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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120105987 | AUTO-FOCUS LENS MODULE An auto-focus lens module includes a lens holder, a movable member, and a focusing spring assembly. The lens holder includes an immovable member and an upper plate. The upper plate has a surface facing the immovable member. First recesses are defined in the first surfac... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081805 | DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL AND CAMERA A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element and a first driving member that is driven by the first piezoelectric element and that vibrates in a first direction. The first driving member includes a second piezoelectric element and a second driving member t... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081803 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LENS BARREL, AND IMAGING DEVICE A piezoelectric actuator includes a first piezoelectric element that performs thickness-shear vibration in a first direction, a first member that is driven by the first piezoelectric element and that vibrates in the first direction, a second piezoelectric element that i... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081802 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA A piezoelectric actuator comprises a first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element, a first set of a first member that is mounted with the first piezoelectric element which is deformed in a first direction with an application of a first voltage, and a seco... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120081804 | DRIVING MECHANISM, LENS BARREL, AND CAMERA A driving mechanism includes a first piezoelectric element that vibrates in a thickness-shear vibration mode in a first direction, a first member that is driven to vibrate in the first direction by the first piezoelectric element, a second piezoelectric element that is ... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120069460 | PERMANENT MAGNET ELECTRIC MOTOR A permanent magnet electric motor includes a rotor and a stator magnetically coupled to the rotor. The rotor includes a shaft, a rotor core fixed to the shaft and having n teeth, n being an integer, a commutator fixed to the shaft adjacent the rotor core and having m se... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120069461 | LENS DRIVING APPARATUS Disclosed is a lens driving apparatus. The lens driving apparatus includes a base formed at a center thereof with a first opening; a housing coupled with the base and having a second opening corresponding to the first opening; a yoke installed on the base and including ... | 03/22/2012 |
| 20120050897 | MOTOR DRIVING APPARATUS AND OPTICAL APPARATUS The motor driving apparatus includes a motor driving a driven member, and a controller performing, from a start of driving of the motor, acceleration drive of the motor on the basis of a predetermined acceleration pattern with open-loop control, and then perform, in res... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050898 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE, LENS MODULE, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE Provided are a lens drive device capable of moving with good accuracy a lens in the direction of an optical axis thereof, and a lens module and an image pickup device provided with such a lens drive device. By a pair of polymer actuator elements 441 and 442 | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120050896 | Driver module, electronic device, method of controlling driving module The driving module controls the supply of current to a shape memory alloy member by setting a command value for an electrical resistance of the shape memory alloy member so that the lens frame is moved intermittently to thereby controlling the driving of driving means. ... | 03/01/2012 |
| 20120038815 | DRIVING UNIT, LENS MODULE, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE A driving unit that may improve characteristics in a low temperature environment while implementing downsizing, and a lens module as well as an image pickup device with such a driving unit are provided. The driving unit includes one or a plurality of polymer actuator el... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120026611 | Electromagnetic lens driving device An electromagnetic lens driving device includes a casing, a lens module, a positioning structure, and an electromagnetic driving module. The lens module is provided in a receiving space defined in the casing. The positioning structure, which is connected between the len... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026612 | COMPACT IMAGING DEVICE The subject matter disclosed herein relates to an imaging device having a small form factor.... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120026613 | ACTUATOR, DRIVE DEVICE, LENS UNIT, IMAGE-CAPTURING DEVICE It is an objective of the present invention to provide an actuator that can efficiently enlarge a displacement amount of a moving element. Provided is an actuator that moves a moving element, comprising a drive element that contacts the moving element; a drive unit that... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120014003 | ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL SYSTEM HAVING THE SAME An actuator assembly including a slider configured to be slidable along a sliding direction; and a driving force applying unit comprising a plurality of contact portions disposed to be spaced apart from each other in a direction crossing the sliding direction of the sli... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120014002 | Voice Coil Motor With Pulse-Width Modulation Driver An apparatus is provided including a voice coil motor (VCM); a lens connected to the voice coil motor; and a pulse-width modulation (PWM) driver connected to the voice coil motor to at least partially control movement of the lens by the voice coil motor.... | 01/19/2012 |
| 20120008221 | VOICE COIL MOTOR A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a cylindrical bobbin for accommodating a lens and protruded at a bottom end with a boss, and a coil block arranged at a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a magnet facing the coil block... | 01/12/2012 |
| 20120002308 | AUTO-FOCUSING LENS DRIVING DEVICE This invention provides an auto-focusing lens driving device having a movable member, the movable member comprising: a cylinder-shaped lens carrier whose exterior is wound with a coil and whose interior defines a hollow portion for receiving an optical system; and two s... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002309 | LIGHT ADJUSTING APPARATUS A light adjusting apparatus according to the present invention includes a first substrate and a second substrate having an optical aperture, a rotating shaft member which has been rotatably installed with respect to the first substrate and the second substrate, a light ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110317292 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR AND LENS BARREL A piezoelectric actuator includes: a plurality of first piezoelectric elements; a first member that is interposed between opposing faces of the plurality of the first piezoelectric elements and that is driven in a first direction by the plurality of the first piezoelect... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110317293 | Oscillation Motor Unit, Oscillation Motor, and Lens Driving Device Using Oscillation Motor The object of the present invention is to provide a driving mechanism which is a higher powered motor that can be used even when an installation space is limited by reducing a space required for installation of the motor as a motive power of a driving mechanism, and whi... | 12/29/2011 |
| 20110310500 | LENS DRIVING DEVICE CAPABLE OF SUPPRESSING A REDUCTION OF MAGNETIC EFFICIENCY OF A MAGNETIC CIRCUIT A lens driving device includes a ring-shaped driving coil fixed to a lens holder so as to position around a tubular portion thereof and a rectangular hollow cylindrical yoke including a plurality of flat-shaped permanent magnets opposite to the driving coil. Each flat-s... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110310501 | Motor For Driving Lens A motor for driving a lens is disclosed, wherein through holes through which a carrier passes are formed at an inner surface of a spring buried by an outer surface of the carrier, whereby the spring is not disengaged from the carrier to improve the reliability of the pr... | 12/22/2011 |
| 20110304914 | INTEGRATED LENS BARREL An integrated lens barrel for a miniature camera is disclosed. The lens barrel can include components such as a shutter, an autofocus mechanism, a zoom mechanism, and/or an image stabilization mechanism. These and/or components can define a portion of the lens barrel th... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304933 | CONTROL APPARATUS AND ADJUSTMENT METHOD FOR VIBRATORY ACTUATOR USING A PLURALITY OF VIBRATORS, VIBRATORY ACTUATOR, AND LENS UNIT AND OPTICAL APPARATUS USING THE VIBRATORY ACTUATOR A control apparatus is configured to control an actuator, which moves one driven member by a plurality of vibrators, by supplying two alternating-current signals to each vibrator of the actuator. The control apparatus includes a controller configured to acquire a speed ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110299181 | COMPACT IMAGING DEVICE The subject matter disclosed herein relates to an imaging device having a small form factor.... | 12/08/2011 |
| 20110292527 | X-Y ADJUSTABLE OPTICAL MOUNT WITH Z ROTATION An optical element mount has an inner member suspended within an outer member by a number of flexures. A first translational actuator is movable within the outer member and coupled to the inner member by a first shaft and is actuable to translate the inner member along ... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110292528 | VIBRATION ACTUATOR, METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING VIBRATION ACTUATOR, LENS BARREL AND CAMERA A vibration actuator having excellent driving performance, a method for manufacturing the vibration actuator, a lens barrel and a camera. The vibration actuator is provided with: an electromechanical conversion element which converts an electric energy into a mechanical... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110273789 | Linear motor with integral position sensor Systems and methods for a linear motor having an integrated position sensing of the anchor of the motor are disclosed. An integrated position sensing of the anchor is achieved by sensing the inductance of one or more coils driving the anchor. The anchor comprises at lea... | 11/10/2011 |
| 20110255185 | DRIVE UNIT A drive unit includes a lens frame configured to support a lens, a movable body located outside the lens and configured to be movable with the lens frame, and a vibratory actuator configured to drive the movable body. The vibratory actuator includes an actuator main bod... | 10/20/2011 |
| 20110249352 | SPRING PLATE, LENS ACTUATOR HAVING SAME, AND RELATED CAMERA MODULE A spring plate includes a plate body having a through hole defined at the center thereof, and a terminal perpendicularly extending from the plate body. The plate body includes an outer closed-loop frame, an inner closed-loop frame, and spring parts interconnected betwee... | 10/13/2011 |
| 20110242403 | DRIVE DEVICE, IMAGE ACQUISITION DEVICE, AND ELECTRONIC APPARATUS A drive device in which the frequency of a drive waveform applied to a piezoelectric element is easily settable with less obligation to consider resonance in a stationary member. The device includes a piezo element that expands and contracts according to a drive voltage... | 10/06/2011 |
| 20110235197 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE A lens drive device for use with at least one lens may include a movable body holding a lens, a fixed body movably holding the movable body, and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include a drive coil fi... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235198 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE A lens drive device may include a support body, a movable body which holds a lens, a magnetic drive mechanism which drives the movable body, a spring member provided with an arm part whose both ends are connected with the movable body and the support body. Only one piec... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235195 | VOICE COIL MOTOR AND CAMERA MODULE USING SAME A voice coil motor includes an outer shell, magnetic members, a base, first and second elastic members, and a movable assembly. The outer shell has a top wall and sidewalls. The magnetic members are mounted on the inside of the sidewalls. The first elastic member is san... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110235196 | VOICE COIL MOTOR AND CAMERA MODULE WITH SAME A voice coil motor includes an outer shell, a fastening member, magnetic members, a base, first and second elastic members, and a movable assembly. The outer shell has a through hole defined therein and includes sidewalls surrounding the through hole. The first elastic ... | 09/29/2011 |
| 20110205647 | LEAF SPRING WITH HIGH THRUST A leaf spring supports a pillar shaped movable portion disposed in a center portion with respect to a cylindrical fixed portion disposed around the movable portion in the direction of a center axis shiftably so as to position the movable portion in a radial direction. T... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110205646 | LEAF SPRING WITH HIGH VICKERS HARDNESS A leaf spring supports a pillar shaped movable portion disposed in a center portion with respect to a cylindrical fixed portion disposed around the movable portion in the direction of a center axis shiftably so as to position the movable portion in a radial direction. T... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110205648 | LENS DRIVE DEVICE A lens drive device formed in a substantially quadrangular shape may include a movable body holding a lens, a fixed body movably holding the movable body, and a drive mechanism for driving the movable body in the optical axis direction. The drive mechanism may include f... | 08/25/2011 |
| 20110199696 | PIEZOELECTRIC ACTUATOR ASSEMBLY AND OPTICAL SYSTEM INCLUDING THE SAME An optical system includes a housing, a lens assembly, and a piezoelectric actuator assembly. The lens assembly includes a lens unit having at least one lens, and a lens frame that supports the lens unit and moves in the housing. The piezoelectric actuator assembly incl... | 08/18/2011 |
