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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 03, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 15, 2008
Applicant:
Yukio Uenaka, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Yukio Uenaka, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
PENTAX Ricoh Imaging Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/16 (2006.01); H04N 5/257 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A drive device is provided having a movable part, a fixed part, a drive part, and a direction-detecting part. The fixed part is provided within a movement range of the movable part. The drive part drives the movable part in a first direction against the fixed part. The direction-detecting part detects the bound direction of the movable part after the movable part strikes the fixed part. The drive part drives the movable part so as to strike the fixed part according to the bound direction detected by the direction-detecting part after the movable part strikes the fixed part.