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Image-capturing device with position detector for vibration reduction

Patent 7161621 Issued on January 9, 2007. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject December 31, 2021. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventor: Palum

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Patent #: 5850575
Issued on: 12/15/1998
Inventor: Ohishi

Vibration reduction device
Patent #: 5852749
Issued on: 12/22/1998
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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 10029983 filed on 12/31/2001

US Classes:

348/208.11, Optics, lens shifting348/208.2, Mechanical motion detection (gyros, accelerometers, etc.)348/374, For internal camera components250/239, Housings (in addition to cell casing)358/474, Scanning348/208.8, Variable angle prisms396/52, CAMERA SHAKE SENSING396/55, Having stabilization system396/296, Having display in viewfinder348/208.99, Camera image stabilization524/269Solid polymer derived from ethylenic reactants only

Examiners

Primary: Vu, Ngoc-Yen
Assistant: Lam, Tuan T.

Foreign Patent References

  • 7-248522 JP 09/01/1995
  • 07-248522 JP 09/01/1995
  • 10-062831 JP 06/01/1998

International Class

H04N 5/228

Abstract

An image-capturing device includes: an image-capturing element that converts light to an electrical signal; a photographic lens member that condenses subject light at the image-capturing element; a board on which the image-capturing element is mounted; and an elastic member having one end thereof secured to the photographic lens member and another end thereof secured to the board.

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