Canon Kabushiki Kaisha

Keita Misawa

Ichiro Onuki

Makoto Mizuno

Makoto Sasaki

A driving system for driving an optical element in a first direction includes a linear actuator for producing a displacement in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a displacement picking unit being extendable in a third direction, perpendicular to both of the first and second directions, for picking out a displacement of the linear actuator, and a direction converting unit disposed at the third-direction side of the linear actuator, for converting a direction of the displacement picked out by the displacement picking unit.

Driving system and optical-element driving system

A driving system for driving an optical element in a first direction. The system includes a linear actuator for producing a displacement in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction, a displacement picking unit being extendable in a third second direction, perpendicular to both of the first and second directions, for picking out a displacement of the linear actuator, and a direction converting unit, disposed at the third-direction second-direction side of the linear actuator, for converting a direction of the displacement picked out by the displacement picking unit into a third direction, perpendicular to both the first and second directions.

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Ushiku, Japan

Keita Misawa