IP Library Granted Patent US 7,664,381
Granted Patent B2
US 7,664,381 · App. 11/564,008 · Granted Feb 16, 2010

Controller, photographing equipment, control method of photographing equipment, and control program

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Patent No.
US 7,664,381
App. No.
11/564,008
Granted
Feb 16, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

A controller is provided which includes a photographing control unit controlling an image pickup unit to take a photograph and a shake detecting unit detecting an amount of shake even time the image pickup unit takes a photograph. Here, the photographing control unit allows the image pickup unit to consecutively take a photograph and ends the photographing operation of the image pickup unit when the amount of shake detected by the shake detecting unit at the time of the photographing operation of the image pickup unit is larger than the amount of shake detected at the time of the previous photographing operation.

Claims (12)

1. A controller comprising:

a photographing control unit controlling an image pickup unit to take a photograph; and

a shake detecting unit detecting an amount of shake every time the image pickup unit takes a photograph,

wherein the photographing control unit allows the image pickup unit to consecutively take a photograph during a consecutive photographing operation and ends the consecutive photographing operation of the image pickup unit when the amount of shake detected by the shake detecting unit at the time of a current photographing operation of the image pickup unit is larger than the amount of shake detected at the time of a previous photographing operation of the consecutive photographing operation.

2. The controller according to claim 1 , further comprising an image storing unit storing an image taken by the image pickup unit,

wherein the image storing unit updates a previously stored image to a latest taken image every time the image pickup unit takes a photograph.

3. The controller according to claim 2 , wherein the image storing unit does not update a previously stored image when the photographing control unit ends the consecutive photographing operation.

4. A photographing equipment comprising:

an image pickup unit;

a photographing control unit controlling the image pickup unit to take a photograph; and

a shake detecting unit detecting an amount of shake every time the image pickup unit takes a photograph,

wherein the photographing control unit allows the image pickup unit to consecutively take a photograph during a consecutive photographing operation and ends the consecutive photographing operation of the image pickup unit when the amount of shake detected by the shake detecting unit at the time of a current photographing operation of the image pickup unit is larger than the amount of shake detected at the time of a previous photographing operation of the consecutive photographing operation.

Assignments (2)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 2, 2018
From: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
To: ADVANCED INTERCONNECT SYSTEMS LIMITED
Reel/Frame 046464/0045 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 28, 2006
From: NOMURA, KAZUO; HOSODA, TATSUYA
To: SEIKO EPSON CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 018557/0872 →