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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 27, 1998
Filed:
Apr. 22, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Tadao Kai, Kawasaki, JP;
Hidenori Miyamoto, Urayasu, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396 55 ;
Abstract
The driving apparatus for driving an object housed in a main body of the driving apparatus in a direction which is determined by a predetermined reference axis that includes a detector which detects a physical amount relating to a rotary motion of the main body around a predetermined detection axis; an arithmetic device .paren close-st. which calculates a driving amount of the object based on at least the output of the detector and an angle between the detection axis and the reference axis; and a driving mechanism which drives the object in a direction determined with the reference axis based on a calculation output from the arithmetic device.