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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 09, 2004
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kentaro Terao, Zama, JP;
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 5/00 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 5/00 ;
Abstract
A blur correcting device comprises: a blur correction optical system that corrects an image blur by moving along a direction substantially perpendicular to an optical axis; a locking member that locks the blur correction optical system when an image blur correction is not executed; and a lock drive device having an elongated external shape with a length thereof set along a direction in which a tangential line of a circle having a center thereof at the optical axis extends on a plane substantially perpendicular to the optical axis, which generates a drive force to drive the locking member.