Patent ID: 6985176

Claim:
A vibration correcting device comprising: a lens unit having an optical axis; a movable member holding said lens unit, which makes said lens unit movable within a plane orthogonal to the optical axis; a fixed member configured and positioned to limit the movement of said movable member in the optical axis direction; at least three balls disposed between said movable member and said fixed member, which can roll between said movable member and said fixed member, and make relative movements of said movable member and said fixed member possible; a vibration detecting unit configured and positioned to detect vibration, which outputs vibration information corresponding to the detected vibration; a pitch direction drive unit configured and positioned to drive said movable member in the pitch direction within the optical axis orthogonal plane and a yaw direction drive unit configured and positioned to drive said movable member in the yaw direction within the optical axis orthogonal plane in accordance with the vibration information from said vibration detecting unit, which include drive magnets held by said fixed member and yokes and coils held by said movable member, or include drive magnets held by said movable member and yokes and coils held by said fixed member; and a pitch directional position detecting unit configured and positioned to detect the moving position of said movable member in the pitch direction and a yaw directional position detecting unit configured and positioned to detect the moving position of said movable member in the yaw direction, where the pitch detecting directional axis of said pitch directional position detecting unit and the yaw detecting directional axis of said yaw directional position detecting unit are substantially on and along the optical axis of said lens unit when said movable member is at a neutral position in the pitch direction and yaw direction, wherein said pitch direction drive unit and said yaw direction drive unit press said movable member toward the fixed member side by means of magnetic pressing forces caused by magnetic attractive action between said drive magnets and yokes, wherein said pitch directional position detecting unit and said yaw directional position detecting unit have detecting magnets held by said movable member and magnetic resistance effective elements which are disposed and fixed to said detecting magnets at predetermined intervals and detect changes in magnetic flux density due to movement of said detecting magnets, and wherein magnetic fluxes from said detecting magnets pass through the yokes.