Patent ID: 7652957

Claim:
A lens driving mechanism configured to eccentrically drive a correcting lens including at least one lens or lens subunit, in a lens system constituting a taking lens unit in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis direction, the lens driving mechanism comprising: a movable frame configured to hold the correcting lens; a first and second electrical coil which are substantially rectangular and are fixedly disposed at a lens barrel where the taking lens unit is disposed, the first and second coils are disposed completely surrounding the optical axis of the correcting lens when viewed in the optical axis direction of the taking lens unit, long axis directions of said first and second electrical coils are perpendicular to each other, and the two electrical coils overlap each other when viewed in the optical axis direction, said first electrical coil containing two short sides and two long sides, the length of the short side being smaller than the length of the long side, and said second electrical coil containing two short sides and two long sides, the length of the short side of the second coil being smaller than the length of the long side of the electrical coil, wherein when viewed in the optical axis direction the two short sides of the first electrical coil extend outside of both of the long sides of the second coil, and the two short sides of the second coil extend outside of both of the long sides of the first coil; and magnetic circuit formation members configured to generate a magnetic field that crosses the coils, the magnetic circuit formation members include at least two magnets and yokes disposed at each of the two coils for generating movement forces in different directions perpendicular to the optical axis, the yokes opposing the respective magnets, either the magnets or the yokes being held by the movable frame, the other of the magnets and yokes being secured to the lens barrel.