JP2007199320A - Lens barrel and camera - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a compact lens barrel or the like capable of storing a shake correction optical system while retreating the optical system from an optical axis. <P>SOLUTION: The lens barrel 1 includes: a fixed part 16; a vibrating part 17 supported to be movable in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis A1 with respect to the fixed part; the shake correction optical system L3 supported by the vibrating part 17 so as to move following the vibrating part 17; retreat mechanism parts 4b and 19b for moving the shake correction optical system L3 relatively with the vibrating part 17 and moving the shake correction optical system L3 to a retreat position retreated from the optical axis A1; a shake correction driving part 18 that detects the position of the vibrating part 17 with respect to the fixed part 16, and that is arranged so that at least a part thereof in the direction of the optical axis A1 can be positioned in an overlapped state to the retreat mechanism parts 4b and 19b; and a position detecting part 27 that detects the position of the vibrating part 17 with respect to the fixed part 16, and that is arranged so that at least a part thereof in the direction of the optical axis A1 can be positioned in an overlapped state to the retreat mechanisms 4b and 19b and the shake correction driving part 18. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2007,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a lens barrel that retracts a blur correction optical system from an optical axis during storage, and a camera equipped with such a lens barrel.

A retractable lens barrel that is housed in the camera body is known in which a part of the lens group is retracted outside the optical axis in order to shorten the length of the retracted lens barrel (for example, see Patent Document 1). ).
The lens barrel includes an interlocking mechanism that retracts the lens group from the optical axis in conjunction with the movement of the lens group in the optical axis direction during the retracting operation.
There has also been proposed a lens barrel having a blur correction optical system that shifts and shifts in a plane that intersects the optical axis.
JP 2003-315861 A

However, when the above-described shake correction apparatus is applied to the apparatus of Patent Document 1 and the shake correction lens group is retracted from the optical axis, the actuator and position detector that constitute the shake correction apparatus, and the above-described interlocking mechanism unit Must be arranged around the blur correction lens group, and it is difficult to make the apparatus compact.
An object of the present invention is to provide a compact lens barrel and camera that can be retracted from the optical axis and stored therein.

The present invention solves the above problems by the following means.
The invention according to claim 1 is a fixed portion in which a position in a plane intersecting the optical axis is constrained, a vibrating portion supported so as to be movable in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed portion, and the vibrating portion And a blur correction optical system that moves in a plane that intersects the optical axis following the vibration part, and moves the blur correction optical system relative to the vibration part from above the optical axis. A retracting mechanism that moves to a retracted retracted position, and the vibrating part is moved in a plane that intersects the optical axis with respect to the fixed part, and at least a part of the position in the optical axis direction is the same as the retracting mechanism. The position of the vibration correcting unit disposed in an overlapping manner and the position of the vibration unit with respect to the fixed unit is detected, and at least a part of the position in the optical axis direction overlaps with the retracting mechanism unit and the vibration correcting driving unit. Placed position A lens barrel and a left portion.
According to a second aspect of the present invention, in the lens barrel according to the first aspect of the present invention, the lens barrel further includes a magnetic field shield portion that reduces a magnetic field intensity caused by the blur correction drive unit in the position detection unit. is there.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided a fixed portion whose position in a plane intersecting with the optical axis is constrained, a vibrating portion supported movably in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed portion, and the vibrating portion And a blur correction optical system that moves in a plane that intersects the optical axis following the vibration part, and a blur that moves the vibration part in a plane that intersects the optical axis with respect to the fixed part. The position detection unit is disposed between a correction drive unit, a position detection unit that detects a position in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit of the vibration unit, and the shake correction drive unit and the position detection unit. It is a lens barrel provided with the magnetic field shield part which reduces the magnetic field intensity resulting from the said blurring correction drive part in a part.
According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, in the lens barrel according to the third aspect, the blur correction driving unit moves the vibrating unit in a first direction within a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit. A first blur correction driving unit and a second blur that moves the vibrating unit in a second direction in a plane that is different from the first direction with respect to the fixed unit and intersects the optical axis. A correction drive unit, wherein the position detection unit detects a position of the vibration unit in a third direction in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit, and the vibration unit A second position detector that detects a position in a fourth direction in a plane that is different from the third direction relative to the fixed part and intersects the optical axis, and the magnetic field shield part includes A first blur correction drive unit and the first position detection unit; A first magnetic field shield unit disposed in the first position detection unit for reducing magnetic field intensity caused by the first blur correction driving unit in the first position detection unit, the second blur correction driving unit, and the second position. A second magnetic field shield unit disposed between the detection unit and reducing the magnetic field intensity caused by the second blur correction drive unit in the second position detection unit, the first blur correction drive The second shake correction drive unit, the first position detection unit, and the second position detection unit are arranged around the optical axis, the first shake correction drive unit, and the first position detection unit. The lens barrel is arranged in the order of the second blur correction drive unit and the second position detection unit.
According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in the lens barrel according to the fourth aspect, the first direction is the same direction as the third direction, and the second direction is the same direction as the fourth direction. There is a lens barrel characterized by that.

A sixth aspect of the present invention is the lens barrel according to the first or third aspect, wherein the lens barrel is disposed on an incident side or an exit side of the blur correction optical system and blocks image light passing through the blur correction optical system. The position in the optical axis direction is disposed on the opposite side of the shutter unit and the position detection unit with the fixed unit and the vibration unit interposed therebetween, and the optical axis is sandwiched when viewed from the optical axis direction. The lens barrel includes a shutter driving unit that is disposed in an opposite region and drives the shutter unit.
According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, in the lens barrel according to the first or third aspect, the magnetic field shield portion includes a circuit connected to at least one of the blur correction drive portion and the position detection portion. A lens barrel formed integrally with a substrate.
An invention according to an eighth aspect is a camera including the lens barrel according to any one of the first to seventh aspects.

  According to the present invention, since the retracting mechanism unit, the shake correction driving unit, and the position detecting unit are arranged so that the positions in the optical axis direction overlap each other, the length of the lens barrel in the optical axis direction is shortened. The device can be made compact.

  The apparatus of the present embodiment aims to provide a compact lens barrel and camera that can retract and store the shake correction optical system from the optical axis, and includes a retracting mechanism, a VCM, and a position detector. This is realized by arranging in the circumferential direction around the optical axis in a state where the positions in the optical axis direction are at least partially overlapped, and arranging a magnetic field shield between the VCM and the position detector.

Embodiment 1 of a lens barrel and camera to which the present invention is applied will be described below.
FIG. 1 is a cross-sectional view of the lens barrel of Example 1 in a shooting state. FIG. 1A and FIG. 1B are views showing a cross section in a vertical plane including the optical axis of the lens barrel and a cross section taken along the line bb in FIG. 1A, respectively.
FIG. 2 is a cross-sectional view of the lens barrel of the first embodiment in the retracted state. 2A and 2B are views showing a cross section in a vertical plane including the optical axis of the lens barrel and a cross section taken along the line bb in FIG. 2A, respectively.
FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG.
FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of a camera including the lens barrel described above.

  The lens barrel 1 includes a first lens group L1, a second lens group L2, a blur correction lens group (third lens group) L3, a fourth lens group L4, a CCD 2, an optical low-pass filter 3, a CCD base 4, and a fixed cylinder 5. , Rotating cylinder 6, outer rectilinear cylinder 7, cam cylinder 8, inner rectilinear cylinder 9, first lens group cylinder 10, first lens group guide cylinder 11, first lens group chamber 12, second lens group cylinder 13, second lens group cylinder 10. Lens group chamber 14, third lens group cylinder 15, fixed frame 16, vibration frame 17, voice coil motor 18, blur correction lens group chamber 19, biasing spring 20, fourth lens group chamber 21, shutter aperture unit 22, photo An interrupter (PI) 23 is provided.

The first lens group L1, the second lens group L2, the blur correction lens group L3, and the fourth lens group L4 cooperate to constitute an imaging optical system (see FIG. 4) that is a four-group zoom lens. is there. These lens groups are sequentially arranged from the objective side (subject side) along the direction of the optical axis A1. Here, the blur correction lens unit L3 shifts and shifts in the plane orthogonal to the optical axis A1 with respect to the other lens units, thereby reducing image blur of the subject image formed by the imaging optical system. .
The CCD 2 is a solid-state imaging device that converts a subject image formed by the imaging optical system described above into an electrical signal. The CCD 2 is disposed on the exit side of the fourth lens unit L4.
The optical low-pass filter (LPF) 3 prevents the occurrence of moire on the image acquired by the CCD 2. The LPF 3 is provided on the imaging surface portion of the CCD 2.

The CCD table 4 is a flat plate member provided at the end of the lens barrel 1 on the image side in the optical axis direction. The CCD table 4 is disposed substantially orthogonal to the optical axis A1. The CCD table 4 has a CCD 2 and an LPF 3 fixed at the center thereof.
Further, as shown in FIG. 3, the CCD table 4 is provided with a drive unit (interlocking unit) 4a for sliding the blur correction lens group chamber 19 when retracted.
The drive unit 4 a is a protruding member formed to protrude from the surface of the CCD table 4 on the objective side in the optical axis direction. The driving portion 4 a has a cam surface portion 4 b that engages with the abutting portion 19 b of the blur correction lens group chamber 19 and retracts the blur correction lens group chamber 19 at the tip portion.

The fixed cylinder 5 is provided on the outermost diameter side among the cylinders constituting the lens barrel 1. The fixed cylinder 5 is fixed to the CCD table 4 and a lens body (not shown). In the fixed cylinder 5, a cam groove into which the cam follower pin of the rotary cylinder 6 is inserted is formed on the inner peripheral surface portion.
The rotating cylinder 6 is a cylinder inserted on the inner diameter side of the fixed cylinder 5. The rotary cylinder 6 includes a cam follower pin formed to protrude from the outer peripheral surface portion.
The rotating barrel 6 is driven during the transition between the retracted state and the photographing state of the lens barrel 1 and the transition between the tele side and the wide side in the photographing state (hereinafter simply referred to as “the lens barrel 1. By rotating around the central axis with respect to the fixed cylinder 5, the cam mechanism provided between the fixed cylinder 5 and the fixed cylinder 5 moves in the direction of the optical axis A <b> 1.

The outer rectilinear cylinder 7 is a cylinder inserted into the inner diameter side of the rotating cylinder 6. The outer rectilinear cylinder 7 is movable in the direction of the optical axis A1 with respect to the fixed cylinder 5 and is guided (straight forward guidance) in a state where rotation around the optical axis A1 is constrained.
The cam cylinder 8 is a cylinder disposed on the inner diameter side of the outer rectilinear cylinder 7. The cam cylinder 8 is formed with a cam groove for driving the first lens group cylinder 10 on its outer peripheral surface. The cam cylinder 8 is formed with cam grooves for driving the second lens group cylinder 13 and the third lens group cylinder 15 on its inner peripheral surface. When the lens barrel 1 is driven, the cam barrel 8 is rotationally driven around a central axis by a lens drive motor 24a described later, thereby driving each lens group cylinder in the optical axis direction.
The inner rectilinear cylinder 9 is inserted into the inner diameter side of the cam cylinder 8. The inner rectilinear cylinder 9 is connected to the outer rectilinear cylinder 7 at the end on the optical axis direction image side. The inner rectilinear cylinder 9 guides the second lens group cylinder 13 and the third lens group cylinder 15 linearly in the direction of the optical axis A1.

The first lens group cylinder 10 is a cylinder body to which the first lens group L1 is attached and which is disposed on the most object side of the lens barrel 1 at the time of photographing. The first lens group cylinder 10 is disposed on the inner diameter side of the outer rectilinear cylinder 7 and on the outer diameter side of the cam cylinder 8. The first lens group cylinder 10 is formed with a cam follower pin to be inserted into the cam groove of the cam cylinder 8 on the inner peripheral surface portion thereof.
The first lens group guide cylinder 11 is a rectilinear cylinder disposed on the outer diameter side of the first lens group cylinder 10 and on the inner diameter side of the outer rectilinear cylinder 7. The first lens group guide tube 11 is guided in a straight manner with respect to the outer rectilinear tube 7 and guides the first lens group tube 10 in a straight direction.
The first lens group chamber 12 is an annular member in which the first lens group L1 is fixed on the inner diameter side. The first lens group chamber 12 is fixed to the first lens group cylinder 10 by screw coupling.

The second lens group cylinder 13 is provided with the second lens group L2 and is disposed on the inner diameter side of the cam cylinder 8. The second lens group cylinder 13 is formed with a cam follower pin inserted into the cam groove of the cam cylinder 8 on the outer peripheral surface portion thereof.
The second lens group chamber 14 is an annular member on the inner diameter side of which the second lens group L2 is fixed. The second lens group chamber 14 is fixed to the second lens group cylinder 13 by screw coupling.

The third lens group cylinder 15 is mounted with a shake correction mechanism including the shake correction lens group L3. The third lens group cylinder 15 is disposed on the inner diameter side of the cam cylinder 8, and a cam follower pin that is inserted into the cam groove of the cam cylinder 8 is formed on the outer peripheral surface portion thereof.
The third lens group cylinder 15 includes a light shielding plate 15a on the inner diameter side thereof. The light shielding plate 15 a includes a ring plate-shaped light shielding portion disposed between the vibration frame 17 and the shutter aperture unit 22, and is fixed to the third lens group tube 15.
The fixed cylinder 5, the rotating cylinder 6, the outer rectilinear cylinder 7, the cam cylinder 8, the inner rectilinear cylinder 9, the first lens group cylinder 10, the first lens group guide cylinder 11, the first lens group chamber 12, and the second lens group. A common central axis A2 of the tube 13, the second lens group chamber 14, and the third lens group tube 15 is disposed above the optical axis A1 during normal photographing. Thereby, these cylinders are arranged eccentrically with respect to the lens groups L1 to L4.
Here, in the present specification, normal shooting refers to the attitude of the lens barrel 1 when shooting a horizontally long image with the optical axis A1 being horizontal.

The fixed frame 16 is a substantially flat plate-like part formed integrally with the end of the third lens group tube 15 on the optical axis direction image side. The fixed frame 16 is restrained from moving in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis A1.
The vibration frame 17 is disposed to face the surface portion of the fixed frame 16 on the optical axis direction objective side. The vibration frame 17 is supported so as to be movable (shiftable) in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis A <b> 1 with respect to the fixed frame 16. The vibration frame 17 is movable about 0.25 mm, for example, in a direction (radial direction) perpendicular to the optical axis A1 with respect to the fixed frame 16 from the centered state. The vibration frame 17 includes a rotation shaft 17a that rotatably supports the vibration reduction lens group chamber 19. As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B, the rotating shaft 17a is disposed obliquely above the optical axis A1 during normal photographing, and the axial direction thereof is parallel to the optical axis A1.

As shown in FIG. 3, the fixed frame 16 and the vibration frame 17 are in a state in which a steel ball B that is a rolling element is sandwiched therebetween. During the movement described above, the steel ball B is configured to guide the vibration frame 17 relative to the fixed frame 16 by rotating.
Further, the fixed frame 16 is formed so as to protrude toward the vibration frame 17 and is provided with a steel ball receiving portion 16a in which a flat bottom concave portion with which the steel ball B abuts is formed at the tip thereof.

The voice coil motor (VCM) 18 is an actuator that drives the vibration frame 17 with respect to the fixed frame 16 in a plane orthogonal to the optical axis A1. Here, the lens barrel of the first embodiment performs blur correction control for blurring in the pitching direction and yawing direction during normal shooting.
Here, pitching means rotation of a lens barrel around an axis that is orthogonal to the optical axis and extends in the horizontal direction during normal photographing. Yawing refers to rotation of a lens barrel around an axis that is orthogonal to the optical axis and extends in the vertical direction during normal photographing.
The VCM 18 is provided with an anti-pitching shake correction and an anti-yaw shake correction, and these are shown by adding suffixes P and Y to the reference numerals as necessary (also in a gyro sensor described later). the same).
As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B, the VCMs 18P and 18Y are provided on the lower side and the side with respect to the optical axis A1, respectively.
The VCM 18 includes a drive circuit 18a (see FIG. 4). The drive circuit 18a supplies drive power to the VCM 18 and operates them in accordance with known blur correction control performed by a blur correction control unit 29 described later.

The blur correction lens group chamber 19 includes an annular frame to which the blur correction lens group L3 is fixed, and an arm portion that protrudes from the frame to the outer diameter side. The tip of the arm portion is pivotally supported by the rotation shaft 17 a of the vibration frame 17. The shake correction lens group chamber 19 is arranged in a state of being sandwiched therebetween so that the position in the direction of the optical axis A1 is on the image side with respect to the vibration frame 17 and on the object side with respect to the fixed frame 16. ing.
The blur correction lens group chamber 19 rotates around the rotation axis 17a, so that the photographing state in which the optical axis of the blur correction lens group L3 substantially coincides with the optical axis A1 of the other lens groups and the optical axis A1 are retracted. Transition between the stored state.
The blur correction lens group chamber 19 includes a spring 19a that urges the blur correction lens group chamber 19 toward the position in the photographing state, and a contact portion 19b that contacts the drive portion 4a of the CCD base 4. The contact portion 19b slides with the cam surface portion 4b to function as a cam follower when the drive portion 4a moves relative to the optical axis direction, and rotates the shake correction lens group chamber 19 around the rotation shaft 17a. It is something to be made.
The contact portion 19b constitutes an interlocking mechanism portion (retraction mechanism portion) in cooperation with the drive portion 4a, and its position in the direction of the optical axis A1 is arranged so as to partially overlap the VCM 18 described above. ing.

The biasing spring 20 is a tension coil spring provided between the fixed frame 16 and the vibration frame 17. The biasing spring 20 is attached to the fixed frame 16 and the vibration frame 17 so as to be tiltable. The displacement of the vibration frame 17 with respect to the fixed frame 16 is absorbed by the inclination of the biasing spring 20 described above.
As shown in FIGS. 1B and 2B, a plurality of urging springs 20 are arranged in the circumferential direction around the optical axis A1. For example, in the case of the first embodiment, two urging springs 20 are provided avoiding the movement path from the position in the photographing state to the position in the retracted state of the VCM 18 and the shake correction lens group L3. Yes.

The fourth lens group chamber 21 is an annular member on the inner diameter side of which the fourth lens group L4 is fixed. The fourth lens group chamber 21 is driven in the direction of the optical axis A1 by a focusing motor (not shown).
The shutter aperture unit 22 is provided between the second lens unit L2 and the shake correction lens unit L3, and includes a shutter curtain (not shown) that adjusts the exposure time and a diaphragm unit (not shown) that adjusts the passing light amount.

As shown in FIG. 4, the shutter aperture unit 22 includes a shutter aperture drive motor 22a, a shutter aperture drive mechanism 22b, and a shutter aperture drive circuit 22c.
The shutter aperture driving motor 22a is an actuator that generates a driving force for driving the shutter curtain and the aperture section.
The shutter aperture drive mechanism 22b is a power transmission mechanism that transmits the output of the shutter aperture drive motor 22a to the shutter curtain and the aperture.
The shutter aperture drive circuit 22c includes a driver unit that supplies drive power to the shutter aperture drive motor 22a in response to a command input from the CPU 35 via the main bus 36.

  The photo interrupter (PI) 23 is a sensor that detects whether or not the lens barrel 1 is in the retracted state. The PI 23 is fixed to the surface of the CCD table 4 on the optical axis direction objective side. In the PI 23, when the lens barrel 1 is in the retracted state, the projection 23a provided at the end of the outer rectilinear barrel 7 on the optical axis direction image side blocks the optical path, so that the output signal becomes low (Lo). Become. In other cases, the output signal of the PI 23 becomes high (Hi).

  As shown in FIG. 4, the camera including the lens barrel 1 described above includes a lens driving unit 24, an image processing circuit 25, a memory card drive device 26, a position detector 27, a gyro sensor 28, and a shake correction control unit 29. , A blur correction switch 30, a release switch 31, a power circuit 32, a power switch 33, a zoom switch 34, and a CPU 35.

The lens driving unit 24 performs a zooming operation and a collapsing operation for changing the focal length of the lens barrel 1 by moving the lens groups L1 to L4 included in the imaging optical system in the optical axis direction. The lens driving unit 24 includes a lens driving motor 24a, a lens driving mechanism 24b, and a lens driving circuit 24c.
The lens driving motor 24a is a DC motor that generates a driving force for driving each lens group.
The lens drive mechanism 24b is a power transmission mechanism that transmits the output of the lens drive motor 24a to each lens group. The lens driving mechanism 24b includes the rotating cylinder 6 and the cam cylinder 8 described above and a gear train (not shown) that transmits the output of the lens driving motor 24a thereto.
The lens driving circuit 24 c includes a driver unit that supplies driving power to the lens driving motor 24 a in accordance with a command input from the CPU 35 via the main bus 36.

The image processing circuit 25 generates image data by performing predetermined image processing based on a signal output from the CCD 2.
The memory card drive device 26 includes a slot portion into which the memory card 26a is detachably mounted. The memory card 26a includes a writable storage device such as a flash memory. The memory card drive device 26 writes image data output from the image processing circuit 25 to a storage device in the memory card 26a.

The position detector 27 is a sensor that detects the position of the vibration frame 17 with respect to the fixed frame 16. The position detector 27 includes a magnet fixed to the vibration frame 17 and a Hall element fixed to the fixed frame 16 so as to face the magnet. The position detector 27 detects the position of the vibration frame 17 based on the change in the state of the magnetic field detected by the Hall element due to the relative displacement of the magnet with respect to the Hall element. The output of the position detector 27 is provided to the shake correction control unit 29 via the main bus 36. The position detector 27 is arranged such that the position in the direction of the optical axis A1 partially overlaps with the VCM 18 and the contact portion 19b of the blur correction lens group chamber 19 described above.
Since the position detector 27 corresponds to the two-dimensional displacement of the vibration frame 17 with respect to the fixed frame 16, a pair of detection directions different from each other is provided (hereinafter referred to as position detectors 271 and 272, respectively). . The detection directions of the position detectors 271 and 272 are different from the pitching direction and the yawing direction, respectively, but it is possible to detect the displacement of the vibration frame 17 in the pitching direction and the yawing direction by calculating based on these outputs. It is.
The arrangement of the position detectors 271 and 272 will be described in detail later.

  As shown in FIG. 4, the gyro sensor 28 (28 </ b> P, 28 </ b> Y) includes an angular velocity sensor such as a vibrating gyroscope that detects blurring of the lens barrel 1. The output of the gyro sensor 28 is provided to the shake correction control unit 29 via the main bus 36.

The blur correction control unit 29 performs a known blur correction control that shifts and displaces the blur correction lens group L3 in a direction to reduce image blur based on information on the blur amount of the lens barrel 1 detected by the gyro sensor 28. It is a control unit. The blur correction control unit 29 outputs a control signal to the drive circuit 18a via the main bus 36.
Further, the shake correction control unit 29 performs feedback control using information on the position of the vibration frame 17 with respect to the fixed frame 16 detected by the position detector 27.

The shake correction (VR) switch 30 is an operation unit for inputting whether the shake correction control described above is used or not by a user (not shown).
The release switch 31 is a push button switch on which a user performs a release operation. The release switch 31 is capable of inputting a half-press operation for pressing to the middle region of the stroke and a full-press operation for pressing to the end of the stroke.
The half-press operation is to start known AF drive, AE control, and blur correction control.
The full-press operation is for inputting a release operation.

The power supply circuit 32 supplies power supplied from a battery (not shown) to each unit in the camera.
The power switch 33 is used by the user to input an on / off operation of the power circuit 32.
The zoom switch 34 is used by the user to input a zooming operation for changing the focal length of the lens barrel 1.
The CPU 35 comprehensively controls the entire camera including the above-described elements. The CPU 35 also functions as a storage control unit that outputs a command to the lens driving circuit 24 c and starts the retracting (storage) operation of the lens barrel 1 when a power-off operation is input by the power switch 33 described above. To do.

  In addition, the camera includes a main bus 36. The main bus 36 includes a drive circuit 18a, a shutter aperture drive circuit 22c, a lens drive circuit 24c, a position detector 27, a gyro sensor 28, a shake correction control unit 29, a VR switch 30, a release switch 31, a power circuit 32, and a power switch 33. The zoom switch 34 and the CPU 35 are respectively connected to enable communication between these elements.

Next, the arrangement of each component around the blur correction device in the lens barrel of the first embodiment will be described in more detail. FIG. 5 is an enlarged view of a portion V in FIG.
As shown in FIG. 5, one position detector 271 is arranged in an intermediate region between the pair of VCMs 18P and 18Y described above in the circumferential direction around the optical axis A1. That is, the position detector 271 is disposed at a position in the horizontal direction during normal photographing on the VCM 18Y side with respect to the VCM 18P and at a position in the vertical direction on the lower side (VCM 18P side) with respect to the VCM 18Y.
The other position detector 272 is disposed on the opposite side of the position detector 271 with the VCM 18P sandwiched in the horizontal direction during normal photographing.
Accordingly, the VCM 18Y, the position detector 271, the VCM 18P, and the position detector 272 are arranged in this order in the clockwise direction in the circumferential direction around the optical axis A1.

Further, the lens barrel 1 includes a shield plate 37. The shield plate 37 is a magnetic field shield that reduces the influence of the magnetic field generated by the VCM 18 on the position detector 27.
FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a configuration of a part of the shake correction apparatus, and is a cross-sectional view having a plane parallel to the optical axis as a cross section.

The VCM 18 includes a coil 18b and a magnet 18c.
The coil 18b generates a change in the magnetic field according to the current supplied to the coil 18b, and drives the magnet 18c by electromagnetic induction force. The coil 18 b is attached to the surface portion of the vibration frame 17 on the side facing the fixed frame 16.
The magnet 18c is a permanent magnet that is driven according to the magnetic field generated by the coil 18b. The magnet 18 c is attached to the surface portion of the fixed frame 16 opposite to the vibration frame 17.
In addition to the coil 18b and the magnet 18c, the VCM 18 is provided with a yoke (not shown) that adjusts the magnetic flux as necessary.

The position detector 27 includes a magnet 27a and a hall element 27b.
The magnet 27 a is a permanent magnet attached to a surface portion of the vibration frame 17 that faces the fixed frame 16.
The hall element 27b is a magnetic sensor that detects the strength of the magnetic field generated by the magnet 27a. The fixed frame 16 is mounted on the surface of the fixed frame 16 opposite to the vibration frame 17.

The shield plate 37 is attached to the vibration frame 17 and the fixed frame 16, respectively. Hereinafter, each shield plate 37 will be described with reference numerals 37a and 37b.
The shield plate 37a on the vibration frame 17 side is provided so as to protrude from the surface portion of the vibration frame 17 on the fixed frame 16 side.
The shield plate 37 b on the fixed frame 16 side is provided so as to protrude from the surface portion of the fixed frame 16 on the side opposite to the vibration frame 17.

  Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the shield plate 37 is arranged between the VCM 18Y and the position detector 271, between the position detector 271 and the VCM 18P, between the VCM 18P and the position detector 272, in the circumferential direction around the optical axis A1. Are provided respectively. Each of these shield plates 37 extends substantially radially with respect to the optical axis A1.

Further, the pair of biasing springs 20 described above are disposed at positions sandwiching the VCM 18Y, the position detector 271, the VCM 18P, and the position detector 272 in the circumferential direction.
Further, for example, three steel balls B are provided. Two of the steel balls B are respectively arranged on the upper side during normal photographing with respect to the pair of biasing springs 20 described above. The remaining one steel ball B is disposed between the position detector 271 and the shield plate 37 on the VCM 18Y side adjacent thereto.

Further, as shown in FIG. 5, the shutter aperture drive motor 22a described above is provided on the opposite side to the VCM 18Y in the horizontal direction during normal shooting with respect to the optical axis A1, and the upper side in the vertical direction (VCM 18P). On the opposite side). Thus, the shutter aperture driving motor 22a is disposed on the opposite side of the optical axis A1 with respect to the position detector 27 (271, 272) when viewed from the optical axis A1 direction.
Further, the shutter aperture drive motor 22a is provided on the object side in the optical axis A1 direction with respect to the vibration frame 17. Accordingly, the shutter aperture drive motor 22a is provided on the opposite side of the hall element 27b of the position detector 27 with the fixed frame 16 and the vibration frame 17 interposed therebetween.

Next, the operation when the lens barrel 1 according to the first embodiment shifts from the photographing state to the retracted state will be described.
First, the rotating cylinder 6 and the cam cylinder 8 are rotationally driven around the central axis A2 with respect to the fixed cylinder 5 by the lens driving motor 24a. At this time, the first lens group cylinder 10, the second lens group cylinder 13, and the third lens group cylinder 15 move toward the image side in the optical axis A <b> 1 direction with respect to the fixed cylinder 5 by the function of each cam mechanism section. .
The fourth lens group chamber 21 is driven by a focusing motor (not shown) and moves toward the image side in the optical axis A1 direction with respect to the fixed cylinder 5.

  The drive unit 4a of the CCD base 4 moves relative to the blur correction lens group chamber 19 in the direction of the optical axis A1 as the third lens group cylinder 15 moves as described above. The cam surface portion 4b of the drive portion 4a is engaged with and presses the contact portion 19b of the shake correction lens group chamber 19 by this relative movement. As a result, the vibration reduction lens group chamber 19 rotates around the rotation axis 17a with respect to the vibration frame 17, and retreats from above the optical axis A1 to the upper side thereof.

As described above, according to the first embodiment, the following effects can be obtained.
(1) Since the VCM 18, the position detector 27, and the contact portion 19b of the blur correction lens group chamber 19 that constitutes the retracting mechanism portion are arranged in a state where the positions in the optical axis A1 direction partially overlap each other. Each of these elements can be accommodated in a space having a small length in the optical axis direction, and the length of the lens barrel 1 in the optical axis A1 direction can be shortened to achieve compactness.
(2) Since the shield plate 37 is disposed between the VCM 18 and the position detector 27, it is possible to prevent erroneous detection of the position detector 27 due to the magnetic field generated by the coil 18b when the VCM 18 is driven. it can. As a result, since the distance between the VCM 18 and the position detector 27 can be reduced, the lens barrel 1 can be made compact, the detection accuracy of the position detector 27 can be ensured, and good blur correction control can be performed. it can.
(3) By arranging the VCM 18Y, the position detector 271, the VCM 18P, and the position detector 272 in this order along the circumferential direction around the optical axis A1, a range in which the central angle viewed from the optical axis A1 is small. And the degree of freedom in the layout of the retraction path of the vibration reduction lens group L3 and the retraction mechanism unit is improved. Further, even if the elements are arranged close to each other as described above, by providing the shield plate 37 described above, it is possible to prevent erroneous detection from occurring in the position detector 27 due to the magnetic field generated by the VCM 18.

Next, a lens barrel and a camera according to a second embodiment to which the present invention is applied will be described. Hereinafter, the same parts as those of the first embodiment described above are denoted by the same reference numerals, description thereof is omitted, and differences are mainly described.
FIG. 7 is a cross-sectional view showing a state in which the lens barrel of the second embodiment is cut along a plane orthogonal to the optical axis, and shows a cross section corresponding to FIG. 5 in the first embodiment.

The apparatus according to the second embodiment is provided with a flexible printed circuit board 38 partially formed with a shield portion instead of the shield plate 37a on the vibration frame 17 side according to the first embodiment.
The flexible printed circuit board (FPC) 38 is a relay FPC that transmits the power output from the drive circuit 18a of the VCM 18 from the main FPC (not shown) to the coil 18b. The FPC 38 includes an electric circuit portion soldered to the coil 18b.

The shield part 38 a of the FPC 38 is a part formed in a wall shape protruding from the surface of the vibration frame 17 by bending a boundary part with another part of the FPC 38. The shield part 38a is formed integrally with the FPC 38 so as to surround both sides of the coil 18b of the VCM 18 in the circumferential direction with respect to the optical axis A1 and the three outer directions in the radial direction.
The FPC 38 is coated with a known magnetic shielding agent at least in a region corresponding to the shield portion 38a. As a result, the influence of the magnetic field generated by the coil 18b of the VCM 18 on the Hall element 27b of the position detector 27 is reduced.
According to the second embodiment described above, in addition to the same effects as the first embodiment described above, the magnetic field shield portion is formed integrally with the FPC, so that the number of parts is reduced and the structure of the apparatus is simplified. There is.

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The present invention is not limited to the embodiments described above, and various modifications and changes can be made, and these are also within the equivalent scope of the present invention.
(1) The configuration of the apparatus is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be changed as appropriate. FIG. 8 is a diagram illustrating another example of the arrangement of the magnetic field shield portions. For example, in the first embodiment, the shield plate 37 is disposed in the middle portion between the VCM 18 and the position detector 27. However, as shown in FIG. 8A, the shield plate 37 is disposed so as to surround the coil 18b of the VCM 18, As shown in FIG. 8B, the Hall element 27b of the position detector 27 may be surrounded and arranged.
Further, the position detector 271 may detect the displacement of the vibrating frame 17 in the pitching direction, and the position detector 272 may detect the displacement of the vibrating frame 17 in the yawing direction.
(2) The lens barrel of each embodiment is, for example, a shooting lens barrel of a digital still camera. However, the present invention is not limited to this, and is also applicable to, for example, a film camera or a movie camera for moving image shooting. be able to.
(3) In Example 2, a magnetic shield material applied to FPC is used as a magnetic field shield part. However, the present invention is not limited thereto, and for example, a sheet of a material having a function of shielding a magnetic field is attached to FPC. Such a material may be mixed in the material of the FPC base material.

It is sectional drawing which shows the imaging | photography state of Example 1 of the lens-barrel to which this invention is applied. It is sectional drawing which shows the accommodation state of the lens-barrel of FIG. FIG. 3 is a cross-sectional view taken along the line III-III in FIG. 1. It is a block diagram which shows the structure of the camera of Example 1 containing the lens barrel of FIG. It is the V section enlarged view of FIG. It is a schematic diagram which shows the structure of the blurring correction apparatus in the lens barrel of FIG. It is sectional drawing of Example 2 of the lens-barrel to which this invention is applied. It is a figure which shows the other example of arrangement | positioning of the magnetic field shield part in the lens barrel to which this invention is applied.

Explanation of symbols

L3: Blur correction lens group, 4a: Drive unit, 16: Fixed frame, 17: Vibration frame, 17a: Rotating shaft,
18: VCM, 19: blur correction lens group chamber, 20: biasing spring 27: position detector, 29: blur correction control unit, 35: CPU
36: Shield plate, 37: FPC

Claims (8)

A fixed portion whose position in the plane intersecting the optical axis is restricted;
A vibrating portion supported so as to be movable in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed portion;
A blur correction optical system that is supported with respect to the vibration unit and moves in a plane that intersects the optical axis following the vibration unit;
A retraction mechanism that moves the blur correction optical system relative to the vibration unit to move to a retreat position that is retreated from the optical axis;
A vibration correcting drive unit that moves the vibrating unit in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit, and at least a part of the position in the optical axis direction is overlapped with the retracting mechanism unit;
A lens mirror that detects a position of the vibration unit with respect to the fixed unit, and a position detection unit in which at least a part of the position in the optical axis direction overlaps the retraction mechanism unit and the shake correction driving unit, respectively. Tube. The lens barrel according to claim 1,
A lens barrel, comprising: a magnetic field shield unit that reduces a magnetic field intensity caused by the blur correction drive unit in the position detection unit. A fixed portion whose position in the plane intersecting the optical axis is restricted;
A vibrating portion supported so as to be movable in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed portion;
A blur correction optical system that is supported with respect to the vibration unit and moves in a plane that intersects the optical axis following the vibration unit;
A shake correction driving unit that moves the vibrating unit in a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit;
A position detection unit that detects a position in a plane that intersects the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit of the vibration unit;
A lens barrel, comprising: a magnetic field shield part disposed between the shake correction drive unit and the position detection unit and reducing a magnetic field intensity caused by the shake correction drive unit in the position detection unit. In the lens barrel according to claim 3,
The shake correction drive unit includes a first shake correction drive unit that moves the vibration unit in a first direction within a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit, and the vibration unit with respect to the fixed unit. A second blur correction drive unit that moves in a second direction in a plane that is different from the first direction and intersects the optical axis,
The position detection unit includes a first position detection unit that detects a position in a third direction within a plane intersecting the optical axis with respect to the fixed unit of the vibration unit, and the third of the vibration unit with respect to the fixed unit. A second position detector that detects a position in a fourth direction in a plane that is different from the direction of and intersects the optical axis,
The magnetic field shield unit is disposed between the first blur correction driving unit and the first position detection unit, and the magnetic field intensity caused by the first blur correction driving unit in the first position detection unit. The first magnetic field shield part for reducing the above, the second shake correction drive part, and the second position detection part, the second shake correction drive part in the second position detection part A second magnetic field shield part for reducing the magnetic field strength caused by
The first shake correction drive unit, the second shake correction drive unit, the first position detection unit, and the second position detection unit are arranged around the optical axis, the first shake correction drive unit, The lens barrel, wherein the lens barrel is arranged in the order of the first position detection unit, the second blur correction drive unit, and the second position detection unit. The lens barrel according to claim 4,
The lens barrel according to claim 1, wherein the first direction is the same direction as the third direction, and the second direction is the same direction as the fourth direction. In the lens barrel according to claim 1 or 3,
A shutter unit that is disposed on the incident side or the exit side of the blur correction optical system and blocks image light passing through the blur correction optical system;
The position in the optical axis direction with respect to the position detection unit is disposed on the opposite side across the fixed portion and the vibration unit, and the region on the opposite side across the optical axis as viewed from the optical axis direction And a shutter driving unit that drives the shutter unit. In the lens barrel according to claim 1 or 3,
The lens barrel, wherein the magnetic field shield part is formed integrally with a flexible printed circuit board having a circuit connected to at least one of the blur correction drive part and the position detection part. A camera comprising the lens barrel according to any one of claims 1 to 7.

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