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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8111469 | Combined gear, lens adjustment mechanism, and electronic device A combined gear includes a pair of first gear and second gear having the same tooth profile and rotatably combined in a state, wherein rotation centers of the gears are coincident. One gear of the pair of gears includes an elastic displacement portion that is biased... | 02/07/2012 |
| 8077398 | Lens driving device comprising magnetic circuit with high magnetic efficiency A lens driving device includes a lens holder including a tubular portion for holding a lens assembly, a driving coil fixed to the lens holder so as to position around the tubular portion, and a yoke including a permanent magnet opposite to the driving coil. The yoke... | 12/13/2011 |
| 8018661 | Lens barrel and optical element driving device A lens barrel has a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a first support frame for supporting the first lens group, a second support frame for supporting the second lens group, a third support frame for supporting the third lens group, a first ... | 09/13/2011 |
| 8004773 | Lens drive mechanism and optical pickup having same A lens drive mechanism includes a drive source; a lead screw that is connected to the drive source and rotated by operation of the drive source; a nut member that screws on the lead screw and moves as the lead screw rotates; a lens hold portion that is so disposed a... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7995289 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a fixed body, a movable body having a lens, a magnetic drive mechanism for magnetically driving the movable body in a lens optical axis direction, and a spring member which connects the movable body with the fixed body. The fixed body... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7990625 | Camera module A camera module includes a zoom lens group, a focus lens group, a barrel, an actuator group comprising a first actuator and a second actuator. The first and second actuators are received in the barrel, and respectively receive the zoom lens group and the focus lens ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7920335 | Movable lens module and optical lens module A movable lens module includes a plate type piezoelectric driving unit, a movable stage, a lens base and a lens group. The movable stage is in contact with the plate type piezoelectric driving unit, and is driven by the plate type piezoelectric driving unit to move.... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7876509 | Platform transport systems A transport system for moving and positioning an object comprising: a tube (24) having an axis of rotation and formed with threads (36) on at least a portion of its surface; at least one platform (126) to which the object (116) is mountab... | 01/25/2011 |
| 7864446 | Lens driver unit, imaging device, and hand-held data terminal device A lens driver unit includes a plurality of lens groups including a first lens group and a second lens group, a first lens frame with first and second engaging portions, a second lens frame with a third engaging portion to engage with the first engaging portion, a le... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7796347 | Lens barrel A lens barrel has a first lens group, a second lens group, a third lens group, a first support frame for supporting the first lens group, a second support frame for supporting the second lens group, a first driving unit, a shutter unit, and an aperture unit. The fir... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7787193 | Imaging device and camera The present invention aims to provide an imaging device and a camera realizing simultaneously a high magnification zoom lens system and the miniaturization of the device. The imaging device (2) includes a first lens group (G1), a second group frame uni... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7787192 | Lens unit and photographing apparatus A lens unit includes: a first lens group arranged in a first optical axis direction of the lens unit, on which a light flux from an object is incident; a second lens group provided closer to an image side than the first lens group and arranged in a second optical ax... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7782547 | Mechanism for controlling position of optical element An optical element position control mechanism includes an optical element holding member, a lead screw rotatable on a rotational axis parallel to movement direction of the optical element holding member, a linearly moving nut screw-engaged with the lead screw and en... | 08/24/2010 |
| 7746564 | Lens barrel A lens barrel includes a first optical element that is allowed to move along an optical axis, a first driven member connected to the first optical element, a second optical element disposed in the optical axis of the first optical element, which is allowed to move a... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7697217 | Lens barrel, image pick-up apparatus and lens position adjustment method A lens barrel comprising: a plurality of lens groups including two lens groups for guiding object light; and a lens drive apparatus for moving the two lens groups in the plurality of lens groups in a direction of an optical axis, the lens drive apparatus includes a ... | 04/13/2010 |
| 7692873 | 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 ... | 04/06/2010 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
