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US 7,634,179 · App. 11/583,091 · Granted Dec 15, 2009

Image blurring correcting apparatus and imaging apparatus

Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
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Patent No.
US 7,634,179
App. No.
11/583,091
Granted
Dec 15, 2009
Kind
B2
Abstract

The present invention provides an image blurring correcting apparatus comprising: a correcting optical system which corrects image blurring; a parallel link member which is arranged in parallel with an imaging optical axis and supports the correcting optical system with free parallel movement in the direction perpendicular to the imaging optical axis; and a driving force generating device with one end being fixed to a fixed part of the parallel link member and a movable end on the other end being connected to the correcting optical system, wherein the driving force generating device is driven to move the correcting optical system parallel in the direction perpendicular to the imaging optical axis by the parallel link member so as to correct the image blurring.

Claims (9)

1. An image blurring correcting apparatus comprising:

a correcting optical system which corrects image blurring;

a parallel link member which is arranged in parallel with an imaging optical axis and supports the correcting optical system with free parallel movement in the direction perpendicular to the imaging optical axis; and

a driving force generating device with one end being fixed to a fixed part of the parallel link member and a movable end on the other end being connected to the correcting optical system,

wherein the driving force generating device is driven to move the correcting optical system parallel in the direction perpendicular to the imaging optical axis by the parallel link member so as to correct the image blurring.

2. The image blurring correcting apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the driving force generating device is a bimorph piezoelectric actuator.

3. An imaging apparatus comprising the image blurring correcting apparatus according to claim 1 .

4. An imaging apparatus comprising the image blurring correcting apparatus according to claim 2 .

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 19, 2006
From: MISAWA, ATSUSHI
To: FUJIFILM CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018443/0309 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2005-307441 · Oct 21, 2005 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20070092235A1 · Apr 26, 2007