Lens driving device, camera device and electronic apparatus
AssigneeNew Shicoh Technology Co., Ltd.
InventorNaoki Sekiguchi
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Abstract
A lens driving device includes: a lens carrier for fixing a lens barrel to the inside thereof; a driving unit for moving the lens carrier along an optical axis direction of the lens barrel; and an elastic supporter for supporting the lens carrier so as to move freely along the optical axis direction of the lens barrel; wherein the lens carrier has an opening which opens toward a direction intersecting the optical axis direction of the lens barrel and through which opening the lens barrel is inserted.
Claims12
A lens driving device comprising:
- a box-shaped lens carrier having two opposing side walls for fixing a lens barrel to the inside of the two side walls;
- a driving unit for moving the lens carrier along an optical axis direction of the lens barrel;
- and
- an elastic supporter for supporting the lens carrier so as to move freely along the optical axis direction of the lens barrel;
- wherein
- the lens carrier has at least three openings defined between the two side walls, wherein two openings of the at least three openings open toward the optical axis direction, and at least another one opening of the at least three openings opens toward a direction intersecting the optical axis direction of the lens barrel and through which opening the lens barrel is inserted.
A Camera device comprising:
- a lens barrel;
- a lens driving device;
- and
- a photo detecting sensor that receives light passed through the lens barrel, wherein
- the lens driving device includes:
- a box-shaped lens carrier having two opposing side walls for fixing a lens barrel to the inside of the two side walls;
- a driving unit for moving the lens carrier along the optical axis direction of the lens barrel;
- and
- an elastic supporter for supporting the lens carrier so as to move freely along the optical axis direction of the lens barrel;
- wherein
- the lens carrier has at least three openings defined between the two side walls, wherein two openings of the at least three openings open toward the optical axis direction, and at least another one opening of the at least three openings opens toward a direction intersecting the optical axis direction of the lens barrel and through which opening the lens barrel is inserted.
An electronic apparatus being equipped with a camera device including:
- a lens barrel;
- a lens driving device;
- and
- a photo detecting sensor that receives light passed through the lens barrel, wherein
- the lens driving device includes:
- a box-shaped lens carrier having two opposing side walls for fixing a lens barrel to the inside of the two side walls;
- a driving unit for moving the lens carrier along the optical axis direction of the lens barrel;
- and
- an elastic supporter for supporting the lens carrier so as to move freely along the optical axis direction of the lens barrel;
- wherein
- the lens carrier has at least three openings defined between the two side walls, wherein two openings of the at least three openings open toward the optical axis direction, and at least another one opening of the at least three openings opens toward a direction intersecting the optical axis direction of the lens barrel and through which opening the lens barrel is inserted.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.