JP2006215122A5 - - Google Patents

Description

Image blur prevention device

  The present invention relates to an optical image stabilization device, and more particularly to a structure of an image stabilization device installed in a lens barrel in order to correct image vibration.

  The mechanism that moves some of the correction lenses that make up the photographic lens in the direction perpendicular to the optical axis predicts image blur, for example, by detecting the camera shake acceleration that causes image blur in the camera. Based on the above, there has been proposed an anti-vibration device that suppresses image blur by moving a lens in a right angle direction.

  Various methods have been proposed for these anti-vibration devices, but the mechanism must be capable of correcting and moving the correction lens in a direction perpendicular to the optical axis in any vibration direction. As an example, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-26784. In the Gazette, guide shafts are provided radially from three locations on the side surface of the correction lens frame and inserted into the three guide grooves provided on the side surface of the vibration isolator main body so that the correction lens frame is corrected and moved in all directions. Further, a structure is disclosed in which the correction lens frame is suspended by coil springs urged from three side surfaces of the main body so that the correction lens frame can be held at the center of the optical axis. A system has been proposed in which the movement perpendicular to the optical axis is determined by an amount determined by the difference between the combined force acting on the coil and the elastic drag force of the spring.

  In addition, in order to reduce the frictional resistance at the time of movement, the fitting accuracy between the guide shaft and the groove of the correction lens barrel is loosened and it is desired to move freely, but this is not preferable because the vibration at the time of movement affects the correction accuracy. . For this reason, there has been proposed a method in which the holding surface is applied by the component force of the biasing spring that keeps the correction lens frame on the optical axis so as to keep the accuracy of the plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the correction lens frame toward one side. Has no effect of reducing frictional resistance because pressure is applied to the holding surface.

As an improvement measure, Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 2002-196383 proposes a method in which a ball is held between a fixed member, a movable member, and a shift member, and the driving performance is improved by rolling the ball. The effect of significantly reducing the frictional resistance during the movement of the lens is recognized.
JP-A-10-26784 JP 2002-196383 A

  However, in the above Japanese Patent Laid-Open No. 10-26784, in order to hold the correction lens frame at a right angle to the optical axis, it is necessary to increase the fitting accuracy between the guide shaft and the guide groove of the fixed portion. The frictional resistance generated between the groove and the groove is increased, which prevents quick vertical movement.

  In JP 2002-196383 A, a ball disposed so as to be able to roll between each optical axis orthogonal surface of the movable member and the shift member and an optical axis orthogonal surface of the fixed member, and the movable member and the shift member. The structure is complicated, such as providing an urging member that generates an urging force for holding each ball by the plane orthogonal to each optical axis, resulting in separate parts and assembly problems. It was.

  What is to be solved is the above-mentioned problem, and the correction lens guarantees performance capable of quickly responding to any vibration direction while maintaining a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and also correcting camera shake. After the mode is completed, return habits are given to any moving position in any direction so that it can quickly return to the center position of the optical axis, and it has a simple structure with a reduced number of parts and assembly efficiency. It is to provide a high vibration isolator.

  In the image blur prevention device of the present invention, a magnetic body having at least three disk magnetic poles constituting a plane perpendicular to the optical axis is fixed to a fixed portion of a lens barrel and a support frame of a correction lens that can be corrected and moved. And holding means for attracting and holding the ball in an opposing position so that the magnetic poles are paired, and the omnidirectional movement of the correction lens is obtained by rolling of the magnetic pole disk surface of the ball Therefore, a vibration isolating mechanism having high movement efficiency with a drastic decrease in frictional resistance can be obtained.

  The first yoke made of a soft iron magnetic material, the second yoke made of a soft iron magnetic material having a magnet in the longitudinal direction, not the closed loop using a magnetic material having a disk magnetic pole, and the first and second A disc magnetic pole portion projecting from both ends on the surface of the yoke facing the support frame of the correction lens and the fixed portion of the lens barrel; and a steel ball sandwiched by the disc magnetic pole portion; , A vibration isolating mechanism with high movement efficiency can be obtained.

  The present invention has a holding mechanism in which a magnetic body having at least three disc magnetic poles constituting a plane perpendicular to the optical axis is fixed to a fixed portion of a lens barrel and a support frame of a correction lens that can be corrected and moved. Then, holding means for attracting and holding the ball through the opposing position so that the magnetic poles are paired, and the omnidirectional movement of the correction lens is obtained by rolling on the magnetic pole disk surface of the ball, In particular, when the ball is a steel ball that is a magnetic body, the ball is attracted at the center of the magnetic pole and does not fall off, and the assembly work efficiency of the mechanism is good. Also, if the opposing disk magnetic poles have the same shape and the opposing positions are made to coincide with each other's optical axes, the magnetic resistance is changed because the distance of the magnetic field lines between the magnetic poles changes when the correction lens is moved in all directions. Since there is a return habit of trying to return to the direction of reduction, that is, the direction in which the optical axis matches, there is an effect that the conventionally used biasing spring becomes unnecessary.

  Hereinafter, the best embodiment of the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a plan view of an image blur prevention apparatus according to an embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a view showing the state of the omnidirectional movement of the disc magnet holding the steel ball, FIG. 4 is a cross-sectional view illustrating the action state of the magnet of the holding mechanism of the present invention, and FIG. FIG. B illustrates the state of magnetic lines of force between magnetic poles and the attractive force during movement. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a state in which a rectangular magnet is used as another application example of the magnet of the holding mechanism of the present invention.

  The image stabilization device moves one of the most optically effective lens groups (correction lens) in the lens group configuration of the photographic lens according to the degree of camera shake vibration, almost perpendicularly to the optical axis. Is a device that stops the subject light-receiving screen by moving the correction lens to the position of the correction lens in this lens group configuration in all directions and installing this as an image shake prevention device unit. . The present invention is an improvement of this unit, and this unit is represented by 100. FIG. 1 is a plan view of the unit. FIG. 2 shows a cross-sectional view of the centers 00 and 01 above the optical axis 1 and the centers 00 and 02 below. ing.

  First, the overall configuration of the image shaker unit 100 of FIGS. 1 and 2 will be described. A holding frame 5 that is roughly fixed to a correction position of a lens barrel (not shown) and a support frame 3 that supports the correction lens 2 that is a movable portion. This is divided into three holding mechanisms for holding the holding frame 5 and the present invention relates to this holding mechanism.

  On the hollow annular holding frame 5 with the optical axis 1 as the center, a lower yoke 6 to which Y-drive magnets 8 and 9 and X-drive magnets 10 and 11 of plate-like magnets are arranged and fixed at right angles is fixed. A disk magnet 161 of the holding mechanism 16 to be described later and a disk magnet 171, 181 of the holding mechanism 17, 18 are embedded at circumferential positions equidistant from this position at a position corresponding to the orthogonal point. On the other hand, guide bearings 5a and 5b are projected and formed at positions opposite to the Y drive magnets 8 and 9, and a guide shaft 5c is mounted between the guide bearings 5a and 5b. The guide plate 4 is slidable in the X direction through the holes 4b.

  A Y driving coil 12 and an X driving coil 13 are arranged at right angles to the support frame 3 that supports and fixes the correction lens 2 at the center as shown in the figure, and will be described later on the back side of the position corresponding to the substantially orthogonal point. The disc magnets 162 and 182 of the holding mechanisms 17 and 18 are embedded in the disc magnet 162 of the holding mechanism 16 and the circumferential positions equidistant from this position. On the other hand, as shown on the left side of the plan view of FIG. 1, guide bearings 3c and 3b are formed so as to protrude, and a guide shaft 4e mounted between the guide bearings 4c and 4d of the guide plate 4 penetrates through the hole. The support frame 3 including the correction lens 2 can slide in the Y direction with respect to the guide plate 4.

  The support frame 3 held in a plane by the holding mechanisms 16, 17, and 18 with respect to the holding frame 5, which is a fixed portion, is guided in the Y direction by the guide shaft 4 e and in the X direction by the guide shaft 5 c together with the guide plate 4. The movement according to the two right-angled guides is perpendicular to the optical axis, and the Y drive coil 12 and the X drive coil 13 which are fixed integrally with the holding frame 3 of the correction lens 2 are combined. The driving force thus made enables quantitative movement in all directions while preventing rotational movement.

  As a method for generating the driving force of the Y driving coil 12 and the X driving coil 13, the Y driving magnets 8 and 9 and the upper portions of the X driving magnets 10 and 11 fixed to the lower yoke 6 installed on the holding frame 5 as described above. The upper yoke 7 fixed with screws 14 and 15 is installed on a support rod for securing a constant gap, and the magnetic lines generated in the gap are closed by the Y drive magnets 8 and 9 and the X drive magnets 10 and 11. It comes to draw. The Y drive coil 12 and the X drive coil 13 of the support frame 3 are inserted into the gap so that a slight gap is maintained between the surfaces of the Y drive magnets 8 and 9 and the X drive magnets 10 and 11 and the surface of the upper yoke 7. Maintained.

  In a state where the optical axis of the correction lens 2 and the optical axis 1 of the lens barrel coincide with each other, the coil sides of the Y drive coil 12 are positioned at the positions opposite to the magnetic poles of the Y drive magnets 8 and 9, and the magnetic poles of the X drive magnets 10 and 11. Since each coil side of the X drive coil 13 is accurately covered with a small gap at the opposed position, the gap is set in the magnitude and direction of current flowing through the Y drive coil 12 and the X drive coil 13. A driving force that moves inward or outward with respect to the optical axis 1 is generated by electromagnetic action with the generated magnetic field lines. Since each of the Y drive coil 12 and the X drive coil 13 is at a position opened 90 degrees, the drive directions are 90 degrees different from each other, and any direction movement for camera shake correction is the same as the direction of the Y drive coil 12 and the X drive coil 13. It is obtained by a combined vector of driving forces.

  Since the support frame 3 including the correction lens 2 needs a quick response in which the correction amount necessary for preventing the camera shake is synchronized with the camera shake operation, the above-described holding mechanisms 16, 17, and 18 avoid the sliding friction during the movement and are efficient. Since good movement must be ensured, in this apparatus, as shown in 3A of FIG. 3, the disc magnets 161, 171, 181 embedded in the holding frame 5 of the fixed portion and the disc embedded in the support frame 3 of the movable portion This is a holding mechanism in which steel balls 163, 173, 183 are interposed between magnets 162, 172, 182. As shown in 3B of FIG. 3, the steel balls between the disk magnetic poles constituted by the counter electrodes roll. It is possible to move in all directions, and the holding mechanisms 16, 17, and 18 are configured by the same mechanism having the same shape.

  When a steel ball with a diameter not much smaller than the diameter of the magnetic pole is brought close to the magnetic pole surface of the disk magnet magnetized in the vertical direction, the steel ball is brought to the center to receive an equal attractive force from the periphery of the magnetic pole surface. It has the property of being attracted to the center of the circular magnetic pole surface. For example, when the steel ball 163 is placed with the N pole of the disk magnet 161 facing upward, the steel ball is attracted to the center position of the circular surface of the N magnetic pole, and the S pole of the disk magnet 162 is contacted with the steel ball 163. When attracted, the center of the disc magnets 161 and 162 as shown in 3A of FIG. 3 and 4A of FIG.

  Therefore, the steel balls 163, 173, 183 are interposed between the disk magnets 161, 171, 181 embedded in the holding frame 5 of the fixed part and the disk magnets 162, 172, 182 embedded in the support frame 3 of the movable part. When attracted and held, the circular magnetic poles are stably held at the positions where the centers of the circular magnetic poles coincide with each other. In this state, the optical axis 1 of the barrel and the optical axis of the correction lens 2 coincide with each other. 4A shows that the disc magnets 161 and 162 are attracted to each other with the steel ball 163 interposed therebetween, and a loop of uniform magnetic lines of force φ is generated between the magnetic poles.

  Now, when current is supplied to the Y drive coil 12 and the X drive coil 13 of the support frame 3 to generate a driving force for moving the support frame 3 in the correction direction, the disk magnets 161, 171 embedded in the holding frame 5 Steel balls 163, 173, and 183 that are attracted and held between each N magnetic pole surface of 181 and each S magnetic pole surface of the disk magnets 162, 172, and 182 embedded in the support frame 3 move while rolling on the magnetic pole surface. Go. Since the necessary movement amount is a relative shift amount generated in each of the disk magnets 161, 171, 181 embedded in the holding frame 5 and the disk magnets 162, 172, 182 embedded in the support frame 3, the intervening steel balls 163, For 173 and 183, it is only necessary to roll the surface of the magnetic pole by a distance that is half the amount of deviation.

  4B in FIG. 4 shows the state of the holding mechanisms 16, 17, and 18 when the support frame 3 of the correction lens 2 has moved an amount necessary for correction with respect to the holding frame 5 of the fixed portion. Represents that the magnetic field lines φ are distorted. The state of 4B in FIG. 4 means that the restoring force acts in the direction of the arrow in order to return to the stable state of 4A by reducing the magnetic resistance because the magnetic path becomes longer and the magnetic resistance increases, and the correction lens 2 moves in the correction direction. It means that there is a habit of returning to the position of the optical axis even if it moves. This is the same as providing the habit of returning the correction lens to the center position from the periphery by a spring in the conventional mechanism, and can be realized in the present plan with a very simple configuration.

  In FIG. 4, the restoring force to return to the position of 4A at the center position with respect to 4B at the time of movement is determined by the strength of the magnet, the size of the intervening steel ball, etc., but for simplicity, the disk shown in FIG. Adjustment is possible by the size of the chamfering c of the magnet 161, 171, 181 and 162, 172, 182 counter electrode side magnetic pole edge.

  Up to now, an example was shown in which a disk magnet was placed directly opposite the holding mechanism 16, 17, 18 and a steel ball was sandwiched between the counter electrodes. However, a magnetic circuit was constructed, and a disk magnetic pole was created in the middle of this circuit. If the structure is such that the magnetic sphere can be held between them, the same effect can be obtained. FIG. 5 shows an example of this, and this will be explained. In FIG. 5, rectangular magnets 20 and 30 are installed in the holding frame 5 in a direction in which the magnetic poles are aligned on the circumference as shown in FIG. 22a, 22a and 31a, 32a are formed into yokes made of soft iron magnetic material processed into shapes such as 22, 22 and 31, 32, respectively. The yoke 22 is connected to the 21st and S extremes, the yoke 31 is connected to the N extreme of the magnet 30, and the yoke 32 is connected to the S extreme and fixed to the holding frame 5. On the other hand, the support frame 3 of the movable part is formed by projecting 23a and 23b to form disk magnetic poles at both ends of the yoke 23 in contrast to a yoke made of a soft iron magnetic material processed into the shapes 23 and 33 shown in FIG. In order to form disk magnetic poles at both ends of the yoke 33 and the yoke 33, a yoke having 33a and 33b projecting is fixed, and four steel balls 24, 25 and 34, 35 are provided at opposing positions as shown in FIG. The rectangular magnet 20 is yoke 21, steel ball 24, yoke 23, steel ball 25 and yoke 22, and the other rectangular magnet 30 is yoke 31, steel ball 34, yoke 33. Since a closed loop of the magnetic path of the steel ball 35 and the yoke 32 is formed, the same effect can be obtained.

  The present invention relating to the holding mechanism of the support frame 3 with respect to the holding frame 5 is supported by a steel ball, and the configuration that is movable in all directions by this rolling greatly improves the movement efficiency as compared with the prior art. Because it does not require a steel ball holder and does not fall off from the rolling surface, and the structure in which the support frame 3 of the movable part sucks and holds the holding frame 5 of the fixed part, the conventional mechanical accuracy Therefore, it is possible to provide an image blur prevention device that is easy to assemble and at the same time inexpensive.

1 is a plan view of one embodiment of an image blur prevention device of the present invention. FIG. It is sectional drawing in this invention. It is a figure which shows the mode of the omnidirectional movement form of the disk magnet which pinches | interposes a steel ball. It is sectional drawing explaining the action | operation state of the magnet of the holding | maintenance mechanism of this invention, A figure explains the mode of the magnetic force line between magnetic poles at the time of a movement, and B at the time of a movement, and an action | attraction force. It is the perspective view which showed the mode at the time of using a rectangular magnet as another application example of the magnet of the holding mechanism of this invention.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Optical axis 2 Correction lens 3 Support frame 4 Guide plate 5 Holding frame 6 Lower yoke 7 Upper yoke 8 Y drive magnet 9 Y drive magnet 10 X drive magnet 11 X drive magnet 12 Y drive coil 13 X drive coil 14 Screw 15 Screw 16 Holding mechanism 17 Holding mechanism 18 Holding mechanism

Claims (4)

A correction lens installed in the lens barrel and decentering the optical axis; vibration detection means for detecting vibration applied to the lens barrel; and driving the correction lens based on a signal obtained from the vibration detection means ; An image blur prevention apparatus having a control means for preventing image blur, wherein the correction lens can be moved in all directions around the optical axis by drive mechanisms in a first direction and a second direction which are perpendicular to each other. in the image shake prevention apparatus having the correction lens moving mechanism, retaining means of the correction lens with respect to the fixed portion of the lens barrel, at least fixedly provided on the fixed portion of the support frame and the lens barrel of the correcting lens three One of a holding means according facing attraction respectively by interposing a steel ball between the magnetic body having a disc-pole, while maintaining at the inter-pole attraction of the supporting frame and the fixed part, rotation of the steel ball Image blur prevention apparatus is characterized in that to allow substantially vertical omnidirectional with respect to the optical axis of the correcting lens by.   The correction lens holding means with respect to the fixed portion of the lens barrel is a pair of magnetic poles having disk poles fixed to the support frame of the correction lens and the fixed portion of the lens barrel, respectively, and having the same diameter. The facing position between the magnetic pole of the fixed portion and the magnetic pole of the support frame is a position where the optical axis of the lens barrel coincides with the optical axis of the correction lens, and the correction lens is omnidirectional. 2. The image blur prevention device according to claim 1, wherein a habit of returning to the optical axis position of the lens barrel by a magnetic force is given to the movement. The habit of returning to the optical axis position due to the magnetic force generated with respect to the omnidirectional movement of the correction lens is obtained by adjusting the chamfering of the edge at the disk magnetic pole fixed to the fixed portion of the lens barrel and the support frame of the correction lens. image shake prevention apparatus according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the obtained is due to the magnetic force.   A correction lens installed in the lens barrel and decentering the optical axis; vibration detection means for detecting vibration applied to the lens barrel; and driving the correction lens based on a signal obtained from the vibration detection means; An image blur prevention apparatus including a control unit for preventing image blur, wherein the correction lens can be moved in all directions around the optical axis by drive mechanisms in a first direction and a second direction which are perpendicular to each other. In the image shake prevention apparatus having the correction lens moving mechanism, the correction lens holding unit with respect to the fixed portion of the lens barrel is fixed to either the support frame of the correction lens or the fixed portion of the lens barrel. A first yoke made of a soft iron magnetic material, a second yoke made of a soft iron magnetic material having a magnet arranged so as to have a magnetic pole in the longitudinal direction fixed to either one of the first yoke, and the first yoke A disc magnetic pole portion projecting at both ends on the surface of the second yoke facing the support frame of the correction lens and the fixed portion of the lens barrel, and sandwiched between the disc magnetic pole portions. An image blur prevention device comprising at least two closed loops formed of steel balls.