Patent ID: 9298015
Filing Date: 2016-03-29
CPC Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Claim Text:
1. An image blur correction apparatus comprising: a lens unit configured to include at least one lens, and configured to be turnable in two different directions along two axes that are orthogonal to an outer housing; a fixed member configured to turnably support the lens unit in the two different directions; a first drive unit configured to be attached to the fixed member, and configured to turn the lens unit in one of the two different directions; and a second drive unit configured to be attached to the fixed member, and configured to turn the lens unit in another of the two different directions, wherein the lens unit, which includes a movable barrel configured to hold an optical element and configured to be movable in a light axis direction, and a support barrel configured to movably support the movable barrel in the light axis direction, is extended and retracted by the movable barrel moving in the light axis direction, and wherein the support barrel is turnably supported by the fixed member to turn along the two axes, and wherein a spherically shaped supported portion is provided on an outer periphery of the support barrel to turnably support the lens unit.