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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 14, 2012
Filed:
May. 12, 2010
Kazunori Ishizuka, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Nagaoka, Hino, JP;
Shohei Uehara, Fuchu, JP;
Shohei Aoki, Hachioji, JP;
Kazunori Ishizuka, Kawasaki, JP;
Koji Nagaoka, Hino, JP;
Shohei Uehara, Fuchu, JP;
Shohei Aoki, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes: a fixed frame; a zoom lens holding frame; a focus lens holding frame; a focus driving unit and a zoom driving unit; an image pickup device; a base plate that is coupled to the fixed frame and displaceably supports the image pickup device; an X driving unit that drives the image pickup device in an X direction; and a Y driving unit that drives the image pickup device in a Y direction, wherein the focus driving unit is placed in an upper left portion of the fixed frame, the zoom driving unit is placed in a right side portion, and further the Y driving unit is placed in an upper right corner of the base plate and the X driving unit is placed in a lower right corner.