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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 23, 2007
Filed:
Nov. 18, 2002
Tetsuo Ikegame, Tokyo, JP;
Tetsuo Ikegame, Tokyo, JP;
Olympus Optical Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An object of the present invention is to provide an optical deflecting device capable of suppressing undesirable vibrations of an optical deflecting element such as a mirror and allowing a plurality of optical deflecting elements to be easily arranged. The optical deflecting device is characterized in that the device has: a moving bodyhaving at least two optical deflecting elementsheld to face each other; supporting means having a first supporting memberpivot-connected to the moving bodybetween the two optical deflecting elements, so as to support the moving bodyto a stationary bodysuch that the moving bodyis tiltable around at least a first axis; and first driving meansfor driving the moving bodyaround the first axis.