Patent ID: 7515815
Filing Date: 2009-04-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: a guiding device configured to guide at least one radially-retractable optical element, serving as part of a photographing optical system, along a guide direction between a photographing position on a common optical axis of said photographing optical system and a radially-retracted position away from said common optical axis in a plane orthogonal to said common optical axis; a detector configured to detect a direction and a magnitude of vibration applied to said photographing optical system; and a common actuator configured to move said radially-retractable optical element along said guide direction to counteract said vibration in accordance with an output of said detector when said radially-retractable optical element is in said photographing position, and for moving said radially-retractable optical element along said guide direction between said photographing position and said radially-retracted position.