Patent ID: 7916205

Claim:
A pickup device driving apparatus comprising: a movable part which has a pickup device and is capable of moving the pickup device in a first direction while a direction of a pickup surface is held; a driving part which has an axis part and is capable of moving the axis part in a second direction different from the first direction such that the movable part is moved; a direction changing part which is in contact with the axis part of the driving part and the movable part, has a rotation axis part provided in a third direction perpendicular to the first direction and the second direction, rotates on the rotation axis part, changes a bias force applied in the second direction by the axis part of the driving part to a bias force applied in the first direction, and applies the bias force to the movable part to move the movable part; and a weight part which is provided in the direction changing part to generate a rotation moment which cancels a rotation moment of the rotation axis part generated in the direction changing part by the inclination of the movable part.