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Granted Patent B2
US 8,711,497 · App. 13/753,846 · Granted Apr 29, 2014

Lens driving device

Inventors: Takuya Machida (Koga, JP); Kazuo Shikama (Tsuchiura, JP); Haruhiko Mandai (Tokyo, JP); Yusuke Ehara (Toda, JP); Nobuaki Watanabe (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: Nidec Copal Corporation
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Patent No.
US 8,711,497
App. No.
13/753,846
Granted
Apr 29, 2014
Kind
B2
Abstract

A lens driving device includes a base member, a movable member that is disposed at the base member and moves in a plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis, a first driving portion that moves the movable member in a direction that is orthogonal to the optical axis in accordance with image shake, a lens frame that is mounted to the movable member and moves in a direction of the optical axis, a second driving portion that moves the lens frame in the direction of the optical axis and includes a first magnet that is secured to the movable member and a first coil that is secured to the lens frame, and a Hall element that is disposed so as to oppose the first magnet in the direction of the optical axis and detects a change in a magnetic field of the first magnet.

Claims (9)

1. A lens driving device comprising:

a base member;

a movable member that is disposed at the base member and moves in a plane that is orthogonal to an optical axis;

a first driving portion that moves the movable member in a direction that is orthogonal to the optical axis in accordance with image shake;

a lens frame that is mounted to the movable member and moves in a direction of the optical axis;

a second driving portion that moves the lens frame in the direction of the optical axis, the second driving portion including a first magnet that is secured to the movable member and a first coil that is secured to the lens frame; and

a Hall element that is disposed so as to oppose the first magnet in the direction of the optical axis, the Hall element detecting a change in a magnetic field of the first magnet.

2. The lens driving device according to claim 1 , wherein the first driving portion includes a second magnet that is secured to the movable member and a second coil that is secured to the base member so as to oppose the second magnet in the direction of the optical axis.

3. The lens driving device according to either claim 1 or claim 2 , wherein at least two of the Hall elements are provided, the at least two of the Hall elements being disposed so as to oppose the first magnet in the direction of the optical axis and being disposed with a phase angle of 90 degrees around the optical axis in the plane that is orthogonal to the optical axis.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 30, 2013
From: MACHIDA, TAKUYA; SHIKAMA, KAZUO; MANDAI, HARUHIKO; EHARA, YUSUKE; WATANABE, NOBUAKI
To: NIDEC COPAL CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 029724/0829 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2012-016827 · Jan 30, 2012 · national
Continuity (1)
Related Publication 20130194683A1 · Aug 1, 2013