Image pick up unit

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2011-05-17

2011-05-17

Fuller, Rodney E (Department: 2862)

Photography

Body examination photography

Endoscope

C348S065000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07945147

ABSTRACT:
An image pick up unit includes an optical member, a holding member holding the optical member and movable in an axial direction of an optical axis of the optical member, a driving member rotatable about the optical axis, a cam mechanism configured to convert rotation of the driving member about the optical axis to movement of the holding member in the axial direction of the optical axis, a coil provided in the driving member and movable together with the driving member, and a magnetic field generation portion provided along a rotating direction of the coil and configured to generate a magnetic field to interact with a current flowing in the coil to drive the coil in the rotating direction.

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