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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 04, 2001
Filed:
Jun. 29, 1999
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image blur correction apparatus in which, even when a driving amount of a moving member is large, deterioration of driving efficiency is minimized without enlarging a driving device comprises a driving device having driving means comprising a flat coil and magnets arranged opposite the coil to drive a moving member by supplying electricity to the coil, the the coil is integrally constituted with the moving member. A relationship of a width of a driving direction of the coil and a width of the opposite magnet is set so that the width of the magnet is set greater than the width of the coil, and smaller than a length obtained by adding a maximum driving amount of the moving member to the width of the coil.