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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7663811 | Driving mechanism, driving device, and lens driving device A driving mechanism, a driving device, and a lens driving device includes a lever member. The lever member includes an arm portion for surrounding a part of a driven member in a side direction. The arm portion has a plurality of displacement output portions to be en... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7663810 | Lens barrel and method for manufacturing the same To provide a lens barrel having an improved assembly accuracy. The lens barrel is provided with: a stationary part; a movable part provided movably relative to the stationary part, its movement moving a lens relative to the stationary part; a rotary member to transf... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7660046 | Lens barrel and image pickup device A lens barrel, includes: an image pickup optical system comprising a plurality of lens groups; a plurality of barrel members which house the image pickup optical system therein; and a drive source which moves at least two lens groups in the image pickup optical syst... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7573652 | Focusing device for digital camera module A focusing device (100) includes a lens mount (10), a driving mechanism (30), a hollow first barrel (50) and a first lens element (60) received in the first barrel. The lens mount includes a hollow sleeve (13) which includes... | 08/11/2009 |
| 7529038 | Optical apparatus An optical apparatus is capable of achieving reduction in noise caused by lens driving and reduction in size. The optical apparatus includes a main and a movable housing member which houses a lens movable in a direction of an optical axis. The housing member is mova... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7525739 | Zoom lens module A zoom lens module includes a lens barrel, a piezoelectric actuator, and at least two lens modules. The piezoelectric actuator is disposed within the lens barrel. The piezoelectric actuator includes a piezoelectric ceramic component and a sliding member. At least on... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7522352 | Motor structure with built-in lens A motor structure with built-in lens includes a lens mount (10) defining an inner space therein, a hollow stator (32) fixedly received in the inner space, a rotor (34) rotatably received in the stator with an internal thread (344) defined... | 04/21/2009 |
| 7518807 | Focus adjustment apparatus, image pickup apparatus, and control method A focus adjustment apparatus comprises a moving unit configured to move a focusing lens, a focus adjusting unit configured to move the focusing lens such that the sharpness of an image obtained from an image pickup unit picking up an object image is increased, and a... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7518806 | Lens module A disclosed lens module includes a zooming actuator, a cam, an auto-focusing actuator and at least two sets of lenses. The cam is coupled to and driven by the zooming actuator. The cam 104 has at least two tracks. The auto-focusing actuator is coupled to and ... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7505217 | Anti-shake apparatus An anti-shake apparatus for photographing apparatus comprises an angular velocity sensor and a controller. The angular velocity sensor detects an angular velocity. The controller controls the angular velocity sensor and performs an anti-shake operation on the basis ... | 03/17/2009 |
| 7480103 | Zoom lens control mechanism A zoom lens control mechanism for changing a focal distance in an optical axis of a first lens set includes a zoom lens base, a lens support, and a switch device. The zoom lens base has an image pickup opening disposed in the optical axis of the first lens set. The ... | 01/20/2009 |
| 7468846 | Imaging apparatus including multiple optical systems The number of drive motors in a digital camera having multiple imaging optical systems is curtailed. The digital camera has a first imaging optical system and a second imaging optical system. The first imaging optical system has a zoom lens group and a focus lens. T... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7460313 | Zoom lens structure The present invention discloses a zooming lens structure comprising at least a fixed lens barrel, an diaphragm member, a front track lens barrel, a rear track lens barrel, a front lens barrel module and a rear lens barrel module, wherein the first guide screw cylind... | 12/02/2008 |
| 7446949 | Driving mechanism, imaging mechanism and cellular phone A driving mechanism comprises: (i) an electromechanical conversion element comprising: an elongating and contracting portion that elongates and contracts; and a dummy layer that does not contribute to elongation and contraction of the electromechanical conversion el... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7443618 | Motor structure with built-in lens A motor structure with a built-in lens includes a lens mount (10), a motor (30) received in the lens mount, and a lens unit (50) received in the lens mount. The lens unit is drove by the motor to telescopically move along an axial thereof when a... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7436607 | Lens module A lens module includes a base; a focusing ring rotatably mounted to the base and having at least one driving portion formed on a torus thereof, the driving portion having at least two positioning portions and at least one inclined portion in connection with the two ... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7436447 | Lens barrel and picture taking apparatus having the same A lens barrel movable between a collapsed position and a photographing position, and a picture taking apparatus using the lens barrel. The lens barrel has lens groups movable along an optical axis, a deformable mirror supported in the lens barrel, the deformable mir... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7428108 | Optical zoom lens module and electronic device An optical zoom lens module including a base, a first lens holder, a first tracking controller, a first lens, a second lens holder, a second tracking controller, and a second lens is provided. The base has a main shaft, a secondary shaft, and an opening. The first a... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7423814 | Camera lens focus-setting mechanism A camera lens focus-setting mechanism enabling easy and precise focusing includes a first and a second rack member, and a first and a second adjusting assembly. The first and the second rack member are respectively associated with a first and a second focusing ring,... | 09/09/2008 |
| 7418200 | Optical unit and imaging device A collapsible type optical unit is described that is capable of moving its optical system between a working position and a retracted position as well as an image-pickup apparatus including the optical unit. The optical unit and the image-pickup apparatus are capable... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7417803 | Focusing mechanism for a vision detector A machine vision image acquisition system is provided with a housing or enclosure that protects the acquisition system components from an industrial environment. The machine vision image acquisition system has a focusing mechanism that can be actuated externally to ... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7405888 | Image taking apparatus An image taking apparatus is provided with a lens driving unit that includes a magnetic shaft in which the S pole and the N pole are alternately aligned in a longitudinal direction of the shaft. The lens driving unit also includes a first lens holding frame that hol... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396167 | Lens retracting structure A lens retracting structure includes a housing, an image-forming lens set moveably supported on two parallel guide rods inside the housing, and a driving mechanism for moving the image-forming lens set along the parallel guide rods between a first position and a sec... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7391579 | Minature zoom lens A miniature zoom lens comprises a front housing, a rear housing communicated with the front housing to form a receiving space, a connecting plate for connecting the front housing with the rear housing, a guiding module provided with at least one guiding rod, and a l... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7388720 | Imaging apparatus A lens-controlling device controls a first lens unit which moves for zooming and a second lens unit which moves for correcting the displacement of an image plane caused by zooming and for focusing. The lens-controlling device includes a memory which stores data for ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7365914 | Actuator An actuator comprises: an electro-mechanical conversion element; a driving frictional member that is mounted onto one side in an extension/contraction direction of the electro-mechanical conversion element; a driven member that is frictionally engaged with the drivi... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7355646 | Drive control apparatus for driving magnification-varying lens unit to wide-angle end or telephoto end when switching from AF mode to MF mode A drive control apparatus has a controller which operates in a first mode carrying out auto focusing control and a second mode not carrying out auto focusing control and carries out control so as to drive forcibly a magnification-varying lens unit to a wide-angle en... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7356252 | Auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism An auto-focusing zoom lens mechanism includes a base unit forming a space; an auto-focusing (AF) lens unit located in the base unit and having a trajectory bar engaged therewith; a zoom lens unit located in the base unit and mounted on the AF lens unit and having a ... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352515 | Rotational-to-linear coaxial mechanical drive A linear mechanical drive has an outer housing, a drive sleeve that is conformably and slidably received within the outer housing, a mount sleeve conformably and slidably received within the drive sleeve, and a guide extending between the outer housing and the mount... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7352089 | Driving apparatus A driving apparatus includes a stepping motor having a lead screw, a rack, and a rack-retaining bar, a barrel, a barrel-retaining bar, and a connecting spring for connecting the rack to the barrel. The connecting spring includes an engaging portion that engages with... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7345836 | Zoom lens driving apparatus A zoom lens driving apparatus achieves the object of driving multiple lens groups by a single motor and low production cost. When a first lens group, which includes a first lens, moves along guide rods, a leading cam of a leading member drives a leading pin of a fol... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7342606 | Zoom lens system for camera A zoom lens system includes a zoom base to which an image pickup device can be coupled, a driving source for generating rotational force in accordance with a control signal of a control unit disposed in the electronic facility, plural power transmission gears dispos... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7339756 | Lens driving device A lens driving device includes a focus lens frame, first and second shafts, a rack member, a lead screw and a spring member. One or more lenses are attached to the focus lens frame. The first and second guide shafts are arranged parallel to an optical axis of one or... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7330317 | Lens system and image capturing apparatus A lens system 3 is provided with a plurality of lens units including a first lens unit 9, and has a condition changing structure 6 that is capable of changing the condition of the first lens unit 9 without changing the position of the fir... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7318508 | One-way rotational transfer mechanism A one-way rotational transfer mechanism includes a rotary input shaft; a hollow-cylindrical rotary output shaft positioned around the rotary input shaft; a circumferentially-uneven-width-space forming portion formed on the rotary input shaft to form at least one acc... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7298564 | Digital camera system with piezoelectric actuators A digital camera is constructed with multiple lenses mounted in a pair of tubular elements which are nested together for relative axial movement. Movement is provided by piezoelectric actuators mounted externally to a support tube on flexible printed circuit board e... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7295382 | Image pickup device and method of controlling a lens unit An image pickup device includes a collapsible lens barrel which is held in a main body of the device in non-picture-taking mode, and a shutter unit which is arranged behind a rearmost one of a plurality of optical lenses that make up the lens barrel and which includ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295390 | Lens actuating device, camera module and portable electronic equipment Power from a focusing motor (14) is transmitted via a gear (35a) to a focusing lead screw (15) so that a first lens holder (4) is moved in a direction of an optical axis. Power from a zooming motor (10) is transmitted via a ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7265913 | Movable lens control device A movable lens control device for controlling movements of movable lens groups including a first movable lens group and a second movable lens group, the movable lens control device including a lens driving device for moving the first and second movable lens groups i... | 09/04/2007 |
| 7262927 | Auto-focus lens module An auto-focus lens module uses electromagnetic force to drive a lens moving for focusing. The auto-focus lens is composed by a lens holder, a coil and an upper frame clipped on outer circumference of a lens so as to form a lens holder set. And the coil is fixed betw... | 08/28/2007 |