A VCM (voice coil motor) is disclosed, the VCM including: a rotor including a cylindrical bobbin for accommodating a lens and protruded at a bottom end with a boss, and a coil block arranged at a periphery of the bobbin; a stator including a magnet facing the coil block and a yoke fixing the magnet; and an elastic member including a first elastic member formed with a through hole coupled to the boss of the bobbin and a second elastic member coupled to an upper end facing the bottom end of the bobbin; wherein the boss is formed with a disengagement prevention unit inhibiting the first elastic member from being disengaged from the boss, and the first elastic member is formed with a coupling unit contacting a joint where the disengagement prevention unit and the coupling unit meet.

A thin-plate-typed rotating module includes a rotating element, a driving unit and a base board. The rotating element is rotatable about a first axial direction and a second axial direction in a limited degree. The driving unit connects the rotating element for driving the rotating element to rotate about the first and second axial directions. The base board is furnished with a control module which is connected with the driving unit for controlling the driving unit to operate.

An optical unit with shake-correction function is provided. A rotational support structure for supporting a movable body including a camera module around an optical axis is rotatably supported around a first axis and a second axis by a gimbal mechanism. The rotational support structure includes: a first annular groove, provided in the movable body; a plate roller, having a second annular groove facing the first annular groove in a direction of a Z axis; and a plurality of spherical objects, configured to be inserted into the first annular groove and the second annular groove, and roll between the movable body and the plate roller. The gimbal mechanism is configured to rotatably support the plate roller around the first axis.

Various embodiments include a camera having an actuator arrangement with a low-profile actuator arrangement. For example, the camera may include a voice coil motor (VCM) actuator to move a lens group and/or an image sensor of the camera. According to some embodiments, the VCM actuator may include one or more magnet-coil groups located beside an image sensor package of the camera. In some embodiments, a magnet-coil group may be located between the image sensor package and a side wall of the camera. Additionally, or alternatively, the magnet-coil group may at least partially extend (e.g., in a direction parallel to an optical axis defined by the lens group) past an upper surface of the image sensor and a bottom of the camera in some embodiments.

A linear head module includes: a plurality of linear motors each including a mover having an output shaft portion; a plurality of detection portions each configured to detect a position of the respective output shaft portion in a direction of a thrust axis; a single circuit board provided with the plurality of detection portions; and a detected portion provided to the respective mover, the detected portion is fixed to the mover via a mounting base, and as viewed in the direction of the thrust axis, a direction in which the mounting base extends from the output shaft portion is different from a direction in which the output shaft portion and the circuit board face each other.

An optical unit having a shake correction function, includes a movable body including an optical module, a fixed body supporting the movable body in a swingable manner, a swing drive mechanism swinging the movable body relative to the fixed body and including a magnet and a coil, one of the magnet and the coil being fixed to the movable body, the other one of the magnet and the coil being fixed to the fixed body, a magnetic member returning the movable body to an original position, a magnetic detection sensor detecting a magnetic field of the magnet, and a wiring member being connected with the coil. The wiring member includes a mounting face on which the magnetic detection sensor, the magnetic member, and the coil are fixed. The centers of the magnetic detection sensor, the magnetic member, and the coil are coaxially fixed to the mounting face.

An optical unit with a shake correction function includes a movable body having a lens, a turning support mechanism structured to turnably support the movable body around an optical axis of the lens, a gimbal mechanism structured to turnably support the turning support mechanism, a fixed body which supports the movable body through the gimbal mechanism and the turning support mechanism, a shake correction magnetic drive mechanism, and a rolling correction magnetic drive mechanism. The turning support mechanism includes a plate roll fixed to the movable body, a plate holder provided with a facing part which faces the plate roll in a direction of the optical axis, and a turning mechanism which is provided between the plate roll and the facing part and is structured so that the plate roll is turnable with respect to the plate holder. The gimbal mechanism turnably supports the plate holder around the first axis.

A lens device includes a first lens module, a first light path turning module and an image sensor. The first lens module, the first light path turning module and the image sensor are sequentially arranged along a light path in which a light beam propagates. The first light path turning module is configured to change a direction in which the light beam propagates so that the light beam passes through the first lens module to form an image on the image sensor.

A lens positional adjustment device having a lens mounted to a moveable lens body, with the lens body including a bearing member and the lens mounted to the body to enable a laser beam to be projectable at and through the lens. A first voice coil member is mounted to the lens body and is axially offset from the optical axis of the lens. The device also includes a housing having a second voice coil member and a housing bearing with the bearing member of the lens housing being engaged with the housing bearing. The voice coil members are constructed to be one of an electrical coil winding and a magnet that engage to enable movement of the lens body relative to the housing when a current is supplied to the electrical coil winding whereby movement of the lens body relative to the housing adjusts the position of the lens.

Provided is an optical actuator that includes an elastic support member having a small influence on the drivability of a lens guide and having a high durability by configuring the optical actuator to include: a fixed-side member; a movable-side member that is arranged apart from the fixed-side member in a first direction orthogonal to an optical axis, holds a lens part, and moves by power of a driving part; and an elastic support member that supports the movable-side member with respect to the fixed-side member, and by configuring the optical actuator such that the elastic support member includes an elastic deformation part formed by at least a pair of linear parts arranged so as to follow each other in a state of having an interval between the pair of linear parts.