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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 28, 2010
Filed:
Mar. 11, 2009
Hiroshi Nomura, Saitama, JP;
Shinya Suzuka, Saitama, JP;
Takamitsu Sasaki, Saitama, JP;
Ken Endo, Saitama, JP;
Toshiharu Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Kazunori Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiroshi Nomura, Saitama, JP;
Shinya Suzuka, Saitama, JP;
Takamitsu Sasaki, Saitama, JP;
Ken Endo, Saitama, JP;
Toshiharu Suzuki, Saitama, JP;
Kazunori Ishizuka, Kanagawa, JP;
Hoya Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An imaging device includes an axial-direction moving member which moves between an operating position and a retracted position in an optical axis direction, an in-plane moving optical element movable in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, a controller which moves the in-plane moving optical element in the orthogonal plane to a reference position when the image device changes from the operating state to the retracted state, and a mechanical guide device, provided between the axial-direction moving member and the in-plane moving optical element. In a state where the in-plane moving optical element is deviated from the reference position, the mechanical guide device guides the in-plane moving optical element to the reference position by using a moving force of the axial-direction moving member when the axial-direction moving member moves from the operating position to the retracted position.