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LENS BARREL HAVING AN IMAGE-STABILIZING INSERTABLE/REMOVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT - Patent application
Patent application title: LENS BARREL HAVING AN IMAGE-STABILIZING INSERTABLE/REMOVABLE OPTICAL ELEMENT
Shinya Suzuka (Saitama, JP)
Patent application number: 20120218636
A lens barrel having an insertable/removable optical element includes an
advancing/retracting member, an anti-shake frame supported by the
advancing/retracting member, an insertable/removable frame holding the
insertable/removable optical element and supported by the anti-shake
frame, an anti-shake drive mechanism, and a removal drive mechanism which
moves the insertable/removable frame between the insertion and the
removed positions. The anti-shake drive mechanism includes first and
second anti-shake drive actuators positioned on the opposite side of the
insertion position from the removed position and are respectively
positioned on opposite sides of a straight line connecting a center of
the insertable/removable optical element at the insertion position and at
the removed position. Directions of driving forces produced by the first
and second anti-shake drive actuators are at right angles to each other.Claims:
1. A lens barrel having an image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical
element provided in a photographing optical system, said lens barrel
comprising: an advancing/retracting member which is movable in an optical
axis direction of said photographing optical system, wherein said
advancing/retracting member is moved between a ready-to-photograph state
and a lens barrel accommodated state in which no pictures are taken; an
anti-shake frame supported by said advancing/retracting member, said
anti-shake frame being movable relative to said advancing/retracting
member in a plane orthogonal to said optical axis; an
insertable/removable frame which holds said image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element and is supported by said anti-shake
frame to be rotatable about a rotational shaft that is parallel to said
optical axis between an insertion position at which said
image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element is positioned on
said optical axis and a removed position at which said image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element is removed from said optical axis;
an anti-shake drive mechanism which drives said anti-shake frame to
perform an image-stabilizing operation in accordance with vibrations
applied to said photographing optical system; and a removal drive
mechanism which moves said insertable/removable frame between said
insertion position and said removed position when said
advancing/retracting member moves between said ready-to-photograph state
and said lens barrel accommodated state, respectively, wherein said
anti-shake drive mechanism comprises a first anti-shake drive actuator
and a second anti-shake drive actuator, each of which includes a coil
that is supported by one of said advancing/retracting member and said
anti-shake frame and a permanent magnet that is supported by the other of
said advancing/retracting member and said anti-shake frame, respectively,
wherein said first anti-shake drive actuator and said second anti-shake
drive actuator are both positioned on the opposite side of said insertion
position of said image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element
from said removed position of said image-stabilizing insertable/removable
optical element, and are respectively positioned on opposite sides of a
straight line which connects a center of said image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element in said insertion position and a
center of said image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element in
said removed position, and wherein directions of driving forces
respectively produced by said first anti-shake drive actuator and said
second anti-shake drive actuator when said coils thereof are energized
2. The lens barrel according to claim 1, wherein said
advancing/retracting member comprises a first group of three flat
surfaces orthogonal to said optical axis, wherein said anti-shake frame
comprises a second group of three flat surfaces orthogonal to said
optical axis which face said first group of three flat surfaces,
respectively, wherein said lens barrel further comprises: three guide
balls installed between said first group of three flat surfaces and said
second group of three flat surfaces, respectively, and at least one
spring installed between said advancing/retracting member and said
anti-shake frame to bias said advancing/retracting member and said
anti-shake frame in directions to approach each other to make said first
group of three flat surfaces and said second group of three flat surfaces
press against said three guide balls, respectively.
3. The lens barrel according to claim 2, wherein one of said three guide
balls is positioned between said first anti-shake drive actuator and said
second anti-shake drive actuator and lies on an extension of said
straight line, and wherein the other two of said three guide balls are
positioned on opposite sides of said straight line, respectively, at
bilaterally symmetrical positions, with respect to said image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element at said insertion position of said
insertable/removable frame.
4. The lens barrel according to claim 1, further comprising two movement
limiters arranged on opposite sides of said straight line, respectively,
to limit a moving range of said anti-shake frame, each of said movement
limiters comprising: a projection which projects from one of said
advancing/retracting member and said anti-shake frame in said optical
axis direction; and a hole which is formed in the other of said
advancing/retracting member and said anti-shake frame so that said
projection is loosely fitted in said hole.Description:
[0002] The present invention relates to a lens barrel having an
image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element which can be moved
to correct image shake and removed to a position outside an anti-shake
driving range of the optical element.
[0004] There has been an increasing number of optical devices such as
cameras which are equipped with an anti-shake mechanism
(image-stabilizing mechanism/shake reduction mechanism/image stabilizing
mechanism) that moves a specific optical element such as a lens element
or an image sensor (image pickup device) in a plane orthogonal to an
optical axis of an optical system to reduce (correct) image shake. In
Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2007-101993, a technique for
removing (radially retracting) an image-stabilizing optical element to a
position outside an anti-shake driving range (to a position off an
optical axis of the optical system) when an optical device that
incorporates the anti-shake mechanism moves from an operating state to a
lens barrel accommodated state (fully retracted state/non-operating
state) in which no pictures are taken, has been proposed for the purpose
of making a lens barrel compact in size.
[0005] In the lens barrel disclosed in the aforementioned Japanese
Unexamined Patent Publication, an image-stabilizing insertable/removable
optical element is held by an insertable/removable frame which is
supported to be rotatable about a rotational axis parallel to the optical
axis by an anti-shake frame that is driven to correct image shake, and a
pair of anti-shake drive actuators (electromagnetic actuators), the
directions of driving forces (thrust) of which are made at right angles
to each other, are used to drive the anti-shake frame. However, the pair
of anti-shake drive actuators shown in the aforementioned Japanese
Unexamined Patent Publication may interfere with the image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element when the insertable/removable frame
is driven to rotate (swing) between an insertion position, at which the
said optical axis, and a removed position, at which the image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element is removed from the optical axis.
Accordingly, the configuration of the pair of anti-shake drive actuators
has been an obstacle in achieving miniaturization of the lens barrel
and/or an obstacle to increasing the size of the pair of anti-shake drive
actuators (in order to improve the image stabilization capability).
[0006] The present invention has been devised in view of the
above-mentioned drawbacks and provides a lens barrel having an
driving range of the optical element, wherein the image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element is held by an insertable/removable
frame which is supported to be rotatable about a rotational axis parallel
to an optical axis by an anti-shake frame that is driven to correct image
shake, and wherein there is no possibility of the image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element interfering with any of the
anti-shake drive actuators of an anti-shake drive mechanism, and wherein
miniaturization (reduction in diameter) of the lens barrel is possible.
In addition, the present invention provides a lens barrel having the
aforementioned image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element,
wherein the image stabilization capability of the anti-shake drive
actuators can be improved by being increased in size without sacrificing
miniaturization of the lens barrel.
[0007] According to an aspect of the present invention, a lens barrel is
provided having an image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element
provided in a photographing optical system, the lens barrel including an
advancing/retracting member which is movable in an optical axis direction
of the photographing optical system, wherein the advancing/retracting
member is moved between a ready-to-photograph state and a lens barrel
accommodated state in which no pictures are taken; an anti-shake frame
supported by the advancing/retracting member, the anti-shake frame being
movable relative to the advancing/retracting member in a plane orthogonal
to the optical axis; an insertable/removable frame which holds the
image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element and is supported
by the anti-shake frame to be rotatable about a rotational shaft that is
parallel to the optical axis between an insertion position at which the
the optical axis and a removed position at which the image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element is removed from the optical axis; an
anti-shake drive mechanism which drives the anti-shake frame to perform
an image-stabilizing operation in accordance with vibrations applied to
the photographing optical system; and a removal drive mechanism which
moves the insertable/removable frame between the insertion position and
the removed position when the advancing/retracting member moves between
the ready-to-photograph state and the lens barrel accommodated state,
respectively. The anti-shake drive mechanism includes a first anti-shake
drive actuator and a second anti-shake drive actuator, each of which
includes a coil that is supported by one of the advancing/retracting
member and the anti-shake frame and a permanent magnet that is supported
by the other of the advancing/retracting member and the anti-shake frame,
respectively. The first anti-shake drive actuator and the second
anti-shake drive actuator are both positioned on the opposite side of the
insertion position of the image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical
element from the removed position of the image-stabilizing
insertable/removable optical element, and are respectively positioned on
opposite sides of a straight line which connects a center of the
image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element in the insertion
position and a center of the image-stabilizing insertable/removable
optical element in the removed position. Directions of driving forces
respectively produced by the first anti-shake drive actuator and the
second anti-shake drive actuator when the coils thereof are energized are
[0008] It is desirable for the advancing/retracting member to include a
first group of three flat surfaces orthogonal to the optical axis,
wherein the anti-shake frame includes a second group of three flat
surfaces orthogonal to the optical axis which face the first group of
three flat surfaces, respectively. The lens barrel further includes three
guide balls installed between the first group of three flat surfaces and
the second group of three flat surfaces, respectively, and at least one
spring installed between the advancing/retracting member and the
anti-shake frame to bias the advancing/retracting member and the
anti-shake frame in directions to approach each other to make the first
group of three flat surfaces and the second group of three flat surfaces
press against the three guide balls, respectively.
[0009] It is desirable for one of the three guide balls to be positioned
between the first anti-shake drive actuator and the second anti-shake
drive actuator and to lie on an extension of the straight line, and for
the other two of the three guide balls to be positioned on opposite sides
of the straight line, respectively, at bilaterally symmetrical positions,
with respect to the image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical
element at the insertion position of the insertable/removable frame.
[0010] It is desirable for the lens barrel to include two movement
limiters arranged on opposite sides of the straight line, respectively,
to limit a moving range of the anti-shake frame, each of the movement
limiters including a projection which projects from one of the
advancing/retracting member and the anti-shake frame in the optical axis
direction, and a hole which is formed in the other of the
advancing/retracting member and the anti-shake frame so that the
projection is loosely fitted in the hole.
[0011] According to the present invention, in the lens barrel having an
driving range of the optical element and which is supported by an
insertable/removable frame that is supported by an anti-shake frame to be
rotatable about a rotational shaft parallel to an optical axis, there is
no possibility of the image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical
element interfering with either of the first and second anti-shake drive
actuators of the anti-shake drive mechanism; hence, the lens barrel can
be miniaturized (reduced in diameter). In addition, since neither of the
first and second anti-shake drive actuators interfere with the
image-stabilizing insertable/removable optical element, the image
stabilization capability of the first and second anti-shake drive
[0012] The present disclosure relates to subject matter contained in
Japanese Patent Applications Nos. 2011-42027 (filed on Feb. 28, 2011) and
2011-65804 (filed on Mar. 24, 2011) which are expressly incorporated
[0013] The present invention will be described below in detail with
[0014] FIG. 1 is a rear exploded perspective view of an embodiment of an
anti-shake lens unit according to the present invention that is designed
for a lens shutter camera having a retractable photographic lens;
[0015] FIG. 2 is an exploded rear perspective view of the anti-shake lens
unit with a sensor holder and a linear moving ring dismounted;
[0016] FIG. 3 is a rear perspective view of the anti-shake lens unit and a
insertion/removal control-projection in the middle of the lens barrel
retracting operation of the lens barrel;
[0017] FIG. 4 is a rear perspective view of an insertable/removable frame
and a removal drive lever, showing the positional relationship
therebetween in a ready-to-photograph state of the lens barrel;
[0018] FIG. 5 is a rear perspective view of the insertable/removable frame
and the removal drive lever in the ready-to-photograph state of the lens
barrel, viewed from a different angle;
[0019] FIG. 6 is a rear elevational view of part of the anti-shake lens
unit in the ready-to-photograph state of the lens barrel, viewed from the
image plane side;
[0020] FIG. 7 is a rear elevational view that shows elements of the
anti-shake lens unit shown in FIG. 6 which are driven during an
image-stabilizing operation and coils shown in FIG. 6;
[0021] FIG. 8 is a diagram of the elements of an anti-shake drive actuator
shown in FIG. 7 shown in a manner to emphasize these elements;
[0022] FIG. 9 is a rear elevational view of the portion of the anti-shake
lens unit shown in FIG. 6 in a lens barrel accommodated state
(fully-retracted state) of the lens barrel;
[0023] FIG. 10 is a rear elevational view of elements of the anti-shake
lens unit shown in FIG. 9 which are driven during an image-stabilizing
operation and the coils shown in FIG. 9;
[0024] FIG. 11 is a diagram of the elements of the anti-shake drive
actuator shown in FIG. 10 shown in a manner to emphasize these elements;
[0025] FIG. 12 is a rear elevational view of the anti-shake lens unit in
the ready-to-photograph state with the linear moving ring and the sensor
holder removed, viewed from the image plane side;
[0026] FIG. 13 is a sectional view taken along the line A-A shown in FIG.
[0027] FIG. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line B-B shown in FIG.
[0028] An anti-shake lens unit 10 shown in FIGS. 1 through 3 supports an
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens (insertable/removable
image-stabilizing optical element) 12 which constitutes a part of a
photographing optical system of a lens barrel of a camera. As shown in
FIG. 1, the anti-shake lens unit 10 is provided with a linear moving ring
(advancing/retracting member) 14, and is provided in the linear moving
ring 14 with a shutter unit (advancing/retracting member) 16, an
anti-shake frame 18, an insertable/removable frame 20, a sensor holder
22, a removal drive lever (removal drive mechanism/rotational relay
member) 24 and a pair of anti-shake drive actuators (anti-shake drive
mechanism) 26.
[0029] Although the overall structure of the lens barrel in which the
anti-shake lens unit 10 is incorporated is not shown in the drawings, the
linear moving ring 14 is supported inside the lens barrel thereby in a
manner to be linearly movable in a direction along a photographing
optical axis O of the photographing optical system, and the linear moving
ring 14 is moved toward an image plane from the object side when the lens
barrel is brought into a lens barrel accommodated state (fully retracted
state) from a ready-to-photograph state. In the following descriptions,
the optical axis direction refers to a direction along or parallel to the
photographing optical axis O, and the front and the rear refer to the
front (object side) and the rear (image plane side) with respect to the
optical axis direction. A known cam mechanism or the like can be adapted
as a mechanism for moving the linear moving ring 14 in the optical axis
[0030] The linear moving ring 14 is provided with a cylindrical portion
14a which surrounds the photographing optical axis O, and the shutter
unit 16 is fixed to the inside of the cylindrical portion 14a. The
shutter unit 16 is provided with a shutter housing 16a including a
shutter (not shown) and has a photographing aperture 16b (see FIG. 1)
which extends through a center of the shutter housing 16a in the optical
axis direction. A shutter actuator provided in the shutter unit 16 drives
the above-mentioned shutter to open and shut the photographing aperture
16b. The shutter housing 16a is provided, at three different
circumferential positions on the outer periphery of the shutter housing
16a, with three spring hook projections 16c (only one of which is shown
in FIGS. 1 and 2), respectively, and is provided on a rear surface
thereof with two movement limit projections (movement limiter) 16d and
three ball support holes 16e. The ball support holes 16e are bottomed
holes which are open toward the rear (see FIG. 13).
[0031] The anti-shake frame 18 is supported at the rear of the shutter
unit 16. As shown in FIG. 13, three ball contact surfaces 18a are formed
on the front of the anti-shake frame 18 that faces the shutter unit 16,
and three guide balls (anti-shake guide members) 28 are held between the
three ball contact surfaces 18a and the bottoms of the three ball support
holes 16e, respectively. As mentioned above, the shutter unit 16 is
provided with the three ball support holes 16e, and the three ball
contact surfaces 18a and the three guide balls 28 are provided to
correspond to the three ball support holes 16e. The three ball contact
surfaces 18a are flat surfaces which lie in a plane substantially
orthogonal to the photographing optical axis O. The three guide balls 28
are loosely fitted in the three ball support holes 16e, respectively, so
that there is a clearance between each guide ball 28 and the inner wall
of the associated ball support hole 16e in directions substantially
orthogonal to the photographing optical axis O. When positioned in the
vicinity of the center of the associated support hole 16e, each guide
ball 28 does not come in contact with the inner wall of the associated
ball support hole 16e.
[0032] The anti-shake frame 18 is provided, at three different
circumferential positions on the outer periphery thereof, with three
spring hook projections 18b, respectively, and three extension springs
(anti-shake frame biasing member/first biaser) 30 are extended and
installed between the three spring hook projections 18b and the three
spring hook projections 16c, respectively. The anti-shake frame 18 is
biased in a direction to approach the shutter unit 16 (i.e., is biased
forward) by the biasing force of the three extension springs 30 to make
the three ball contact surfaces 18a press against the three guide balls
28, respectively, to thereby prevent the anti-shake frame 18 from moving
forward. In this state, the three ball contact surfaces 18a are in point
contact with the three guide balls 28, respectively, and the anti-shake
frame 18 can freely move in directions orthogonal to the photographing
optical axis O by making the three ball contact surfaces 18a slidingly
contact the three guide balls 28 (or while making the three guide balls
28 roll when the three guide balls 28 are not in contact with the inner
walls of the three ball support holes 16e, respectively).
[0033] The anti-shake frame 18 is further provided with two movement limit
holes (movement limiter) 18c into which the two movement limit
projections 16d of the shutter unit 16 are inserted, respectively. As
shown in FIGS. 6 through 12, the inner wall of each movement limit hole
18c is rectangular, generally square in shape in a plane substantially
orthogonal to the photographing optical axis O. In the following
descriptions, the direction of one of the two diagonal lines across the
inner wall of each movement limit hole 18c in a plane orthogonal to the
photographing optical axis O refers to the
[0034] X-axis direction and the direction of the other diagonal line
refers to the Y-axis direction. The anti-shake frame 18 can freely move
relative to the shutter unit 16 (the linear moving ring 14) in a plane
orthogonal to the photographing optical axis O within a range until the
movement limit projections 16d come into contact with the inner walls of
the two movement limit holes 18c, respectively.
[0035] The anti-shake frame 18 is driven by the pair of anti-shake drive
actuators 26. Each of the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 is
provided with two coils 31 and 32 which are supported by the shutter unit
16, and is further provided with two permanent magnets 34 and 36 which
are supported by the anti-shake frame 18. The two permanent magnets 34
and 36 are fixed to two magnet holding portions 18d and 18e,
respectively, which are provided on the anti-shake frame 18. The
permanent magnets 34 and 36 are substantially identical in shape and size
to each other. Each of the permanent magnets 34 and 36 is in the shape of
a narrow, thin rectangular plate. The permanent magnets 34 and 36 are
arranged symmetrically with respect to an imaginary plane P (see FIGS. 6
through 12) which lies on the photographing optical axis O and extends in
the Y-axis direction. More specifically, opposite sides of a magnetic
pole boundary line M1 (see FIGS. 8 and 11) of the permanent magnet 34
which extends in the lengthwise direction thereof and passes through an
approximate center of the permanent magnet 34 with respect to the width
thereof are magnetized into north and south poles, respectively, while
opposite sides of a magnetic pole boundary line M2 (see FIGS. 8 and 11)
of the permanent magnet 36 which extends in the lengthwise direction
thereof and passes through an approximate center of the permanent magnet
36 with respect to the width thereof are magnetized into north and south
[0036] In other words, each of the magnetic pole boundary lines M1 and M2
define a boundary between north and south poles of each of the permanent
magnets 34 and 36, respectively. The magnetic pole boundary line M1 of
the permanent magnet 34 and the magnetic pole boundary line M2 of the
permanent magnet 36 are inclined to each other so that the distance
therebetween (i.e., the distance from the imaginary plane P) increases in
an increasingly upward direction (toward a removed position of the
insertable/removable frame 20 which will be discussed later) from the
bottom end in the Y-axis direction (from an insertion position side of
the insertable/removable frame 20 which will be discussed later). The
inclination angle of each magnetic pole boundary line M1 and M2 with
respect to the imaginary plane P is set to approximately 45 degrees.
Namely, the lengthwise directions (the magnetic pole boundary lines M1
and M2) of the permanent magnets 34 and 36 are substantially orthogonal
[0037] As shown in FIGS. 1, 8 and 11, each of the coils 31 and 32 is an
air-core coil which includes a pair of elongated portions that are
substantially parallel to each other and a pair of curved (U-shaped)
portions which connect the pair of elongated portions at respective ends
thereof. The coils 31 and 32 are substantially identical in shape and
size to each other. The shutter housing 16a is provided on the rear
thereof with a pair of positioning projections 16f and a pair of
positioning projections 16g (see FIG. 1). The coil 31 is supported on the
shutter unit 16 with the pair of positioning projections 16f engaged into
the air-core portion of the coil 31, and the coil 32 is supported on the
shutter unit 16 with the pair of positioning projections 16g engaged into
the air-core portion of the coil 32. In this supporting state, the
lengthwise direction of the coil 31 is substantially parallel to the
magnetic pole boundary line M1 and the lengthwise direction of the coil
32 is substantially parallel to the magnetic pole boundary line M2. The
coils 31 and 32 are connected to a flexible PWB (printed wiring board
(not shown)) which extends from the shutter unit 16, and are further
connected to a control circuit board of the camera, in which the present
embodiment of the anti-shake lens unit 10 is incorporated, via another
flexible PWB (not shown) provided inside the lens barrel. The control of
power that is applied to the coils 31 and 32 is performed by a control
circuit on the above-mentioned control circuit board.
[0038] In each of the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 that has the
above described structure, the coil 31 and the permanent magnet 34 face
each other in the optical axis direction, and a driving force is
generated in a direction substantially orthogonal to the magnetic pole
boundary line M1 of the permanent magnet 34 (i.e., orthogonal to the
lengthwise direction of the coil 31) in a plane orthogonal to the optical
axis O upon the coil 31 being energized. The direction of action of this
driving force is shown by a double-headed arrow F1 in FIGS. 8, 11 and 12.
In addition, the coil 32 and the permanent magnet 36 face each other in
the optical axis direction as shown in FIG. 14, and a driving force is
boundary line M2 of the permanent magnet 36 (i.e., orthogonal to the
lengthwise direction of the coil 32) in a plane orthogonal to the optical
axis O upon the coil 32 being energized. The direction of action of this
driving force is shown by a double-headed arrow F2 in FIGS. 8, 11 and 12.
The direction of action of each of the two aforementioned driving forces
intersects both the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction at an angle
of approximately 45 degrees, so that the anti-shake frame 18 can be moved
to any arbitrary position in a plane orthogonal to the photographing
optical axis O by controlling the passage of current through each of the
coils 31 and 32. As described above, the moving range of the anti-shake
frame 18 is limited by engagement of the inner walls of the two movement
limit holes 18c with the two movement limit projections 16d,
[0039] The sensor holder 22 is fixed to the rear of the anti-shake frame
18. The sensor holder 22 has a shape covering the rear sides of the two
magnet holding portions 18d and 18e and supports two position detection
sensors 38 and 40 that are respectively positioned behind the two
permanent magnets 34 and 36. The position detection sensors 38 and 40 are
connected to the aforementioned flexible PWB (not shown), which extends
from the shutter unit 16, and are further connected to the aforementioned
control circuit board of the camera, in which the present embodiment of
the anti-shake lens unit 10 is incorporated, via the aforementioned other
flexible PWB (not shown) provided inside the lens barrel. The drive
position of the anti-shake frame 18 that is driven by the pair of
anti-shake drive actuators 26 can be detected via the position detection
sensors 38 and 40.
[0040] The anti-shake lens unit 10 is provided with an
insertable/removable frame 20 which is supported by the anti-shake frame
18 thereon to be rotatable (swingable) about a rotational shaft 42 that
extends parallel to the photographing optical axis O. The front end of
the rotational shaft 42 is fixedly fitted into a shaft support hole 18f
formed in the anti-shake frame 18, and the rear end of the rotational
shaft 42 is fixed to a retaining member 44 fixed to the anti-shake frame
18. The insertable/removable frame 20 is provided with a cylindrical lens
holder portion 20a, a shaft bearing portion 20b and an arm portion 20c.
The cylindrical lens holder portion 20a holds the insertable/removable
image-stabilizing lens 12, the rotational shaft 42 is inserted into the
shaft bearing portion 20b, and the cylindrical lens holder portion 20a
and the shaft bearing portion 20b are connected via the arm portion 20c.
The insertable/removable frame 20 is swingable (rotatable) about the
rotational shaft 42 between the insertion position shown in FIGS. 2
through 8 and 12 and the removed position shown in FIGS. 9 through 11,
and the insertion position is defined by engagement of a stopper contact
portion 20d formed on the cylindrical lens holder portion 20a with a
stopper 18g formed on the anti-shake frame 18. The insertable/removable
frame 20 is biased toward the insertion position by an
insertable/removable frame biasing spring (insertable/removable-frame
biasing member/second biaser) 46. The insertable/removable frame biasing
spring 46 is configured of a torsion coil spring, the ends of which are
hooked onto the anti-shake frame 18 and the insertable/removable frame
20, respectively. In addition, an optical-axis-direction biasing spring
48 configured of a compression spring is installed between the shaft
bearing portion 20b and the retaining member 44, and the
insertable/removable frame 20 is biased forward by the
optical-axis-direction biasing spring 48 so that the position of the
insertable/removable frame 20 in the optical axis direction is
[0041] When the insertable/removable frame 20 is in the insertion
position, the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 is
positioned on the photographing optical axis O. When the
insertable/removable frame 20 rotates to the removed position in a state
where the anti-shake frame 18 is at the movement limit thereof in the
Y-axis direction (hereinafter referred to as the removal assisting
position), in which the end of the inner wall of the movement limit holes
18c of the anti-shake frame 18 on the insertion position side (the lower
end of the inner wall of each movement limit hole 18c with respect to
FIGS. 6 through 12) comes into contact with the associated movement limit
projection 16d, the center of the insertable/removable image-stabilizing
lens 12 is displaced from the photographing optical axis O in the Y-axis
direction. A clearance hole 18h, the shape of which corresponds to the
path of movement of the cylindrical lens holder portion 20a that is
defined by the arc-shaped path about the rotational shaft 42, is formed
through the anti-shake frame 18, and the front end of the cylindrical
lens holder portion 20a is positioned in the clearance hole 18h when the
insertable/removable frame 20 is at the removed position. The clearance
hole 18h is open at (extends through) a portion of the outer periphery of
the anti-shake frame 18, and the anti-shake frame 18 is provided over
this opening portion with a reinforcing bridge 18i. As can be seen in
FIGS. 1 and 2, the reinforcing bridge 18i is offset rearwardly to be
prevented from interfering with the cylindrical lens holder portion 20a
when the insertable/removable frame 20 rotates to the removed position.
[0042] The removal drive lever 24 is positioned in the linear moving ring
14 and supported thereby to be rotatable (swingable) about a rotational
shaft 50 that is parallel to the photographing optical axis O. The
rotational shaft 50 is formed integral with the linear moving ring 14 so
as to be positioned in the vicinity of the rotational shaft 42. The
rotational shaft 50 is inserted into a shaft hole formed through a shaft
bearing portion 24a of the removal drive lever 24. A retaining plate 52
is fixed to the rear of the linear moving ring 14 to prevent the removal
drive lever 24 from moving rearward. The removal drive lever 24 is
provided with an arm portion 24b which extends radially from the shaft
bearing portion 24a and is further provided in the vicinity of the free
end of the arm portion 24b with a removal pressing portion 24c that is
capable of coming into contact with a pressing-force receiving part 20e
formed on the arm portion 20c of the insertable/removable frame 20.
[0043] The biasing force of the insertable/removable frame biasing spring
46 urges the insertable/removable frame 20 to rotate toward the insertion
position from the removed position (counterclockwise direction with
respect to FIGS. 6 through 12), and the removal drive lever 24 is also
biased to rotate in the same direction (counterclockwise direction with
respect to FIGS. 6 through 12) by a removal drive lever biasing spring
54. A stopper (not shown) which determines the rotation limit of the
removal drive lever 24 in the biasing direction of the removal drive
lever biasing spring 54 is formed on the inside of the linear moving ring
14. On the other hand, rotation of the insertable/removable frame 20 in
the biasing direction of the insertable/removable frame biasing spring 46
is limited by engagement between the stopper contact portion 20d and the
stopper 18g. FIG. 6 shows a state where the insertable/removable frame 20
and the removal drive lever 24 are in contact with the stopper 18g and
the aforementioned stopper (not shown) of the linear moving ring 14,
respectively, and at this stage the pressing-force receiving part 20e and
the removal pressing portion 24c are spaced from each other (see FIGS. 4
and 5). The clearance between the pressing-force receiving part 20e and
the removal pressing portion 24c is determined to be such a degree as to
prevent the pressing-force receiving part 20e from coming in contact with
the removal pressing portion 24c in the moving range of the anti-shake
frame 18 relative to the shutter unit 16 (i.e., the aforementioned range
until the movement limit projections 16d come into contact with the inner
walls of the two movement limit holes 18c, respectively). In other words,
the anti-shake lens unit 10 is configured so that the removal drive lever
24 does not interfere with either of the anti-shake driving operations of
the anti-shake frame 18 and the insertable/removable frame 20 that are
performed by the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26. If no external
force is exerted on the insertable/removable frame 20 and the removal
drive lever 24, the state shown in FIGS. 6 through 8, in which the
insertable/removable frame 20 is held in the insertion position by the
biasing force of the insertable/removable frame biasing spring 46, is
[0044] The removal drive lever 24 is provided in the vicinity of the shaft
bearing portion 24a with a pressing-force receiving part 24d. A
insertion/removal control-projection (removal drive mechanism/pressing
member) 58 (see FIG. 3) is a stationary member which is fixed to the
inside of the lens barrel to be positioned behind the removal drive lever
24. Rearward movement of the linear moving ring 14 when the lens barrel
moves from a ready-to-photograph state to the lens barrel accommodated
state causes the insertion/removal control-projection 58 to come into
contact with and press the pressing-force receiving part 24d to rotate
the removal drive lever 24 in a direction toward the removed position of
the insertable/removable frame 20 from the insertion position of the
insertable/removable frame 20. More specifically, the insertion/removal
control-projection 58 is provided at the front end thereof with an
end-face cam 58a, and retracting movement of the linear moving ring 14
toward the insertion/removal control-projection 58 causes the
pressing-force receiving part 24d to come into contact with the end-face
cam 58a. Subsequently, a further retracting movement of the linear moving
ring 14 with the pressing-force receiving part 24d remaining in contact
with the end-face cam 58a causes a component force which makes the
removal drive lever 24 rotate in a direction against the biasing force of
the removal drive lever biasing spring 54 (in a direction toward the
removed position of the insertable/removable frame 20) created from the
rearward moving force of the linear moving ring 14 in the optical axis
direction, so that the removal drive lever 24 solely rotates by an amount
of rotation corresponding to the aforementioned clearance, which causes
the removal pressing portion 24c to come into contact with the
pressing-force receiving part 20e of the insertable/removable frame 20.
Thereupon, the pressing force in the direction toward the removed
position of the insertable/removable frame 20 is transmitted to the
insertable/removable frame 20 via the removal pressing portion 24c and
the pressing-force receiving part 20e, which causes the removal drive
lever 24 to press and rotate the insertable/removable frame 20 toward the
removed position against the biasing forces of both the
insertable/removable frame biasing spring 46 and the removal drive lever
biasing spring 54. After the insertable/removable frame 20 reaches the
removed position, a removed-lens holding surface 58b which is formed on a
side of the insertion/removal control-projection 58 to extend
substantially parallel to the optical axis O is engaged with a side of
the pressing-force receiving part 24d, so that the insertable/removable
frame 20 is held in the removed position (see FIG. 9).
[0045] The positional relationship between the anti-shake frame 18, the
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 (the insertable/removable
frame 20) and the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 will be discussed
hereinafter with reference mainly to FIG. 9. The pair of anti-shake drive
actuators 26 are respectively positioned on opposite sides of a
Y-direction straight line which connects the center (optical axis) of the
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 at the insertion position
of the insertable/removable frame 20 and the center (optical axis) of the
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 at the removed position of
the insertable/removable frame 20 (i.e., on opposite sides of a Y-axis);
in addition, the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 are positioned
axisymmetrically with respect to the Y-direction straight line (with
respect to an imaginary plane P shown in FIGS. 6 through 12 which lies on
the photographing optical axis O and extends in the Y-axis direction);
furthermore, the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 are positioned on
the opposite side of the insertion position of the insertable/removable
frame 20 from the removed position thereof. The directions of driving
forces F1 and F2 of the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 are at
right angles to each other as described above (magnetic-pole boundary
lines M1 and M2 of the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 are each
angled relative to the Y-axis at an angle of ±45 degrees). As the pair
of anti-shake drive actuators 26 are arranged in the abovementioned
manner, there is no possibility of the pair of anti-shake drive actuators
26 and the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 (and the
insertable/removable frame 20) interfering with each other even when the
insertable/removable frame 20 rotates (swings) between the insertion
position and the removed position. This makes it possible to reduce the
diameter of the lens barrel (the anti-shake frame 18) (i.e., causes no
increase in size (diameter) of the lens barrel (the anti-shake frame
18)). Additionally, a sufficient driving force to reduce image shake can
be obtained because the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26 can be
[0046] In addition, the positional relationship among three groups of
rolling-motion structures installed between the shutter unit 16 and the
anti-shake frame 18 configured of the three ball support holes 16e, the
three ball contact surfaces 18a, the three guide balls 28 and the three
extension springs 30, respectively, will be hereinafter discussed with
reference mainly to FIG. 9. Both the bottom surface of each ball support
hole 16e and each ball contact surface 18a are flat surfaces which face
each other and each of which is orthogonal to the photographing optical
axis O (see FIG. 13), and the three extension springs 30 which are
respectively extended and installed between the three spring hook
projections 18b and the three spring hook projections 16c make the base
surfaces of the three ball support holes 16e and the three ball contact
surfaces 18a press against the three guide balls 28 from the opposite
sides in the optical axis direction, respectively. Among the three groups
of rolling-motion structures (which include the three guide balls 28,
respectively), one of the three groups of rolling-motion structures is
positioned between the pair of (first and second) anti-shake drive
actuators 26, lies on the Y-direction straight line (the Y-axis) that
connects the center of the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12
at the insertion position of the insertable/removable frame 20 and the
center of the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 at the
removed position of the insertable/removable frame 20; while the other
two groups of rolling-motion structures are provided at bilaterally
symmetrical positions with respect to the Y-direction straight line and
are positioned slightly above an X-direction straight line (i.e., an
X-axis), which is orthogonal to the Y-direction straight line (i.e., the
Y-axis) and passes through the center (i.e., the photographing optical
axis O) of the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 in the
insertion position of the insertable/removable frame 20. Such an
arrangement of the three groups of rolling-motion structures in
association with the first and second anti-shake drive actuators 26 makes
it possible to drive the anti-shake frame 18 in directions orthogonal to
the photographing optical axis O smoothly by the driving forces produced
by the first and second anti-shake drive actuators 26.
[0047] Additionally, as shown in FIG. 9, the two movement limit
projections 16d of the shutter unit 16 and the two movement limit holes
18c of the anti-shake frame 18, in which the two movement limit
projections 16d are loosely engaged, are symmetrically arranged on
opposite sides of the Y-direction straight line (the Y-axis) in the
vicinity of the X-direction straight line (the X-axis). Namely, two
movement limiters which consist of the two movement limit projections 16d
and the two movement limit holes 18c are arranged in the vicinity of two
of the aforementioned three groups of rolling-motion structures so as to
be associated therewith, respectively. Such an arrangement of the two
movement limiters for the anti-shake frame 18 in association with the
three groups of rolling-motion structures and the first and second
anti-shake drive actuators 26 makes it possible to limit the moving range
of the anti-shake frame 18 more securely and efficiently.
[0048] Operations of the anti-shake lens unit 10 that has the above
described structure will be discussed hereinafter. In a
ready-to-photograph state shown in FIGS. 6 through 8, the
insertable/removable frame 20 is held at the insertion position by the
biasing force of the insertable/removable frame biasing spring 46, and
the center (optical axis) of the insertable/removable image-stabilizing
lens 12 is coincident with the photographing optical axis O. In this
ready-to-photograph state, deviations (image shake) of an object image
focused on an image plane can be reduced by driving the
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 in directions orthogonal
to the photographing optical axis O by the anti-shake drive actuator 26
in accordance with the direction and magnitude of vibrations applied to
the lens barrel (i.e. to the photographing optical system). More
specifically, the angular velocities of the lens barrel are detected by
gyro sensors, and are time-integrated to determine a moving angle, and
subsequently, from this moving angle, the moving amounts of the image on
the focal plane in the X-axis direction and in the Y-axis direction are
calculated while the driving amounts and the driving directions of the
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 (the anti-shake frame 18)
for the respective axial directions are calculated in order to cancel out
the image shake. Subsequently, the passage of current through each of the
coils 31 and 32 is controlled in accordance with these calculated values.
Thereupon, the anti-shake frame 18 is moved while being supported by the
three guide balls 28 at the three ball contact surfaces 18a. When the
anti-shake frame 18 is driven to perform an anti-shake driving operation,
the insertable/removable frame 20 is held in the insertion position, in
which the stopper contact portion 20d is made to contact the stopper 18g,
so that the anti-shake frame 18 and the insertable/removable frame 20
(the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12) integrally move.
[0049] In a ready-to-photograph state, it is possible to calibrate the
position detection sensors 38 and 40 by utilizing information on the
positions of movement limits of the anti-shake frame 18, where each of
the two movement limit projections 16d comes into contact with the inner
wall of the associated movement limit hole 18c of the anti-shake frame
18. The direction of action of each of the two driving forces F1 and F2,
which are respectively generated by a combination of the coil 31 and the
permanent magnet 34 and a combination of the coil 32 and the permanent
magnet 36, intersects both the X-axis direction and the Y-axis direction
at an angle of approximately 45 degrees. Accordingly, the movement limits
of each movement limit hole 18c in the X-axis direction relative to the
associated movement limit projection 16d (defined by the each laterally
opposed corner (end) of each movement limit hole 18c coming into contact
with the associated movement limit projection 16d) can be used as
reference positions for driving the anti-shake frame 18 in the X-axis
direction by the anti-shake drive actuator 26, and the movement limits of
each movement limit hole 18c in the Y-axis direction relative to the
associated movement limit projection 16d (defined by each vertically
reference positions for driving the anti-shake frame 18 in the Y-axis
direction by the anti-shake drive actuator 26. A practical anti-shake
driving range of the anti-shake frame 18 in a ready-to-photograph state
is defined within a range in which each movement limit projection 16d
does not come into contact with the inner wall of the associated movement
limit hole 18c.
[0050] When the lens barrel moves from a ready-to-photograph state to the
lens barrel accommodated state, the anti-shake lens unit 10 (the linear
moving ring 14) is moved rearward in the optical axis direction by a
motor (not shown) for driving the whole lens barrel forward and rearward,
and the pressing-force receiving part 24d of the removal drive lever 24
which retracts with the linear moving ring 14 comes in contact with the
end-face cam 58a of the insertion/removal control-projection 58. A
further rearward movement of the linear moving ring 14 causes the
pressing-force receiving part 24d to be pressed by the end-face cam 58a.
Thereupon, a component force is produced from the retracting force of the
linear moving ring 14, so that the removal drive lever 24 is rotated
against the biasing force of the removal drive lever biasing spring 54 to
thereby cause the removal pressing portion 24c to come into contact with
the pressing-force receiving part 20e. The insertable/removable frame 20
is acted upon by a biasing force of the insertable/removable frame
biasing spring 46 toward the insertion position as described above, and
the removal drive lever 24 with the removal pressing portion 24c in
contact with the pressing-force receiving part 20e presses the
insertable/removable frame 20 toward the removed position from the
insertion position against the biasing force of the insertable/removable
frame biasing spring 46. In addition, the anti-shake frame 18, which
supports the insertable/removable frame 20, is acted upon by the biasing
force of the three extension springs 30 in a direction to press the three
ball contact surfaces 18a against the three guide balls 28. Namely, the
insertable/removable frame biasing spring 46 and the extension spring 30
exert spring resistance on movements of the insertable/removable frame 20
and the anti-shake frame 18, respectively. Here the rotational resistance
of the insertable/removable frame 20 that is caused by the
insertable/removable frame biasing spring 46 is predetermined to be
greater than the resistance to movement of the anti-shake frame 18 that
is caused by the extension spring 30. Therefore, the pressing force
acting on the insertable/removable frame 20 is transmitted to the
anti-shake frame 18, thus causing the anti-shake frame 18 to move with
the insertable/removable frame 20 toward the removed position before the
commencement of rotation of the insertable/removable frame 20 toward the
removed position. Subsequently, the anti-shake frame 18 is moved to the
removal assisting position (shown in FIGS. 9 through 11), in which the
end of the inner wall of each of the two movement limit holes 18c of the
anti-shake frame 18 on the insertion position side in the Y-axis
direction comes into contact with the associated movement limit
projection 16d. Since the aforementioned practical anti-shake driving
range of the anti-shake frame 18 in a ready-to-photograph state includes
no points where the inner wall of each movement limit hole 18c comes into
contact with the associated movement limit projection 16d as described
above, the removal assisting position is positioned outside the
anti-shake driving range. Immediately after the anti-shake frame 18 is
prevented from moving beyond the removal assisting position after
reaching the removal assisting position, the insertable/removable frame
20 is solely rotated from the insertion position to the removed position.
Accordingly, the movement of the insertable/removable image-stabilizing
lens 12 to the removed position thereof (shown in FIGS. 9 through 11) is
performed as the result of a combination of the movement of the
anti-shake frame 18 to the removal assisting position in the Y-axis
direction and the rotation of the insertable/removable frame 20 to the
removed position.
[0051] The insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 is removed from
a position on an optical path (the photographing optical axis O) as shown
in FIGS. 9 through 11 due to the movement of the anti-shake frame 18 to
the removal assisting position and the rotation of the
insertable/removable frame 20 to the removed position. A further rearward
movement of the linear moving ring 14 causes the removed-lens holding
surface 58b of the insertion/removal control-projection 58 to come in
contact with the pressing-force receiving part 24d of the removal drive
lever 24 (see FIG. 9) , so that the insertable/removable frame 20
together with the removal drive lever 24 is held in the removed position
by the insertion/removal control-projection 58 and is prevented from
rotating toward the insertion position. Although not shown in the
drawings, upon the lens barrel reaching the lens barrel accommodated
state, a member positioned behind the insertable/removable
image-stabilizing lens 12 (e.g., an optical element other than the
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 which is positioned behind
the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 in a
ready-to-photograph state) enters an open space created by a removal of
the insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 (the cylindrical lens
holder portion 20a). This structure makes it possible to reduce the
length of the lens barrel in the optical axis direction in the lens
barrel accommodated state of the lens barrel to a smaller degree than a
type of lens barrel in which a plurality of optical elements are
retracted and accommodated in line along the optical axis thereof.
[0052] Conversely, when the lens barrel moves from the lens barrel
accommodated state to a ready-to-photograph state, the linear moving ring
14 is moved forward to thereby release the pressing force of the
insertion/removal control-projection 58 against the removal drive lever
24, which causes the removal drive lever 24 to return to the position
shown in FIG. 6 by the biasing force of the insertable/removable frame
biasing spring 46. Thereupon, the biasing force of the
insertable/removable frame biasing spring 46 causes the
insertable/removable frame 20 to rotate from the removed position to the
insertion position. In association with this rotation, the holding of the
anti-shake frame 18 in the removal assisting position is also released,
which brings the anti-shake frame 18 into a state where it can be driven
by the anti-shake drive actuator 26. Thereafter, upon the lens barrel
moving to a ready-to-photograph state, the aforementioned calibration
operation for the position detection sensors 38 and 40 is performed.
[0053] In the above-described anti-shake lens unit 10, when the
insertable/removable frame 20 is rotated from the insertion position to
the removed position, the anti-shake frame 18 that supports the
insertable/removable frame 20 is also moved to the removal assisting
position, and accordingly, the amount of movement of the
insertable/removable image-stabilizing lens 12 from the position on the
photographing optical axis O to the removed position in the Y-axis
direction is equal to a combination of a rotation of the
insertable/removable frame 20 and a movement of the anti-shake frame 18,
which makes it possible to remove the insertable/removable
image-stabilizing lens 12 to the removed position by a greater amount
than the case where only the insertable/removable frame 20 rotates. In
other words, the swinging radius of the insertable/removable frame 20 can
be made small with respect to the amount of movement of the
photographing optical axis O to the removed position, which makes it
possible to achieve miniaturization of the removal drive mechanism.
[0054] In addition, in the lens barrel accommodated state of the lens
barrel, the anti-shake frame 18 can be prevented from rattling because
the insertable/removable frame 20 (the removal drive lever 24) applies a
pressing force onto the anti-shake frame 18 with one end of the inner
wall of each movement limit hole 18c of the anti-shake frame 18 in the
Y-axis direction being in contact with the associated movement limit
projection 16d.
[0055] Additionally, since the removal assisting position is set outside
the practical anti-shake driving range of the anti-shake frame 18 in a
ready-to-photograph state, even if a severe impact is applied to the lens
barrel in the lens barrel accommodated state to thereby cause the guide
balls 28 to dent the three ball contact surfaces 18a, the influence of
the dents can be prevented from being exerted on the anti-shake drive
performance in a ready-to-photograph state of the lens barrel.
[0056] Although the present invention has been discussed with reference to
the above described embodiment, the present invention is not limited
thereto. For instance, although the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26
are positioned axisymmetrically with respect to the aforementioned
Y-direction straight line (the Y-axis/the imaginary plane P) in a plane
orthogonal to the photographing optical axis O, the pair of anti-shake
drive actuators 26 do not necessarily need to be precisely positioned
axisymmetrically with respect to the Y-direction straight line (the
Y-axis/the imaginary plane P) ; the pair of anti-shake drive actuators 26
only need to be arranged on opposite sides of the Y-axis (the imaginary
plane P), respectively. In addition, the support member for the
anti-shake frame 18 can be any member other than the shutter unit 16. For
instance, the anti-shake frame 18 can be movably supported by a flange
formed integral with the inside of the linear moving ring 14.
[0057] Although the above described structure in which the
insertable/removable frame 20 is pressed toward the removed position via
the removal drive lever 24 is advantageous for miniaturization of the
insertable/removable frame 20, an embodiment in which the
insertable/removable frame 20 is directly pressed by an element
corresponding to the insertion/removal control-projection 58 is also
[0058] Obvious changes may be made in the specific embodiments of the
present invention described herein, such modifications being within the
spirit and scope of the invention claimed. It is indicated that all
matter contained herein is illustrative and does not limit the scope of
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