Lens drive unit and imaging apparatus
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorsMasayoshi Hamada, Takashi Terai
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Abstract
A lens drive unit includes: a driven member that moves a lens in an optical axis direction; a first gear rotated by a drive force of a drive motor; a second gear rotated by a drive force of a manual operation section; a third gear that engages with the first gear and the second gear and is rotated when the first gear is rotated but the second gear is not rotated whereas rotated when the second gear is rotated but the first gear is not rotated; and a fourth gear rotated when the third gear is rotated to transmit the drive force of the drive motor or the drive force of the manual operation section to the driven member, wherein the reduction ratio of the fourth gear to the first gear is set to be greater than the reduction ratio of the fourth gear to the second gear.
Claims8
A lens drive unit, comprising:
- a driven member configured to move a lens in an optical axis direction;
- a first gear configured to rotate by a drive force of a drive motor;
- a second gear configured to rotate by a drive force of a manual operation section;
- a third gear configured to be engaged with the first gear and the second gear, wherein the third gear is configured to rotate in an event the first gear is rotated but the second gear is not rotated and in an event the second gear is rotated but the first gear is not rotated;
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- a fourth gear configured to rotate in an event the third gear is rotated to transmit the drive force of the drive motor or the drive force of the manual operation section to the driven member,
- wherein a support shaft portion of the first gear is configured to be inserted into a feed gear portion of the fourth gear, and
- wherein a reduction ratio of the fourth gear to the first gear is set to be greater than a reduction ratio of the fourth gear to the second gear.
An imaging apparatus, comprising:
- a lens drive unit configured to drive a lens;
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- an imaging device configured to convert an optical image captured through the lens into an electric signal,
- wherein the lens drive unit includes:
- a driven member configured to move the lens in an optical axis direction,
- a first gear configured to rotate by a drive force of a drive motor,
- a second gear configured to rotate by a drive force of a manual operation section,
- a third gear configured to be engaged with the first gear and the second gear, wherein the third gear is configured to rotate in an event the first gear is rotated but the second gear is not rotated and in an event the second gear is rotated but the first gear is not rotated, and
- a fourth gear configured to rotate in an event the third gear is rotated to transmit the drive force of the drive motor or the drive force of the manual operation section to the driven member, wherein a support shaft portion of the first gear is configured to be inserted into a feed gear portion of the fourth gear, and
- wherein a reduction ratio of the fourth gear to the first gear is set to be greater than a reduction ratio of the fourth gear to the second gear.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.