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Patent No.:

US 11831970 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 28, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2022

Image pickup apparatus comprising driven body driven by actuator, and moving body

Applicant:

Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Shinji Obana, Kunitachi, JP;

Ayumu Nemoto, Tokyo, JP;

Assignee:

CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:

ROSSI, KIMMS & McDOWELL LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sinh Tran

Assistant Examiner:

Zhenzhen Wu

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H02N 2/00 (2006.01); G03B 15/00 (2021.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H02N 2/10 (2006.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); B64C 25/10 (2006.01); F16M 11/38 (2006.01); H04N 7/18 (2006.01); G01C 21/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 23/54 (2023.01); B64C 25/10 (2013.01); F16M 11/38 (2013.01); G03B 15/006 (2013.01); G03B 17/561 (2013.01); H02N 2/001 (2013.01); H02N 2/0055 (2013.01); H02N 2/0085 (2013.01); H02N 2/103 (2013.01); H04N 7/185 (2013.01); H04N 23/51 (2023.01); H04N 23/55 (2023.01); H04N 23/57 (2023.01); H04N 23/66 (2023.01); H04N 23/68 (2023.01); G01C 21/18 (2013.01);
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus is capable of decreasing a space capacity occupied by component elements and being downsized compared to a case where an actuator is arranged independently of a supporting unit. The image pickup apparatus has an image pickup unit driven by the actuator, a base unit, and the supporting unit provided in a standing manner from the base unit and rotatably supports the image pickup unit. The actuator has a piezoelectric element and an oscillator including a transmission unit which transmits driving force caused by vibration excited by the piezoelectric element. The transmission unit is arranged in the supporting unit so that it is in pressure contact with the image pickup unit. The image pickup unit has a transmitted plane with which the transmission unit is brought into pressure contact, and the vibration excited by the oscillator causes the transmitted plane to move relatively to the oscillator.

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