IP Library Granted Patent US 10,165,184
Granted Patent B2
US 10,165,184 · App. 15/608,280 · Granted Dec 25, 2018

Image stabilization device

Inventor: Rintaro Nishihara (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
H04N5/23248G02B27/646H04N5/144H04N5/217G02B7/023G02F1/1333G06T7/207G06T2207/30241G09G3/3607H04N5/23277
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Patent No.
US 10,165,184
App. No.
15/608,280
Granted
Dec 25, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image stabilization device includes a movable portion including an image pickup lens and a VCM driving portion configured to drive the movable portion relative to a fixed portion, the image stabilization device including: a position detection element arranged on the movable portion; and paired position detection magnets arranged at positions facing the position detection element and arranged on the fixed portion; wherein the paired position detection magnets are a first magnet and a second magnet arranged so that different magnetic poles face a surface of the position detection element; the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged in order along a direction away from an optical axis of a light flux incident on the image pickup lens; and magnitudes of densities of magnetic fluxes reaching the surface of the position detection element from the first magnet and the second magnet, respectively, are mutually different.

Claims (13)

1. An image stabilization device comprising a movable portion including an image pickup device or an image pickup lens and a VCM driving portion configured to drive the movable portion relative to a fixed portion using a coil and a driving magnet, the image stabilization device comprising:

a position detection element arranged on one of the movable portion and the fixed portion; and

paired position detection magnets arranged at positions facing the position detection element and arranged on another of the movable portion and the fixed portion; wherein

the paired position detection magnets are a first magnet and a second magnet arranged so that different magnetic poles face a surface of the position detection element;

the first magnet and the second magnet are arranged in order along a direction away from an optical axis at a center of a light flux incident on the image pick device or the image pickup lens; and

magnitudes of densities of magnetic fluxes reaching the surface of the position detection element from the first magnet and the second magnet, respectively, are mutually different.

2. The image stabilization device according to claim 1 , wherein the second magnet between the paired position detection magnets is also provided with a function of canceling influence of magnetic force from a neighbor unit.

3. The image stabilization device according to claim 2 , wherein magnetic force of the second magnet is larger than magnetic force of the first magnet.

4. The image stabilization device according to claim 3 , wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are formed in rectangular parallelepiped shapes that are different only in length in a direction along the optical axis.

5. The image stabilization device according to claim 3 , wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are formed in same rectangular parallelepiped shapes with same sizes and formed with different materials.

6. The image stabilization device according to claim 3 , wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are formed in same rectangular parallelepiped shapes with same sizes and arranged at different positions in a direction along the optical axis.

7. The image stabilization device according to claim 3 , wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are formed in rectangular parallelepiped shapes that are different only in length in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the optical axis.

8. The image stabilization device according to claim 3 , wherein the first magnet and the second magnet are formed in rectangular parallelepiped shapes that are different both in length in a direction along the optical axis and length in a direction orthogonal to a direction of the optical axis.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 19, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058898/0960 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded May 30, 2017
From: NISHIHARA, RINTARO
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042531/0091 →
Priority Claims (2)
JP 2016-138730 · Jul 13, 2016 · national
JP 2017-028776 · Feb 20, 2017 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20180020163A1 · Jan 18, 2018