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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 05, 2009
Filed:
Mar. 08, 2005
Yukio Uenaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shuzo Seo, Saitama, JP;
Yukio Uenaka, Tokyo, JP;
Shuzo Seo, Saitama, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable-unit and a fixed-unit. The movable-unit has an imaging device and can be moved in first and second directions. The fixed-unit slidably supports the movable-unit in both the first and second directions. The movable-unit has a hall-element unit, and a first driving coil which is used for moving the movable-unit in the first direction, and a second driving coil which is used for moving the movable-unit in the second direction. The hall-element unit has a horizontal hall-element which is used for detecting a position of the movable-unit in the first direction as a first location, and a vertical hall-element which is used for detecting a position of the movable-unit in the second direction as a second location. The horizontal hall-element is arranged inside the first driving coil. The vertical hall-element is arranged inside the second driving coil.