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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 30, 2014
Filed:
Jan. 29, 2013
Applicant:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Ken Tanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Kabushiki Kaisha Toshiba, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/225 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/2254 (2013.01);
Abstract
An imaging device according to embodiments includes a lens support that fixes a set of optical lenses, a substrate that fixes the lens support, an imaging element arranged between the set of optical lenses and the substrate, and an elastic body connected to the imaging element and a member other than the imaging element. The substrate includes a Lorentz-force generating unit that generates a Lorentz force between the Lorentz-force generating unit and the imaging element. Furthermore, the substrate moves the imaging element to a position at which the imaging element has a desired optical property by adjusting the Lorentz force.