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Camera drive device
US9225899B2 · US · B2
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Publication number | US-9225899-B2 |
| Application number | US-201314372275-A |
| Country | US |
| Kind code | B2 |
| Filing date | Nov 14, 2013 |
| Priority date | Nov 16, 2012 |
| Publication date | Dec 29, 2015 |
| Grant date | Dec 29, 2015 |
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A camera driving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a camera section with an imaging plane; a movable unit which houses the camera section inside and includes an attracting magnet and a convex partial sphere on its outer surface; a fixed unit which has a depressed portion in which a magnetic body and the movable unit are loosely fit, which brings the convex partial sphere of the movable unit into a point or line contact with the depressed portion under magnetic attractive force of the attracting magnet to the magnetic body, and which allows the movable unit to rotate freely on the spherical centroid of the first convex partial sphere; a panning driving section; a tilting driving section; a rolling driving section; a camera driving section which shifts an image sensor two-dimensionally in a plane that intersects with the optical axis at right angles and which rotates the image sensor on the optical axis; a first detector which detects the tilt angles of the camera section in the panning and tilting directions; a second detector which detects the angle of rotation of the camera section that is rotating in the rolling direction; and a third detector which detects the magnitudes of shift of the image sensor along the panning rotation axis and the tilting rotation axis.
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The invention claimed is: 1. A camera driving apparatus comprising: a camera section including an image sensor which has an imaging plane, a lens which has an optical axis and which produces a subject image on the imaging plane, and a lens barrel to support the lens; a movable unit which includes at least one attracting magnet, houses the camera section inside, and has a first convex partial sphere on outer surface thereof; a fixed unit which has a depressed portion in which…
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Electricity · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
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Physics · mapped topic
Electricity · mapped topic
- H04N23/6815Primary
Electricity · mapped topic
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- What does patent US9225899B2 cover?
- A camera driving apparatus according to the present invention includes: a camera section with an imaging plane; a movable unit which houses the camera section inside and includes an attracting magnet and a convex partial sphere on its outer surface; a fixed unit which has a depressed portion in which a magnetic body and the movable unit are loosely fit, which brings the convex partial sphere of…
- Who is the assignee on this patent?
- Panasonic Ip Corp America
- What technology area does this patent fall under?
- Primary CPC classification G03B5/00. Mapped technology areas include Physics.
- When was this patent published?
- Publication date Tue Dec 29 2015 00:00:00 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time) (B2). Legal status and post-grant events are not shown on this page.
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