Patent ID: 8903230

Claim:
A tilt correction unit comprising: an inner frame, inside which an optical unit is held; an outer frame surrounding the inner frame, with a gap formed between the inner frame and the outer frame around an entire perimeter of the inner frame; at least one elastic part which is disposed between the outer frame and the inner frame and elastically supports the inner frame inside the outer frame; a rotational movement support part that connects a part of an outer peripheral surface of the inner frame to a part of an inner peripheral surface of the outer frame and forms a supporting point for a center of a rotational movement of the inner frame inside the outer frame; and at least one drive unit that comprises a magnet and a coil disposed opposite each other with a gap therebetween, with the magnet affixed to either the outer surface of the inner frame or the inner surface of the outer frame and the coil affixed to the other of the outer surface of the inner frame and the inner surface of the outer frame, wherein the inner frame is driven by the drive unit and rotates about the rotational support part, inside the outer frame, in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the optical unit.