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Granted Patent B2
US 11,366,333 · App. 16/719,989 · Granted Jun 21, 2022

Camera device having hand-shake correction function

Inventors: Yoshifumi Fujisaki (Osaka, JP); Shikama Kazuo (Osaka, JP)
Assignee: AAC Optics Solutions Pte. Ltd.
G02B27/646G02B7/182G03B5/00G03B2205/0023G03B2205/0069
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Patent No.
US 11,366,333
App. No.
16/719,989
Granted
Jun 21, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present disclosure provides an anti-shake mechanism of a curved camera device. The camera device is an optical system including a reflecting member having a reflecting surface that bends an optical axis and is configured to perform a hand-shake correction by rotating the reflecting member. The reflecting member is arranged to be closer to an object side than a camera lens group. When a first rotation axis is set as an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by an optical axis of the camera lens group and an object-side optical axis reflected by the reflecting member and a second rotation axis is set as an axis parallel with the reflected object-side optical axis, the reflecting member is caused to rotate about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis.

Claims (27)

1. An anti-shake mechanism of a curved camera device, the camera device being an optical system comprising a reflecting member having a reflecting surface that bends an optical axis and being configured to perform a hand-shake correction by rotating the reflecting member, wherein,

the reflecting member is arranged to be closer to an object side than a camera lens group,

when a first rotation axis is set as an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by an optical axis of the camera lens group and an object-side optical axis reflected by the reflecting member and a second rotation axis is set as an axis parallel with the reflected object-side optical axis, the reflecting member is caused to rotate about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis,

two ends of a shaft are respectively provided with a plurality of voice coil motors that cause the reflecting member to rotate about the first rotation axis;

wherein the reflecting member is held at a first holding frame, the first holding frame is held at a second holding frame in such a manner that the first holding frame is rotatable about one of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, the second holding frame is held at a base member in such a manner that the second holding frame is rotatable about the other one of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, a first electromagnetic actuator that rotates the first holding frame is formed between the first holding frame and the second holding frame, and a second electromagnetic actuator that rotates the second holding frame is provided between the second holding frame and the base member;

the first holding frame or the second holding frame, which causes the reflecting member to rotate about the second rotation axis, comprises a force-applying unit for eliminating axial sway;

a force-applying direction of the force-applying unit is the same as a direction in which a permanent magnet and a yoke of the first or second electromagnetic actuator attract each other.

2. The anti-shake mechanism of the curved camera device as described in claim 1 , wherein a ball is used on a sliding surface to reduce friction.

3. The anti-shake mechanism of the curved camera device as described in claim 1 , wherein both of the electromagnetic actuators are voice coil motors.

4. The anti-shake mechanism of the curved camera device as described in claim 1 , wherein,

the first holding frame or the second holding frame, which causes the reflecting member to rotate about the first rotation axis, comprises a first yoke member for center-holding at one of two ends of the shaft, and a second yoke member for eliminating the axial sway at the other one of the two ends of the shaft.

5. The anti-shake mechanism of the curved camera device as described in claim 1 , wherein the reflecting member is a prism.

6. The anti-shake mechanism of the curved camera device as described in claim 1 , wherein the reflecting member is a mirror.

7. A camera, comprising an anti-shake mechanism of a curved camera device, the camera device being an optical system comprising a reflecting member having a reflecting surface that bends an optical axis and being configured to perform a hand-shake correction by rotating the reflecting member, wherein,

the reflecting member is arranged to be closer to an object side than a camera lens group,

when a first rotation axis is set as an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by an optical axis of the camera lens group and an object-side optical axis reflected by the reflecting member and a second rotation axis is set as an axis parallel with the reflected object-side optical axis, the reflecting member is caused to rotate about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis,

two ends of a shaft are respectively provided with a plurality of voice coil motors that cause the reflecting member to rotate about the first rotation axis;

wherein the reflecting member is held at a first holding frame, the first holding frame is held at a second holding frame in such a manner that the first holding frame is rotatable about one of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, the second holding frame is held at a base member in such a manner that the second holding frame is rotatable about the other one of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, a first electromagnetic actuator that rotates the first holding frame is formed between the first holding frame and the second holding frame, and a second electromagnetic actuator that rotates the second holding frame is provided between the second holding frame and the base member;

the first holding frame or the second holding frame, which causes the reflecting member to rotate about the second rotation axis, comprises a force-applying unit for eliminating axial sway;

a force-applying direction of the force-applying unit is the same as a direction in which a permanent magnet and a yoke of the first or second electromagnetic actuator attract each other.

8. A portable electronic device, comprising a camera, the camera comprising an anti-shake mechanism of a curved camera device, the camera device being an optical system comprising a reflecting member having a reflecting surface that bends an optical axis and being configured to perform a hand-shake correction by rotating the reflecting member, wherein,

the reflecting member is arranged to be closer to an object side than a camera lens group,

when a first rotation axis is set as an axis perpendicular to a plane defined by an optical axis of the camera lens group and an object-side optical axis reflected by the reflecting member and a second rotation axis is set as an axis parallel with the reflected object-side optical axis, the reflecting member is caused to rotate about the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis,

two ends of a shaft are respectively provided with a plurality of voice coil motors that cause the reflecting member to rotate about the first rotation axis;

wherein the reflecting member is held at a first holding frame, the first holding frame is held at a second holding frame in such a manner that the first holding frame is rotatable about one of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, the second holding frame is held at a base member in such a manner that the second holding frame is rotatable about the other one of the first rotation axis and the second rotation axis, a first electromagnetic actuator that rotates the first holding frame is formed between the first holding frame and the second holding frame, and a second electromagnetic actuator that rotates the second holding frame is provided between the second holding frame and the base member;

the first holding frame or the second holding frame, which causes the reflecting member to rotate about the second rotation axis, comprises a force-applying unit for eliminating axial sway;

a force-applying direction of the force-applying unit is the same as a direction in which a permanent magnet and a yoke of the first or second electromagnetic actuator attract each other.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 22, 2020
From: FUJISAKI, YOSHIFUMI; KAZUO, SHIKAMA
To: AAC OPTICS SOLUTIONS PTE. LTD.
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-077713 · Apr 16, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20200333622A1 · Oct 22, 2020
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