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Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010

Filed:

Jan. 05, 2006
Applicants:

Tetsuya Morita, Osaka, JP;

Hideaki Mukae, Hyogo, JP;

Hironori Honsho, Hyogo, JP;

Kenichi Honjo, Osaka, JP;

Daisuke Ito, Osaka, JP;

Tetsuya Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;

Inventors:

Tetsuya Morita, Osaka, JP;

Hideaki Mukae, Hyogo, JP;

Hironori Honsho, Hyogo, JP;

Kenichi Honjo, Osaka, JP;

Daisuke Ito, Osaka, JP;

Tetsuya Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 27/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

An image stabilizer of the present invention is provided with a lens modulethat holds a lens and an imaging element, an inner frame that turnably supports the lens module, and driving portion that turns the lens modulerelative to the inner frame, with the driving portion including a bimorph. An image stabilizer thereby can be provided that allows the overall size and profile of an imaging apparatus to be reduced.


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