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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 28, 2010
Filed:
Jan. 05, 2006
Tetsuya Morita, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Mukae, Hyogo, JP;
Hironori Honsho, Hyogo, JP;
Kenichi Honjo, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Morita, Osaka, JP;
Hideaki Mukae, Hyogo, JP;
Hironori Honsho, Hyogo, JP;
Kenichi Honjo, Osaka, JP;
Daisuke Ito, Osaka, JP;
Tetsuya Kitagawa, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
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.