Patent ID: 8908272
Filing Date: 2014-12-09
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image blur correcting device, comprising: an image pickup element having a rectangular external shape; a movable member that is capable of moving in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis of an image pickup lens and in a second direction orthogonal to the optical axis and to the first direction, and has the image pickup element placed thereon in such a manner that two mutually orthogonal sides of the external shape extend along the first direction and the second direction; a fixed member for supporting the movable member in a movable manner in the first direction and in the second direction; and two first electromagnetic drive means and two second electromagnetic drive means each for driving the movable member, with respect to the fixed member, in the first direction and in the second direction, one of the first electromagnetic drive means and one of the second electromagnetic drive means are aligned side by side on one of the two mutually orthogonal sides and along the second direction, and the other of the first electromagnetic drive means and the other of the second electromagnetic drive means are aligned side by side on a third side of the rectangular external shape and along the second direction, when viewed in a direction perpendicular to a light receiving surface of the image pickup element, wherein the third side is opposite the one of the two mutually orthogonal sides, wherein the fixed member has a plurality of guide shafts, wherein the movable member has a plurality of bearing portions having the plurality of guide shafts passed therethrough, wherein the bearing portions abut to outer peripheries of the guide shafts at three points when viewed in the direction perpendicular to the light receiving surface of the image pickup element, so that the fixed member slidably supports the movable member, wherein the two first electromagnetic drive means are each provided with a first coil disposed on the movable member and first magnets formed of a plurality of permanent magnets which are disposed on the fixed member so as to be opposed to the first coil and are arranged side by side in the first direction as being subjected to heteropolar bonding; and wherein the two second electromagnetic drive means are each provided with a second coil disposed on the movable member and a second magnet formed of a plurality of permanent magnets which are disposed on the fixed member so as to be opposed to the second coil and are arranged side by side in the second direction as being subjected to heteropolar bonding; image blur correcting device further comprising: a first Hall element disposed on the movable member so as to be opposed to either of the first magnets; and two second Hall elements disposed on the movable member so as to be opposed to each of the second magnets, wherein the first magnets respectively include a plurality of permanent magnets subjected to heteropolar bonding, a number of the permanent magnets in one of the first magnets being different from a number of the permanent magnets in the other of the first magnets; and wherein the first coil being opposed to the one or the other of the first magnets having a larger number of the permanent magnets coincides, in the center thereof, with a position of an end surface of an outermost permanent magnet, the outermost permanent magnet being included in the one or the other of the first magnets to which the first coil is opposed, and the first Hall element and the second Hall elements are arranged so as to be opposed to a boundary of the heteropolar bondings, when the center of the light receiving surface of the image pickup element intersects with the optical axis of the image pickup lens, when viewed from a direction along the optical axis.