Patent ID: 8098982
Filing Date: 2012-01-17
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image shake correction apparatus, comprising: a fixed member fixed in three directions including a direction of an optical axis, a first direction perpendicular to the direction of the optical axis, and a second direction perpendicular to both of the direction of the optical axis and the first direction; a first guide shaft extending in the first direction, said first guide shaft being fixedly attached to said fixed member; a second guide shaft extending in the second direction, said fixed member being supported by said second guide shaft; an intermediate member supported on said first guide shaft and said second guide shaft for movement in one of the first and second directions but against movement in the other of the first and second directions with respect to said fixed member; and a movable member having a lens or an image pickup device held thereon and having said second guide shaft fixedly attached thereto and having a portion which directly contacts the first guide shaft such that said movable member is supported on said first and second guide shafts for movement in the first and second directions with respect to said fixed member and for movement in the other of the first and second directions but against movement in the one of the first and second directions with respect to said intermediate member, said intermediate member and said movable member being moved integrally with each other in the one of the first and second directions with respect to said fixed member while said movable member is moved in the other of the first and second directions with respect to said fixed member to correct image shake.