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8184965 Imaging device  
An imaging device includes an optical system, an imaging unit, a movable member, a drive unit, a second detection unit, and a selection unit. The optical system is configured to form an optical...
8184167 Optical apparatus having magnet member  
An electromagnetic driving apparatus includes a magnet member having a first face in which first and second magnetic poles are formed in a first direction and a second face in which the first and...
8184966 Image blur correction device, lens barrel and imaging apparatus  
There is provided an image blur correction device including: a correction optical element; a first movable frame; a second movable frame; a fixed frame; a first main guide shaft and a first...
8179602 Optical apparatus with image stabilizing system  
An optical apparatus 101 includes shake detecting means 102a, 102b, 103a, 103b, and 105 that detect a shake, an image stabilizing means 108a that operates so as to suppress an image shake, a drive...
8175448 Imaging apparatus  
An imaging apparatus includes a shake detector to detect a shake applied to the imaging apparatus, a first calculation unit to calculate a first shake correction amount, a vector detector to detect...
8174583 Optical image stabilizer for camera module assembly  
Provided is an optical image stabilizer for a camera module assembly including at least one or more guide portions for guiding linear movement while preventing friction in first and second drive...
8169485 Anti-shake apparatus  
An anti-shake apparatus for image stabilizing comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit is movable for an anti-shake operation. The controller stops the anti-shake operation after...
8169487 Image-shake correction apparatus and imaging apparatus  
An image-shake correction apparatus includes a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake applied to the image-shake correction apparatus, a shake correction unit configured to correct the...
8170408 Optical image stabilization in a digital still camera or handset  
An optical image stabilization system for a camera module is disclosed. The stabilization system comprises a voice coil motor (VCM), at least one digital gyroscope for receiving signals from the...
8164637 Driving apparatus and image pickup apparatus  
An X-axis driving mechanism section as one of driving sources of a driving apparatus including: a transducer for generating an elliptical vibration on a driving section in response to application...
8165462 Shake correction module for photographing apparatus and photographing apparatus including the same  
A shake correction module for a photographing apparatus, and a photographing apparatus including the same are provided. The module includes a base plate; a slider member disposed on the base plate...
8159545 Image stabilization control apparatus and imaging apparatus  
An image stabilization control apparatus includes a vibration correction unit configured to correct an image shake occurring due to vibration, a first vibration detection unit configured to detect...
8159540 Semiconductor device and imaging capturing apparatus  
A MCP semiconductor device with an “anti-shake” function includes a driver chip and a logic chip. The logic chip includes a correction signal processing unit which obtains a value for vibration of ...
8159746 Optical apparatus with image stabilizing and movable lenses and actuators for shifting and/or moving the lenses  
The optical apparatus includes an image stabilizing lens shiftable with respect to an optical axis, a movable lens movable in an optical axis direction, first and second actuators shifting the...
8155512 Camera system and camera body  
The camera system is constituted by the camera main body and the interchangeable lens which is removably attachable to the camera main body. The camera main body has an imaging unit, a main body...
8150208 Image pickup apparatus having stability checker for specific object feature value, and program and method for control of image pickup including checking stability of specific object feature value  
A digital still camera includes a CCD image sensor for photographing an object image by photoelectric conversion, to obtain image data. A face detector determines a face feature value of a human...
8150251 Photographic apparatus  
A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform, an operation unit, and a controller. The movable platform has an imager that captures an optical image through a taking lens, and is movable...
8150250 Camera body and camera system including the same  
A camera body including image-blur correcting units capable of effectively correcting blur in captured images and a camera system including the camera body are provided. The camera body includes a...
8144203 Image pickup apparatus including image shake correction  
An image pickup apparatus includes a first detection unit for detecting a rotation shake, a first computation unit for processing a detection signal of the rotation shake into a rotation shake...
8139291 Image blur prevention actuator and lens unit and camera equipped therewith  
An actuator for moving an imaging lens to prevent blurring of an image includes a fixed portion; a movable portion attached to the imaging lens; a plurality of spherical bodies sandwiched between...
8139113 Method and system for operating a camera assembly  
A method and a system for video camera assembly are provided. The video camera assembly includes at least one of a pan mechanism rotatable about a pan axis and a tilt mechanism rotatable about a...
8135266 Mobile device  
A mobile device includes a camera module and a magnetism generating part that is different from the camera module. The camera module includes: a movable portion that corrects camera shake; a...
8131140 Linear actuator and camera shake correction mechanism  
A linear actuator includes a multipolar magnet configured such that an S pole and an N pole are linearly aligned in an alternating manner. The linear actuator also includes a coil body having a...
8125528 Apparatus for digital image stabilization, method using the same and computer readable medium stored thereon computer executable instructions for performing the method  
An apparatus for digital image stabilization according to the present invention comprises an image signal processing module for receiving image signals generated under first and second exposure...
8125711 Image blur correction apparatus, and imaging apparatus or optical apparatus equipped with image blur correction apparatus  
An image blur correction apparatus includes first and second lens units, a supporting unit aligning the first and second lens units in an optical axis direction, so that the first and second lens...
8121467 Position controller for optical element  
A position controller for an optical element of an optical system includes a first movable member supported by a support member to be movable relative thereto in a first direction orthogonal to an...
8120658 Hand jitter reduction system for cameras  
A camera system in normal mode and hand jitter reduction (hjr) mode may comprise generating a first exposure time-gain product by multiplying the normal mode exposure time with the normal mode...
8116619 Image pickup apparatus  
An image pickup apparatus of the present invention includes: a fixed frame; a zoom lens holding frame; a focus lens holding frame; a focus driving unit and a zoom driving unit; an image pickup...
8115814 Mobile tracking system, camera and photographing method  
An apparatus and method to track and to photograph a mobile object over a wide range, by a cooperative operation of multiple cameras. In addition, a mobile tracking system is provided for tracking...
8111295 Image stabilizer and optical instrument therewith  
A CCD support mechanism includes a CCD holder for holding a CCD, a first printed circuit board having a first printed coil, a second printed circuit board having a second printed coil, a pair of...
8111292 Method and apparatus for stably correcting handshake in camera panning situation  
Provided are an apparatus and method for stably correcting handshake that occurs during a camera panning situation. In the method, movement information is accumulated by a predetermined unit for a...
8111294 Hybrid image stabilization method and apparatus  
The invention relates to a method of stabilizing the images of a scene, acquired by means of an observation device of an imaging system, comprising the step of digital processing of a stream of...
8111293 Photographic apparatus  
A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform and a controller. The movable platform has an imager and is movable and rotatable on an xy plane perpendicular.The controller calculates an...
8098982 Image shake correction apparatus and image pickup apparatus  
An image shake correction apparatus includes: a fixed member; a first guide shaft; a second guide shaft; an intermediate member; and a movable member.
8089519 Photographic apparatus  
A photographic apparatus comprises a movable platform and a controller. The movable platform has an imager that captures an optical image through a taking lens, and is movable and rotatable on an...
8090247 Vibration reduction unit, lens barrel and camera  
To provide a compact vibration reduction unit, a lens barrel, and a camera, which can perform positional detection with a high degree of accuracy during operations for vibration reduction. A...
8089694 Optical device stabilizer  
A stabilizer for an optical device that forms part of an electronic device may include a platform that has an optical device mounted thereon. A gimbal mount may retain the platform so that the...
8090248 Anti-vibration actuator and lens unit/camera equipped therewith  
To provide an anti-vibration actuator with which a high drive force can be obtained without increasing size. The present invention is an anti-vibration actuator, including a fixed portion, a...
8090249 Position controller for optical element  
A position controller for an optical element includes a movable member and is supported by a support member to be movable from an anti-shake driving range to a removed position, an image-shake...
8089553 Lens drive device, image pickup device and lens drive method  
A lens drive device in at least one lens barrel holding a lens moveably includes a motor to drive the lens; an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; and an output control...
8086096 Shake correction device and imaging apparatus  
A shake correction device includes: a first driving means for driving an imaging component, which is related with either an imaging optical system or an imaging device, in a first direction; a...
8086098 Imaging apparatus  
An imaging apparatus is disclosed. The apparatus includes: (a) an imaging device subunit having an imaging device for creating an image signal associated with a subject and a light-transmitting...
8086097 Optical apparatus including an image stabilizing apparatus  
An image stabilizer includes: an optical system movable in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis (“orthogonal plane”) and correcting image blur; a movable member holding the optical system and...
8078044 Image stabilization apparatus, image sensing apparatus and image stabilization method  
An image stabilization apparatus comprises a detection unit that detects camera shake in first and second directions orthogonal to each other, first and second filter units that cut off a low...
8078043 Image shake correction apparatus and image pickup apparatus  
A third group barrel 3 holding a third lens group L3 is controlled to be driven by drivers in yaw and pitch directions orthogonal to an optical axis, respectively. The Y magnet and the Y yoke of...
8078042 Vibration-proof lens unit and image capturing apparatus  
Goal: Providing a vibration-proof lens that can restrict an increase in thickness in the direction of the optical axis. Means: A vibration-proof lens unit comprising a lens holder that holds a...
8078041 Shake correction unit and imaging apparatus  
A shake correction unit comprises a first lens unit that holds a first lens and is movable in a direction perpendicular to an optical axis of the first lens during a shake correction operation and...
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Image capturing apparatus to prevent image blurring and control method therefor
 
An image capturing apparatus includes a motion vector detection unit which detects a motion vector on the basis of the correlation between image signals continuously captured by an image capturing...
8073317 Positioning device, shake correcting device and electronics  
A positioning device comprising a moving portion provided with a pair of magnets arranged respectively along with a first axis and a second axis, a fixed portion provided to face to the moving...
8064760 Dust removal apparatus of photographing apparatus  
A dust removal apparatus of a photographing apparatus comprises a movable unit and a controller. The movable unit has an imaging device and is movable. The controller moves the movable unit on a...