Patent ID: 8446478

Claim:
A vibration correcting device comprising: a vibration correcting lens having an optical axis; a movable member configured to hold the vibration correcting lens and to be movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis of the vibration correcting lens; a fixed member; a first ball configured to be held between a first contact surface of the movable member and a first contact surface of the fixed member and to be relatively movable with respect to each of the first contact surface of the movable member and the first contact surface of the fixed member; a second ball configured to be held between a second contact surface of the movable member and a second contact surface of the fixed member and to be relatively movable with respect to each of the second contact surface of the movable member and the second contact surface of the fixed member; a third ball configured to be held between a third contact surface of the movable member and a third contact surface of the fixed member and to be relatively movable with respect to each of the third contact surface of the movable member and the third contact surface of the fixed member; a vibration detecting unit, which outputs vibration information corresponding to vibration; and a drive unit for driving the movable member within the optical axis orthogonal plane in accordance with the vibration information from the vibration detecting unit, wherein, for each of the first through third contact surfaces of the movable member, the contact surface of the movable member has a size in a pitch direction that is larger than a maximum movement amount of the movable member in the pitch direction in a correction of the vibration, and has a size in a yaw direction that is larger than a maximum movement amount of the movable member in the yaw direction in the correction of the vibration, and wherein, for each of the first through third contact surfaces of the fixed member and the respective one of the first through third balls, the contact surface of the fixed member has a size in a pitch direction that is larger than a diameter of the ball plus ½ of the maximum movement amount of the movable member in the pitch direction, and has a size in a yaw direction that is larger than the diameter of the ball plus ½ of the maximum movement amount of the movable member in the yaw direction in the correction of the vibration.