DRIVE DEVICE, DRIVE METHOD, AND IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE

摘要

In a drive device, drive method, and image pickup device of the present invention, a drive unit has a bridge circuit wherein a switching element is used, said drive unit supplying electric energy to an electromechanical conversion element that transmits mechanical energy to a drive member, and the drive unit starts supplying power at a drive voltage having a threshold voltage value of the switching element in the cases of starting supplying the electric energy to the electromechanical conversion element.