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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8442393 | Shake correction apparatus in digital camera A shake correction apparatus for correcting shake of a camera includes: a lens support plate including a correction lens and driven in a perpendicular direction with respect to an optical axis; and a position fixing member that decouplably couples with the lens supp... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8442392 | Method and apparatus for operating the automatic focus or the optical imaging stabilizing system In accordance with an example embodiment, an apparatus comprises a printed wiring board. The printed wiring board comprising a coil and being coupled to an image sensor. The coil, using the magnetic circuitry, is designed to tilt the printed wiring board and automat... | 05/14/2013 |
| 8433185 | Multiple anti-shake system and method thereof A multiple anti-shake system and a method thereof applied to a camera device. The system comprises a sensing module, a first anti-shake module and a second anti-shake module. The sensing module detects the vibration signal of the camera device and the first anti-sha... | 04/30/2013 |
| 8422874 | Position controller for optical element A position controller for an optical element of an optical system includes a first movable member supported by a support member to be movable relative thereto in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis, a second movable member holding the optical element and... | 04/16/2013 |
| 8417103 | Image stabilization apparatus, image sensing apparatus and image stabilization method An image stabilization apparatus wherein a detection unit detects camera shake in first and second directions that are not parallel to each other and a calculation unit calculates first and second correction amounts for correcting the camera shake in the first and s... | 04/09/2013 |
| 8412033 | Image blur correction device, imaging lens unit, and camera unit An image blur correction device includes: a tabular base (100) having an opening portion (101) opened in an optical axis direction; a tabular movable holding member (110) configured to hold a lens and supported to be movable within a plane verti... | 04/02/2013 |
| 8406617 | Photographic optical device A photographic optical device may include a movable module having a camera module on which a lens and an imaging element are mounted, a support body, and a shake correction mechanism. The movable module may be provided with a sensor for detecting an inclination of t... | 03/26/2013 |
| 8396357 | Optical unit with shake correction function, optical apparatus, and method of manufacturing optical unit with shake correction function An optical unit with shake correcting function may include a movable module on which an optical element is mounted, a fixed body which supports the movable module, a shake detection sensor which detects a shake of the movable module, a shake correction magnetic driv... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8396358 | Optical device having an image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element An optical device includes an advancing/retracting member, an anti-shake frame supported by the advancing/retracting member, an insertable/removable frame which holds an image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element and is rotatably supported by the anti-sh... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8380057 | Anti-shake structure for auto-focus modular An anti-shake structure for auto-focus module includes an auto-focus module for driving a lens to move forward and rearward in a light incident path, i.e. in z-axis direction, so that the lens focuses light on an image sensor; a frame for holding the auto-focus modu... | 02/19/2013 |
| 8374496 | Camera system and camera body The camera system is constituted by the camera main body and the interchangeable lens, which is removably attachable to the camera main body. The camera main body has an imaging unit, a main body shake detector, a main body image blur corrector, and a body microcomp... | 02/12/2013 |
| 8369697 | Optical device An optical device includes a shake detection unit configured to detect shake of the optical device; a correction unit configured to correct image blur in a sensed image; a position detection unit configured to detect position of the correction unit; a correction con... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8369698 | Image blur correction apparatus and camera The invention provides an image blur correction apparatus including: a tabular base portion; a movable portion that holds an image pickup device and that is movable with respect to the base portion; and a voice coil motor that has a permanent magnet arranged on a fa... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8358924 | Method and apparatus for operating the automatic focus or the optical imaging stabilizing system In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus, comprising a printed wiring board. The printed wiring board comprising a coil and being coupled to an image sensor. Further, the coil, using the magnetic circuitry, is designed to tilt ... | 01/22/2013 |
| 8351771 | Optical element driving device and imaging device An optical element driving device is provided with at least one optical element, a moving member, a fixed member, a first actuator, a first detection element, a second actuator, and a second detection element. The first actuator has a first coil and a first magnet. ... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8351772 | Shake correction apparatus and control method thereof A shake correction apparatus comprises a shake detection unit which detects a shake of an image capture apparatus, a calculation unit which calculates a shake correction amount for correcting an image blur based on an output from the shake detection unit, a shake co... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8351773 | Motion sensing and processing on mobile devices Handheld electronic devices including motion sensing and processing. In one aspect, a handheld electronic device includes a set of motion sensors provided on a single sensor wafer, including at least one gyroscope sensing rotational rate of the device around at leas... | 01/08/2013 |
| 8320753 | Handshake correction apparatus A handshake correction apparatus for correcting shake of a camera includes Hall sensors that detect current position of a correction lens. The Hall sensors include a pair disposed along a virtual extension line crossing a correction lens. The apparatus also includes... | 11/27/2012 |
| 8311404 | Image blur correction apparatus and imaging apparatus An image blur correction apparatus includes: a fixed member; a first driven unit pivotally supported by the fixed member around a first support shaft extending in a direction parallel to an optical axis direction; a second driven unit holding a lens or an imaging de... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8311403 | Imaging apparatus An imaging apparatus includes an optical system, an image pickup device, an image blur correction mechanism, and a holding mechanism having a holding member and a state capable of being switched between a holding state where the holding member is engaged with the im... | 11/13/2012 |
| 8306410 | Photographic device having optical image stabilization module and optical image stabilization photographic device having peripheral driver chip A photographic device having an optical image stabilization (OIS) module includes a compensation unit, a first position sensor, a second position sensor, a first vibration detection unit, a second vibration detection unit, a first actuator, a second actuator and a c... | 11/06/2012 |
| 8295694 | Vibration reduction device and camera A vibration reduction device includes: an optical system that comprises a vibration reduction optical system; a first driving unit that moves the vibration reduction optical system in a first direction; a second driving unit that moves the vibration reduction optica... | 10/23/2012 |
| 8290355 | Lens apparatus A lens apparatus supported by a support member, includes a correction lens for correcting an image blur, a correction lens driving portion for driving the correction lens, a vibration detection portion for detecting vibration of the lens apparatus, and a driving sig... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8290356 | Imaging device with image blurring reduction function In an imaging device including a mechanical image blurring correction and a sensitivity image blurring reduction, a subject-shake amount is calculated based on a motion vector size acquired during a through image process display. Usage percentages of the mechanical ... | 10/16/2012 |
| 8275249 | Lens barrel, camera and lens barrel adjustment device A lens barrel comprises a fixed optical system though which a subject image enters into the lens barrel along with an optical axis, a retreatable blur correction optical system that corrects an image blur by moving within a plane ranging perpendicular to the optical... | 09/25/2012 |
| 8270823 | Shake correction module having pressing portions for photographing apparatuses A shake correction module for a photographing apparatus, including a base plate, a first slider member capable of moving in a first axis direction with respect to the base plate and accommodating a photographing device, a first drive portion moving the first slider ... | 09/18/2012 |
| 8254770 | Lens apparatus A lens apparatus supported by a support member, includes a pan/tilt detection portion for determining whether or not a pan operation and a tilt operation of the support member are performed, based on pan/tilt operation information output from the support member, an ... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8254769 | Anti-shake structure for auto-focus modular An anti-shake structure for auto-focus module includes an auto-focus module for driving a lens to move forward and rearward in a light entering path, i.e. in z-axis direction, so that the lens focuses light on an image sensor; a frame for holding the auto-focus modu... | 08/28/2012 |
| 8249440 | Multi-drive mechanism lens actuator Subject matter disclosed herein may relate to lens actuators used, for example, in auto-focus and/or vibration compensation systems of digital cameras. ... | 08/21/2012 |
| 8244120 | Image stabilizer and anti-vibration camera module using same An image stabilizer includes a stationary member defining a first receiving space and a first central axis, a moveable member received in the first receiving space and spaced from the stationary member, a driving assembly including a first magnetic member fixed to t... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8238736 | Optical unit with shake correcting function and photographic optical device Provided is a photographing optical device, which is able to reliably correct an unintentional movement by hand of a user by improving the constitution of a camera unit driving mechanism for correcting the deflection of a camera unit. In order that a camera unit is ... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8238735 | Driving mechanism and optical equipment To provide a driving mechanism with which a reduction in size is possible. A driving mechanism comprising: an optical component that is provided to be movable; a first driving member that is movable in a first direction; a second driving member that is movable in th... | 08/07/2012 |
| 8233786 | Image shake correction apparatus and image pickup apparatus Provided is an image shake correction apparatus including: an image taking optical system for taking an image of a subject; an angular velocity detection unit for detecting an angular velocity applied to the apparatus and outputting a first signal; an acceleration d... | 07/31/2012 |
| 8224168 | Image pickup apparatus and lens apparatus having mechanical and electronic shutters where blur correction is adjusted according to shutter mode An image pickup apparatus having removably attached thereto a lens apparatus including a blur correction unit includes a selection unit configured to select a first mode in which a mechanical shutter is used to start exposure or a second mode in which an electronic ... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8224169 | Optical unit with shake correcting function An optical imaging device, wherein an imaging unit is displaced to correct the vibrations, and the imaging unit is supported on a stationary object by a total of four suspension wires. A first imaging unit drive mechanism and a second imaging unit drive mechanism ar... | 07/17/2012 |
| 8218958 | Optical apparatus including an image stabilizing apparatus An image stabilizer includes: an optical system movable in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis (“orthogonal plane”) and correcting image blur; a movable member holding the optical system and movable relative to a fixed member in an orthogonal plane; a guide... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8218956 | Driving system and hand tremor compensating apparatus adopting the same A driving system is provided. The driving system includes a fixed substrate, a coil unit which generates an electromagnetic force if an electric current applied, a magnet unit formed on the fixed substrate to face the coil unit, and a plurality of driving units whic... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8218957 | Image stabilizer An image stabilizer is provided, which compensates for an external turbulence caused by hand-shake by moving an imaging unit. The image stabilizer includes a first yoke, a second yoke, and a driving frame interposed between the first yoke and the second yoke and mov... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8213783 | Anti-shake device and optical system having the same An anti-shake device for use in an optical system comprises a biaxial rotating element and a electromagnetic driving module. The biaxial rotating element is made by grooving a thin resilient plate to form a special multiple-frame structure. The biaxial rotating elem... | 07/03/2012 |
| 8200077 | Image blur correction device and imaging apparatus equipped therewith An image blur correction device includes: a movable frame which is equipped with a lens or an imaging element and has a guide part; a fixed frame having a guide supporting part which movably supports the movable frame by coming into contact with the guide part; and ... | 06/12/2012 |
