Blur compensation device, lens barrel, and camera device

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9529209-B2
Application number	US-201414323555-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jul 3, 2014
Priority date	Jan 4, 2012
Publication date	Dec 27, 2016
Grant date	Dec 27, 2016

Abstract

A blur compensation device ( 100 ) comprises; a movable member ( 130 ) which is relatively movable to a fixed member ( 140 ); a blur compensation optical member (L 3 ) which is provided with the movable member ( 130 ) and compensates an image blur; first drive parts ( 132, 142 ) which move the movable member ( 130 ) along a first axis (X′) on a drive face crossing an optical axis (L) of the blur compensation optical member (L 3 ); and drive parts ( 132, 142 ) which move the movable member ( 130 ) along a second axis (Y′) crossing the first axis (X′) on the drive face, wherein an intersection point (M) of the first axis (X′) with the second axis (Y′) is located nearer to the gravity center (G) of the movable member ( 130 ) than the center (O) of the blur compensation optical member (L 3 ) on the drive face.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. A blur compensation device comprising:
a movable member provided with a blur compensation member, the movable member is movable relative to a fixed member on a predetermined drive face, for compensating an image blur formed by an optical system, the movable member having a gravity center located away from a center of the blur compensation member;
a first drive member which moves the movable member along a first axis on the predetermined drive face;
a second drive member which moves the movable member along a second axis that crosses the first axis and is on the predetermined drive face;
a first detection part which detects a position of the movable member along a third axis that crosses an optical axis of the optical system; and
a second detection part which detects a position of the movable member along a fourth axis that crosses the third axis and the optical axis of the optical system, wherein
an intersection point of the first axis with the second axis is located nearer to the gravity center of the movable member than the center of the blur compensation member on the predetermined drive face,
the first drive member and the first detection part are placed at a position including an intersection point of the third axis with the first axis, and
the second drive member and the second detection part are placed at a position including an intersection point of the fourth axis with the second axis.

2. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the first axis and the second axis cross at an angle which is not perpendicular.

3. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein each of the first drive member and the second drive member generates a driving force in an inclined direction to the center of the blur compensation member.

4. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the predetermined drive face crosses the optical axis of the optical system.

5. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the blur compensation member is at least a part of the optical system.

6. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the third axis and the fourth axis intersect perpendicularly.

7. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the intersection point of the first axis with the second axis is in between the gravity center of the movable member and the center of the blur compensation member on the predetermined drive face.

8. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , further comprising
a blur detection part which outputs a blur signal in accordance with an image blur formed by the optical system and
a control unit which controls the first drive member and the second drive member by using the blur signal.

9. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 8 , wherein
the control unit controls the first drive member and the second drive member based on a positional information from the first detection part and the second detection part and the blur signal.

10. The blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 , wherein the first drive member and the second drive member are placed with respect to the movable member so that a direction of gravity is in a range of an acute angle formed by crossing the first axis with the second axis.

11. A camera device comprising the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 .

12. A lens barrel comprising the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 1 .

13. A manufacturing method for a blur compensation device, the method comprising the steps of:
providing a movable member provided with a blur compensation member for compensating an image blur formed by an optical system, the movable member is movable relative to a fixed member on a predetermined drive face, the movable member having a gravity center located away from a center of the blur compensation member;
providing a first drive member which moves the movable member along a first axis on the predetermined drive face;
providing a second drive member which moves the movable member along a second axis that crosses the first axis and is on the predetermined drive face;
providing a first detection part which detects a position of the movable member along a third axis that crosses an optical axis of the optical system; and
providing a second detection part which detects a position of the movable member along a fourth axis that crosses the third axis and the optical axis of the optical system, wherein
an intersection point of the first axis with the second axis is located nearer to the gravity center of the movable member than the center of the blur compensation member on the predetermined drive face,
the first drive member and the first detection part are placed at a position including an intersection point of the third axis with the first axis, and
the second drive member and the second detection part are placed at a position including an intersection point of the fourth axis with the second axis.

14. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the first axis and the second axis cross at an angle which is not perpendicular.

15. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein each of the first drive member and the second drive member generate a driving force in an inclined direction to the center of the blur compensation member.

16. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the predetermined drive face crosses the optical axis of the optical system.

17. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the blur compensation member is at least a part of the optical system.

18. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the third axis and the fourth axis intersect perpendicularly.

19. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the intersection point of the first axis with the second axis is in between the gravity center of the movable member and the center of the blur compensation member on the predetermined drive face.

20. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , further comprising the steps of
providing a blur detection part which outputs a blur signal in accordance with an image blur formed by the optical system and
providing a control unit which controls the first drive member and the second drive member by using the blur signal.

21. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 20 , wherein
the control unit controls the first drive member and the second drive member based on a positional information from the first detection part and the second detection part and the blur signal.

22. The manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 , wherein the first drive member and the second drive member are placed with respect to the movable member so that a direction of gravity is in a range of an acute angle formed by crossing the first axis with the second axis.

23. A manufacturing method for a camera device comprising the manufacturing method for the blur compensation device as set forth in claim 13 .

24. A manufacturing method for a lens barrel comprising the manufacturing method for the blur comp

Assignees

• Nikon Corp

Inventors

• Nakamura Kenta
• Tanaka Toshihisa
• Shinohara Takayuki

Classifications

• G02B27/646 Primary

  compensating for small deviations, e.g. due to vibration or shake (movement of one or more optical elements for control of motion blur in cameras, projectors or printers G03B2205/0007; image stabilisation in cameras peculiar to the presence or use of an electronic image sensor H04N23/68) · CPC title

• G03B2205/0015

  by displacing one or more optical elements normal to the optical axis · CPC title

• G02B15/15

  compensation by means of only one movement or by means of only linearly related movements, e.g. optical compensation · CPC title

• Y10T29/49

  Method of mechanical manufacture · CPC title

• G03B5/00

  Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than for focusing · CPC title