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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7936523 | Lens drive device A lens drive device may include a support 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 connected between the support body and the movable body. The magn... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7924514 | Moveable assembly, microactuator having same, and camera module including the microactuator A moveable assembly includes a frame, resilient suspension arms made of carbon nanotube bundles, and a moveable member. The frame is disposed around the moveable member. Each of the resilient suspension arms includes a first end fixed to the frame, and a second end ... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7894145 | Lens adjusting device and image tracking system with the same A lens adjusting device (100) includes an optical module (10) and a driver module (20). The driver module includes a seat (22), at least one magnet (24) and at least one winding (26). The optical module is rotatably fixed on... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7859774 | Objective lens actuator and a disc apparatus using the same therein An objective lens actuator which drives an objective lens in a focusing direction and a tracking direction, so as to focus lights on a recording surface of an optical disc, as a recording medium of information. The objective lens actuator includes a magnet, a lens h... | 12/28/2010 |
| 7760448 | Image stabilization control circuit A image stabilization control circuit for an image capturing device, wherein a gyro-equalizer (24) integrates an angular velocity signal from a gyro-sensor (12) in an integration circuit (46). The integration circuit (46) is composed of a... | 07/20/2010 |
| 7746579 | Lens actuator A lens actuator includes a housing, a plurality of magnets, a base, and a coil-wrapped lens barrel. The housing includes a top panel, and a plurality of side panels cooperatively defining an accommodating space. The top panel defines a light passage. Each of the mag... | 06/29/2010 |
| 7715124 | Optical element driving device and imaging apparatus A lens driving device includes a lens, a moving member that supports the lens, a stationary member that movably supports the moving member, a pitch drive mechanism that drives the moving member in the pitch correction direction, and a yaw drive mechanism that drives... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7684131 | Method and a device for positioning an element in an optical system The disclosure generally relates to methods, devices, systems and components configured to position an element in a lens assembly, such as a lens assembly for microlithography, in which the element to be positioned is moved from an actual position to a target positi... | 03/23/2010 |
| 7672068 | Sub-micron adjustable mount for supporting a component and method An optical assembly includes a light path and at least one optic to be positioned in the path. A support arrangement supports the optic having a foot arrangement including at least one foot that receives a direct manipulation with the foot slidingly engaged against ... | 03/02/2010 |
| 7663818 | Voice coil type lens drive assembly By maintaining a relative position of coils of a movable unit with respect to fixed magnets in a normal state to stabilize a relative position of the movable unit with respect to the whole of a lens drive assembly, the lens drive assembly is provided as an assembly ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7652833 | Camera module A camera module for small-sized electronic apparatuses such as digital cameras and cellular phones includes a lens unit; and a holder which houses the lens unit and is displaceable along an optical axis direction of the lens unit. A coil is provided on the holder of... | 01/26/2010 |
| 7612953 | Optical element module and image pickup device An optical element module includes an optical element, and a plurality of actuator elements. In the module, each actuator element has an ion conductive polymer film and electrodes arranged on both sides of the film, and a whole of the actuator element is bent in a d... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7558010 | Optical pick-up actuator and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus including the optical pick-up actuator An optical pick-up actuator having a servo control system with increased stability includes a base, a lens holder mounted on the base to be tiltable about a tilting axis of the lens holder, at least one objective lens being mounted on the lens holder, and at least o... | 07/07/2009 |
| 7483222 | Objective lens actuator and optical pickup device having the same An objective lens actuator according to the present invention is provided with a gel holder having a gel holding hole into which suspension wires to hold an objective lens holder are inserted, a gel injection hole connected to the gel holding hole is formed in a rou... | 01/27/2009 |
| 7457057 | Disk drive device and optical disk apparatus equipped with the same An optical disk apparatus that includes: a disk drive device having a guide shaft secured to a chassis and an optical pickup which is rotatably attached to the guide shaft and moves along the guide shaft. The optical pickup comprises a lens holder holding an objecti... | 11/25/2008 |
| 7446959 | Actuator and auto-focus imaging system using same An actuator includes at least one actuator unit. The actuator unit includes a ring, a plurality of first actuator elements, and a plurality of second actuator elements disposed on the ring. Each of the first actuator elements includes a first driving piece and a sec... | 11/04/2008 |
| 7440202 | Lens drive apparatus Shafts are fixed to a base and extend in a direction parallel to a center axis of a through hole of the base. Two yoke arrangements are installed to the shafts. A lens holder frame holds a lens, which has an optical axis parallel to the central axis of the through h... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7440201 | Lens driving device and portable equipment with camera A lens driving device includes a moving body having a lens and a drive magnet that is moveable with the lens in an optical axis direction of the lens, and a fixed body that moveably supports the moving body in the optical axis direction. The fixed body includes a fi... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7436606 | Optical component module and camera module There are provided an optical component module and a camera module capable of preventing damage to the camera module, particularly the optical component module against an impact applied from the outside due to falling, etc. of an apparatus on which the camera module... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7430081 | Sub-micron adjustable mount for supporting a component and method An optical assembly includes a light path and at least one optic to be positioned in the path. A support arrangement supports the optic having a foot arrangement including at least one foot that receives a direct manipulation with the foot slidingly engaged against ... | 09/30/2008 |
| 7420752 | Holding apparatus A holding apparatus provided with a holding portion for holding a flange portion of an optical element. The holding portion includes a bearing surface block having a bearing surface, which contacts the flange portion, and a bearing surface block support mechanism, w... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7405892 | Lens module A lens module including a base, a sleeve, a lens, a magnetic permeable column, a coil supporter, a coil, and a magnet set is provided. A bottom of the base has a plurality of bumps. The sleeve is rotatably disposed on the bumps. The lens is disposed in the sleeve, a... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7403349 | Optical pickup actuator, optical pickup, and optical recording and/or reproducing apparatus An optical pickup actuator having: a holder positioned at one side of a base; a lens holder on which an objective lens is mounted, a magnetic driving portion having focusing coils, tracking coils, and tilting coils, and a magnet used to drive the lens holder in focu... | 07/22/2008 |
| 7369335 | Optical pickup actuator An optical pickup actuator includes a bobbin, support members, and a pair of magnetic circuits. An objective lens is mounted on the bobbin. The support members have first ends fixed on sides of the bobbin and second ends fixed to a holder placed on a portion of a ba... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7365925 | Method of aligning optical elements A method of aligning an optomechanical assembly and an optomechanical assembly are described. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7358982 | Imaging device for a printing press An imaging device (10) for a printing form (12), in particular in a printing unit (82) of a printing press (84), having at least one light source (14) and an imaging optics (18) for projecting the at least one light source (... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7355802 | Driving device, lens barrel and imaging apparatus A driving device including: a vibrating body composed of a plurality of electric elements which are arranged to intersect in a predetermined angle, to vibrate based on a high frequency signal; a driven member having disk shape to be rotated by vibration of the vibra... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7349295 | Optical head device A lens holder (101) holds an objective lens (4) and a support shaft (103) is inserted in a bearing hole (101a) in the lens holder (101). Light that is emitted from a light source and reflected by an information recording med... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7345835 | Lens barrel A lens barrel is provided which has a compact inner lens mechanism and is able to be manufactured in a small size at low cost. In the lens barrel according to the present invention, a number of shafts can be reduced by making a guiding shaft to be a common guiding s... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7330405 | Objective lens driving device for optical head An objective lens driving device for an optical head has a lens holder including one or more tracking coils, one or more focusing coils, a plurality of wires which supply control currents to the tracking coils and the focusing coils and which support the lens holder... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7319564 | Objective lens driving apparatus In an objective lens driving apparatus which includes a lens holder (22) provided with a plurality of coils (23, 24) and swingably supported by a suspension wire (28), and a magnet (27) for supplying a driving force to the lens holder by ... | 01/15/2008 |
| 7317675 | Method of manufacturing optical head An integrated unit in which a light source and a light emitting diode are combined into one component is fixed to an optical bench. Then, relative position adjustment of an objective lens actuator is carried out with respect to the optical bench so that a desired de... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7295388 | Lens module A lens module using electromagnetic force to drive the focus-adjusting lens is disclosed. The lens module includes a base, two steel plates, four springs, a bottom plate, a lens holder, a coil, a lens, a top plate, two magnets, a magnet housing and a top cover. The ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7295770 | Anti-shake apparatus An anti-shake apparatus of a photographing apparatus, comprises a movable unit, a fixed unit, and an urging member. The movable unit has one of an imaging device and a hand-shake correcting lens, and can be moved in first and second directions. The first direction i... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7291942 | Autofocus actuator An autofocus actuator is provided with a yoke 320 that comprises an inner cylindrical portion 321 defining an insertion bore 35 through which a hollow body portion of a holder is adapted to be received and an outer cylindrical portion 322... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7286448 | Actuator for use in pickup device in reducing lens distortion Provided is an actuator for use in a pickup device, which can improve the quality of the pickup device by reducing a lens distortion even when the frequency of an electromagnetic drive rises beyond a servo band and causes resonance of a lens holder. An adhesive laye... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7285879 | Autofocus actuator An autofocus actuator 1 is provided with a yoke 300 that comprises an inner cylindrical portion 301 defining an insertion bore through which a hollow body portion of a holder is adapted to be received and an outer cylindrical portion 302 ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280442 | Slim-type optical pick-up actuator for recording/reproducing device An optical type pick-up actuator can include a lens holder having an object lens for condensing a light on an optical disc mounted at one side thereof and activated in a predetermined direction, and a plurality of yokes and magnets facing one another. A focusing coi... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7269120 | Optical pickup An optical pickup includes a radiating plate made to abut against a rear surface of a laser diode by positioning an engaging hole provided penetratingly in a central portion of the radiating plate concentrically with the laser diode. Slits are formed in the radiatin... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7262926 | Lens barrel There is described a lens barrel including; a plurality of lens units; an actuator to move at least a lens unit included in the plurality of lens units; and a housing member. The actuator includes: a vibrating device constituted by two vibrating members, each of whi... | 08/28/2007 |
