Patent ID: 7652712
Filing Date: 2010-01-26
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing apparatus comprising: an imaging device including a light receiving surface and converting an optical image formed on said light receiving surface into an electric signal; an image forming lens guiding an image of a subject to said light receiving surface; a first movable base holding said image forming lens; a fixed part holding said imaging device and supporting said first movable base to be movable translationally in a first direction within a surface perpendicular to an optical axis of said image forming lens and to be rotatable about an axis in parallel to said optical axis and rotatable in a second direction substantially perpendicular to said first direction included in said perpendicular surface; a pair of magnets provided on said fixed part in a position that does not prevent said image of said subject from being guided to said light receiving surface; a pair of coils provided on said first movable base symmetrically relative to a surface defined by the direction of the optical axis of said image forming lens and said first direction, said pair of coils each including an active side substantially in parallel to the direction of said optical axis; and a power supply feeding current to each of said pair of coils, wherein said active side of each of said pair of coils is diametrically opposed to a corresponding one of said pair of magnets opposed to the coil, and a driving force in said first direction or said second direction is obtained by combination of directions of feeding current to said pair of coils.