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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 15, 2014
Filed:
Jul. 06, 2011
Masahiro Inata, Hyogo, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Osaka, JP;
Kozo Ezawa, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugitani, Nara, JP;
Masayuki Misaki, Hyogo, JP;
Masahiro Inata, Hyogo, JP;
Teruyuki Takizawa, Osaka, JP;
Kozo Ezawa, Osaka, JP;
Yoshiaki Sugitani, Nara, JP;
Masayuki Misaki, Hyogo, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera driving apparatus according to the present invention includes a camera section; a fixed unit including a protrusion sectionat least partially formed of a magnetic member and has a shape of at least a part of a spherical face; a movable unit, the movable unit including an attracting magnetfor generating a magnetic attracting force, and a conical contact face with which the protrusion section of the fixed unit is loosely engageable and contactable by the magnetic attracting force, the movable unit being freely pivotable with respect to a sphere center of the spherical face of the protrusion section; a panning driving section; a tilting driving section; a rolling driving section; a detector; and a line' spirally wound around the protrusion sectionfor connecting the camera section and an external circuit provided on the fixed unit to each other.