Patent ID: 7808152

Claim:
A driving apparatus comprising: a first base portion; a first stage portion which can be displaced; a first elastic portion which connects the first base portion and the first stage portion and which has elasticity to displace the first stage portion in one direction; a second stage portion which is disposed on the first stage portion, on which a driven object is mounted, and which can be displaced; a second elastic portion which connects the first stage portion and the second stage portion and which has elasticity to displace the second stage portion in other direction which is substantially perpendicular to the one direction; and a first applying device for applying, to at least one of the second elastic portion and the first stage portion which is a base for the second stage portion, an excitation force for displacing the second stage portion such that the second stage portion is resonated in the other direction at a resonance frequency determined by the second stage portion and the second elastic portion.