Patent ID: 7643750
Filing Date: 2010-01-05
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographing apparatus, comprising: an image-blur suppression mechanism which moves a photographing element on a photographing plane of which a subject image is formed in an XY plane which is parallel to the photographing plane to follow a displacement of the subject image caused by a camera shake based on a target value obtained by setting an intersection point of a Z axis which is a photographing optical axis and the photographing plane which is perpendicular to the Z axis as a zero point to calculate a displacement amount of the subject image which is caused by the camera shake detected on a main body from the zero point as the target value, the XY plane being a plane including X and Y axes perpendicular to the Z axis, respectively; a computation device which is provided in the main body to process signals from the photographing element and drive the image-blur suppression mechanism; and a flexible base plate which is disposed in the main body with one end connected to the photographing element and the other end fixed relative to the photographing optical axis for connecting the computation device, wherein the image-blur suppression mechanism includes a guide mechanism configured to guide the photographing element in a direction of each of the X and Y axes, wherein the flexible base plate includes a connection extension section which is extended to connect the one end to the other end and has a first extension portion which is extended along the XY plane starting from the one end, a second extension portion which is connected to the first extension portion extending toward the subject viewing from the photographing element, a third extension portion which is connected to the second extension portion extending parallel to the XY plane, and a fourth extension portion which is connected to the third extension portion extending in a direction away from the subject viewing from the photographing element; the connection extension section is folded through a plastic deformation to form a folding line between the first and second extension portions, the second and third extension portions, the third and fourth extension portions, and the fourth extension portion and the other end, respectively; and wherein one of an intersection line between the second extension portion and the third extension portion and an intersection line between the third extension portion and the fourth extension portion is disposed parallel to the X axis and the other of the intersection line between the second extension portion and the third extension portion and the intersection line between the third extension portion and the fourth extension portion is disposed parallel to the Y axis.