to two directions within the first plane that are perpendicular to each other.

2. The position detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnetism generation portion includes a polarization line that divides the first magnetized portion into the first north pole side and the first south pole side, and

the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element are disposed side by side so as to avoid a position at which the first magnetism detection element and the second magnetism detection element are perpendicular or parallel to the polarization line.

3. The position detection device according to claim 1 , further configured to calculate relative movement of the magnetism generation portion with respect to the detection portion by using an output of the first magnetism detection element and an output of the second magnetism detection element, wherein

the magnetism generation portion includes a polarization line that divides the first magnetized portion into the first north pole side and the first south pole side, and

if the output of the first magnetism detection element is defined as V1, and the output of the second magnetism detection element is defined as V2,

the position detection device calculates the relative movement perpendicular to the polarization line, from (aV1+bV2)/n (where a is zero or a positive real number, b is zero or a positive real number, and n is a positive real number), and

the position detection device calculates the relative movement parallel to the polarization line, from (|V1|−|V2|) or (|V1|−|V2|)/(|V1|+|V2|).

4. The position detection device according to claim 1 , wherein

the magnetism generation portion includes mutually opposing magnetic fluxes with respect to the detection portion.

5. The position detection device according to claim 4 , wherein

one of the mutually opposing magnetic fluxes is formed between the first north pole and the second south pole, and

the other of the mutually opposing magnetic fluxes is formed between the first south pole and the second north pole.