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US 2014/0177021 A1Published application
Optical scanning device, and endoscope, microscope, and projector each provided with the same
AssigneeOlympus Corporation
InventorAtsuyoshi SHIMAMOTO
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Abstract
An optical scanning device includes an optical fiber, a holding member cantilevering the optical fiber, a first driving device placed on the distal end of the optical fiber and making the optical fiber vibrate in a first direction, and a second driving device placed between the holding member for the optical fiber and the first driving device and making the optical fiber vibrate in a second direction which crosses the first direction.
Claims19
An optical scanning device comprising
- an optical fiber,
- a holding member cantilevering the optical fiber,
- a first driving device placed on a distal end of the optical fiber and making the optical fiber vibrate in a first direction, and
- a second driving device placed between the holding member for the optical fiber and the first driving device and making the optical fiber vibrate in a second direction which crosses the first direction.
1 more element
A method of driving an optical fiber provided for an optical scanning device and cantilevered by a holding member, comprising
- making the optical fiber vibrate in a first direction by a first driving device placed on a distal end of the optical fiber, and
- making the optical fiber vibrate in a second direction by a second driving device placed between the holding member for the optical fiber and the first driving device, the second direction crossing the first direction.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.