An ultrasonic linear motor according to one embodiment is disclosed. The vibrating body includes an elastic body and a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element which are attached to two surfaces of the elastic body, a first weight and a second weight which are disposed on two side end portions of the vibrating body, a moving shaft which is coupled to a central portion of the vibrating body and moves according to a displacement of each of the piezoelectric elements, and a moving body which is fitted to the moving shaft and moves on the moving shaft.

An ultrasonic linear motor according to one embodiment is disclosed. The vibrating body includes an elastic body and a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element which are attached to two surfaces of the elastic body, a first weight and a second weight which are disposed on two side end portions of the vibrating body, a moving shaft which is coupled to a central portion of the vibrating body and moves according to a displacement of each of the piezoelectric elements, and a moving body which is fitted to the moving shaft and moves on the moving shaft.

Disclosed are an ultrasonic linear motor and a method of driving the same. The ultrasonic linear motor includes a vibrator including an elastic portion and a first piezoelectric element and a second piezoelectric element which are disposed on two surfaces of the elastic portion, a moving shaft coupled to the vibrator and moved according to a displacement of the vibrator, a mover inserted into and coupled to the moving shaft, and a controller which applies a first driving pulse and a second driving pulse to the first piezoelectric element and the second piezoelectric element, wherein a frequency of the first driving pulse and a frequency of the second driving pulse are set to a frequency between a resonant frequency at which an impedance is minimum and an anti-resonant frequency at which the impedance is maximum.

An actuator including a beam configured to support an object to be driven, and a drive source to which a drive signal is input, wherein the drive signal includes a drive waveform in a shape of sawtooth waveform, a rising of the drive waveform in the shape of sawtooth waveform includes a first staircase waveform and a second staircase waveform continuing from the first staircase waveform, the first staircase waveform generates oscillation of a ringing suppressing waveform for suppressing a ringing waveform to be generated in the second staircase waveform, and the object to be driven is driven to swing in a direction of rotating around the predetermined axis by driving the drive source.

The present disclosure relates to a linear drive, including: an actuator unit with at least one actuator; two guide elements and a movement element, wherein the movement element is displaceable along both guide elements by a movement generated by the actuator unit as a result of a stick-slip effect. In order to allow a more accurate displacement of the movement element in a compact design of the linear drive, the movement element can be brought into engagement with each of the two guide elements by static friction in order to be displaced along the two guide elements as a result of the stick-slip effect.

The present disclosure relates to a linear drive, including: an actuator unit with at least one actuator; two guide elements and a movement element, wherein the movement element is displaceable along both guide elements by a movement generated by the actuator unit as a result of a stick-slip effect. In order to allow a more accurate displacement of the movement element in a compact design of the linear drive, the movement element can be brought into engagement with each of the two guide elements by static friction in order to be displaced along the two guide elements as a result of the stick-slip effect.

Provided is a novel actuator that can easily achieve movement with multiple degrees of freedom. An actuator includes a flexible electrode, a first base electrode disposed to face the flexible electrode on the Y-axis and provided with a first insulating layer on an opposite face, a second base electrode disposed to face the flexible electrode on the X-axis and provided with a second insulating layer on an opposite face, and a first output member and a second output member adapted to be displaced according to deformation of the flexible electrode. A first space is formed between the first insulating layer and the flexible electrode, in which the flexible electrode deforms toward the first insulating layer by an applied voltage. A second space is formed between the second insulating layer and the flexible electrode, in which the flexible electrode deforms toward the second insulating layer by an applied voltage.

Provided is a novel actuator that can easily achieve movement with multiple degrees of freedom. An actuator includes a flexible electrode, a first base electrode disposed to face the flexible electrode on the Y-axis and provided with a first insulating layer on an opposite face, a second base electrode disposed to face the flexible electrode on the X-axis and provided with a second insulating layer on an opposite face, and a first output member and a second output member adapted to be displaced according to deformation of the flexible electrode. A first space is formed between the first insulating layer and the flexible electrode, in which the flexible electrode deforms toward the first insulating layer by an applied voltage. A second space is formed between the second insulating layer and the flexible electrode, in which the flexible electrode deforms toward the second insulating layer by an applied voltage.

An optical element driving mechanism is provided. The optical element driving mechanism includes a movable portion, a fixed portion, a driving assembly, and a stopping assembly. The movable portion is used for connecting to an optical element having a main axis. The movable portion is movable relative to the fixed portion. The driving assembly is disposed on the fixed portion or the movable portion to move the movable portion relative to the fixed portion. The stopping assembly connects to the movable portion and the fixed portion to limit the range of motion of the movable portion relative to the fixed portion.

A processor applies a first driving signal having a first driving frequency to a first actuator, applies a second driving signal having a second driving frequency to a second actuator, generates a first angle detection signal by performing first frequency filter processing based on the first driving frequency on an output signal of a first angle detection sensor, generates a second angle detection signal by performing second frequency filter processing based on the second driving frequency on an output signal of a second angle detection sensor, derives a first angle, which is an angle of a mirror portion around a first axis, based on the first angle detection signal, derives a second angle, which is an angle of the mirror portion around a second axis, based on the second angle detection signal, adjusts the first driving signal based on the first angle, and adjusts the second driving signal based on the second angle.