Image-capturing apparatus and camera-shake compensation mechanism
AssigneeHoya Corporation
InventorsShuzo Seo, Takuji Hamasaki, Shinichi Kakiuchi
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Abstract
An image-capturing apparatus is provided that comprises an imaging device, a support member, a drive mechanism, and a fixed member. The support member supports the imaging device. The drive mechanism moves the support member in a plane parallel to an imaging surface of the imaging device and in an independent first and second directions. The fixed member is placed within a support-member movable-range, in which the support member is moved by the drive mechanism. The drive mechanism induces impact on the support member by engaging the support member with the fixed member.
Claims19
An image-capturing apparatus, comprising:
- an imaging device;
- a support member that supports said imaging device;
- a drive mechanism that moves said support member in a plane parallel to an imaging surface of said imaging device and in independent first and second directions, said drive mechanism comprising a camera-shake compensation mechanism that compensates for a camera-shake by moving said support member in said first and second directions;
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- a fixed member that is placed at a position outside a camera-shake compensation range in which said support member is moved for the camera-shake compensation and within a support-member movable-range in which said support member is moved by said drive mechanism;
- wherein said drive mechanism induces impact on said support member by moving said support member beyond the camera-shake compensation range and colliding said support member against said fixed member.
A camera-shake compensation mechanism used in a digital camera that comprises an imaging device and a support member that supports said imaging device, and which moves said support member in a plane parallel to an imaging surface of said imaging device and in independent first and second directions in order to compensate for a camera-shake, said mechanism further comprising:
- a fixed member that is placed at a position outside a camera-shake compensation range in which said support member is moved for the camera-shake compensation;
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- an alien-substance removing mechanism that impacts said support member on said fixed member by moving said support member beyond the camera-shake compensation range in order to collide said support member against said fixed member.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.