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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 26, 2019
Filed:
Aug. 31, 2017
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Mitsuhiro Izumi, Yokohama, JP;
Youji Ochi, Tokyo, JP;
Kohei Uemura, Tokyo, JP;
Kaori Miyoshi, Fuchu, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image stabilization apparatus includes a first optical element configured to move in a direction different from an optical axis, a first driver including a first magnet magnetized in a first magnetized direction and a first coil and configured to drive the first optical element by an electromagnetic action, a second optical element configured to move in a direction different from the optical axis, and a second driver including a second magnet magnetized in a second magnetized direction and a second coil and configured to drive the second optical element by an electromagnetic action. The first magnet is disposed outside a second area onto which the second magnet is projected in the second magnetized direction and the second magnet is disposed outside a first area onto which the first magnet is projected in the first magnetized direction.