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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 25, 2009
Filed:
Jun. 30, 2006
Hiroshi Nomura, Saitama, JP;
Shinya Suzuka, Saitama, JP;
Ken Endo, Saitama, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image stabilizer includes a pair of first parallel guide rods mounted to a stationary member extending in a first direction; a first moving stage supported by the first parallel guide rods to be movable in the first direction; a pair of second parallel guide rods mounted to the first moving stage extending in a second direction orthogonal to the first direction; a second moving stage which holds an image-stabilizing optical element and supported by the second parallel guide rods to be movable in the second direction; first and second biasing devices which bias the first and second moving stages in the first and second directions; first and second driving devices which drive the first and second moving stages in the first and second directions. The pair of first and second parallel guide rods lie in a common plane orthogonal to an optical axis.