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US 11,516,398 · App. 17/138,934 · Granted Nov 29, 2022

Anti-vibration mechanism for imaging element, camera and electronic device

Inventor: Kazuo Shikama (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: Changzhou Raytech Optronics Co., Ltd.
H04N5/23287G03B5/00G03B5/04G03B13/36H04N5/2253H04N5/2257G03B2205/0023G03B2205/0046
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Patent No.
US 11,516,398
App. No.
17/138,934
Granted
Nov 29, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

In a camera device that includes a hand tremor correction mechanism, an anti-vibration mechanism for the camera device is provided. An optical system that is movable in an optical axis direction and includes a focus adjustment mechanism is provided in the camera device, includes an anti-vibration mechanism that performs hand tremor correction by anti-vibration of the imaging element, and includes from an object side, an imaging lens group, the anti-vibration mechanism, and an imaging element provided on the anti-vibration mechanism, and a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the imaging lens group is used as a movement plane to allow the imaging element on the anti-vibration mechanism to move, so as to achieve hand tremor correction.

Claims (13)

1. An anti-vibration mechanism for an imaging element, the anti-vibration mechanism is configured to correct hand tremor by moving the imaging element in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis direction comprising: a frame assembly, a ball member, a driving member and a flexible substrate;

wherein the frame assembly comprises a movable frame, a support frame and a base set in sequence along a direction parallel to an optical axis, the ball member is set both between the movable frame and the support frame and between the support frame and the base; the support frame is provided with grooves on opposite sides along the direction parallel to the optical axis for holding the ball member;

the imaging element is set on the base so as to be movable along two axes in the plane perpendicular to the optical axis;

a driving member is an electric actuator configured to drive the imaging element to move, comprising a first anti-vibration magnet, an anti-vibration coil and a second anti-vibration magnet set in sequence along the direction parallel to the optical axis;

the flexible substrate configured to transmit a signal of the imaging element and supply power to the electric actuator.

2. The anti-vibration mechanism for the imaging element as described in claim 1 , wherein the movable frame is provided with a groove for holding the ball member.

3. The anti-vibration mechanism for the imaging element as described in claim 2 , wherein the base is provided with a groove for holding the ball member.

4. The anti-vibration mechanism for the imaging element as described in claim 1 , wherein a magnetic yoke is provided on the movable frame, and the electric actuator exerts a force in a direction in which the anti-vibration magnet and the magnet yoke attract each other.

5. The anti-vibration mechanism for the imaging element as described in claim 1 , wherein the base is a plate made of metal, the support frame is made of resin, and the base and the support frame are formed into one piece.

6. The anti-vibration mechanism for the imaging element as described in claim 1 , wherein the flexible substrate is bent at least twice so as to form a folded portion, the folded portion is set at a back side of the imaging element along the optical axis direction, corresponding to the axes along which the imaging element moves.

7. The anti-vibration mechanism for the imaging element as described in claim 1 , wherein the flexible substrate is bent at least twice so as to form a folded portion, the folded portion is set farther from the optical axis than the anti-vibration coil, corresponding to the axes along which the imaging element moves.

8. A camera, comprising anti-vibration mechanism for the imaging element as described in claim 1 .

9. An electronic device, comprising the camera as described in claim 8 .

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Feb 25, 2026
From: CHANGZHOU RAYTECH OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
To: CHANGZHOU AAC RAYTECH OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 073882/0913 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jun 1, 2021
From: SHIKAMA, KAZUO
To: CHANGZHOU RAYTECH OPTRONICS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 056395/0933 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2020-211297 · Dec 21, 2020 · national
Continuity (1)
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