A lens driving device includes a substrate which generates surface
acoustic waves on its surface and a movable unit which is coupled to an
optical lens and executes translation above the substrate using the
surface acoustic waves. The lens driving device can implement translation
of the lens without a separate mechanism, unlike the conventional driving
devices using motors and screws, thereby satisfying the recent trend
towards miniaturization and lightness to be used in a variety of
industrial fields that use optical lenses.