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Shake preventing apparatus

US5659806A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateOct 3, 1994
Grant dateAug 19, 1997
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Expiry dateOct 3, 2014

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A shake preventing apparatus comprises a shaking sensor for detecting a shake, a shaking preventive optical system for preventing an image shake by this optical system being shifted in a direction substantially orthogonal to an optical axis of a principal optical system, motors for driving this shaking preventive optical system to prevent the shake detected by the shaking sensor, photo interrupters for detecting a shift position of the shaking preventive optical system and a control circuit for controlling the motors on the basis of detection signals from the photo interrupters. The photo interrupters are disposed within a range so as not to exceed a thickness of the shaking preventive optical system in an optical-axis direction.

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