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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2020
Filed:
Nov. 20, 2015
Masayoshi Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Sugawara, Tokyo, JP;
MITSUMI ELECTRIC CO., LTD., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The lens driving device is provided with a driving unit for OIS, using a driving force of a first voice coil motor to enable an OIS movable unit to swing in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis direction with respect to an OIS fixed unit; a driving unit for AF, using the driving force of a second voice coil motor to enable an AF movable unit to move along the optical axis direction with respect to an AF fixed unit; a supporting unit for OIS, formed of a first elastomeric material, and having a first biaxial hinge structure moveably supporting the OIS movable unit in the plane orthogonal to the optical axis direction; and a supporting unit for AF, formed of a second elastomeric material, and having a second biaxial hinge structure moveably supporting the AF movable unit along the optical axis direction.