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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 28, 2012
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2009
Sumio Kawai, Hachioji, JP;
Takashi Miyazawa, Hachioji, JP;
Hironori Ichihara, Hachioji, JP;
Olympus Corporation, , JP;
Olympus Imaging Corp., , JP;
Abstract
A vibrating device includes a dust-screening member which is shaped like a plate as a whole and has at least one side that is symmetric with respect to a symmetry axis, and a vibrating member secured to the dust-screening member and configured to produce, at the dust-screening member, vibration having a vibrational amplitude perpendicular to a surface of the dust-screening member. The vibrating device further includes a drive unit configured to drive the vibrating member to produce vibration Z(x, y) at the dust-screening member, the vibration being expressed as follows:()=()·cos(γ)+()·sin(γ)where Z(x, y) is vibration at a given point P(x, y) on the dust-screening member, m and n are positive integers including 0, indicating the order of natural vibration corresponding to a vibrational mode, γ is +π/4 or ranges from −π/8 to −π/4.