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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jan. 14, 2020
Filed:
Aug. 28, 2018
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kazuhiro Fukuzawa, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus including a camera unit, a tilt support member supporting the camera unit, a pan support member supporting the tilt support member, a pan rotation shaft, a base member disposed on an opposite side of the camera unit with respect to the pan support member in a pan rotation shaft direction, a substrate supported by the pan support member, and a ring-shaped ultrasonic motor including a vibrator connected to the substrate, and a sliding member contacting the vibrator, the ultrasonic motor rotatably driving the pan support member in the pan direction. The vibrator is supported by the pan support member and moves relative to the sliding member by generating a vibration. The sliding member is supported by the base member.
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