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Date of Patent:
Dec. 16, 2025

Filed:

Feb. 08, 2023
Applicant:

Fujifilm Corporation, Tokyo, JP;

Inventors:

Azuchi Endo, Saitama, JP;

Masahiko Miyata, Saitama, JP;

Masahiro Hideshima, Saitama, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/10 (2021.01); G02B 7/28 (2021.01); H02N 2/02 (2006.01); H02N 2/14 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 7/102 (2013.01); G02B 7/282 (2013.01); H02N 2/026 (2013.01); H02N 2/142 (2013.01);
Abstract

A drive device includes a piezoelectric element, a drive shaft that receives vibration of the piezoelectric element and vibrates along an optical axis direction of a first imaging optical system, an engagement member that is frictionally engaged with the drive shaft and is connected to the first imaging optical system, and a lens controller that controls vibration of the piezoelectric element, in which the first imaging optical system is provided to be movable in a range including at least a first position and a second position, and the lens controller performs control of moving the first imaging optical system from the first position to the second position in a case in which a signal for instructing a power of the drive device to be turned off is received.


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