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Date of Patent:
Feb. 07, 2012

Filed:

Dec. 16, 2009
Applicants:

Akihiro Makimoto, Miyagi, JP;

Kentaro Tokiwa, Miyagi, JP;

Inventors:

Akihiro Makimoto, Miyagi, JP;

Kentaro Tokiwa, Miyagi, JP;

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A CCD support mechanism includes a CCD holder for holding a CCD, a first printed circuit board having a first printed coil, a second printed circuit board having a second printed coil, a pair of horizontal leaf springs, and a pair of vertical leaf springs. When a camera shake occurs by hand-held shooting, a VCM composed of the first printed coil and a first stationary magnet shifts the CCD, while bending the horizontal leaf springs, to counteract the camera shake in a Y-axis direction. A VCM composed of the second printed coil and a second stationary magnet shifts the CCD, while bending the vertical leaf springs, to counteract the camera shake in an X-axis direction. Current values of the VCMs are determined by feedback control by using an output signal from a shake detector as a target value and a present position from a position detector as a measurement value.


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