IP Library Granted Patent US 8,587,674
Granted Patent B2
US 8,587,674 · App. 12/936,116 · Granted Nov 19, 2013

Vibration correction control circuit for correcting displacement of an optical axis due to vibration including camera shake and image pickup apparatus equipped therewith

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Patent No.
US 8,587,674
App. No.
12/936,116
Granted
Nov 19, 2013
Kind
B2
Abstract

An integration circuit integrates an angular velocity signal outputted from a vibration detection element and generates a shift amount signal indicating the shift amount of an imaging device. A control unit judges whether the device is in the panning state or the tilting state. The integration circuit is formed by a digital filter, which includes a register for holding an accumulation value to be an amplitude value of the shift amount signal.

Claims (5)

1. A vibration correction control circuit for correcting displacement of an optical axis due to vibration applied to an image pickup apparatus, the circuit comprising:

an adjustment circuit configured to adjust an amplitude of an angular velocity signal output from a vibration detection element for detecting the vibration;

an integrating circuit configured to integrate the angular velocity signal output from the adjustment circuit and generate a shift amount signal indicating a shift amount of the image pickup apparatus, the integrating circuit being configured with a digital filter which includes a register for retaining an integrated value to be set as an amplitude value of the shift amount signal;

a centering processing circuit configured with a digital high-pass filter and configured to perform centering of the shift amount signal generated by the integrating circuit; and

a control unit configured to determine whether or not the image pickup apparatus is in a panning mode or tilting mode, the control unit controlling the adjustment circuit to invalidate the input of the angular velocity signal to the integrating circuit, gradually decreasing the absolute value of an integrated value retained in the register, and changing a coefficient for the digital high-pass filter in a manner such that the cutoff frequency of the digital high-pass filter becomes higher, when the control unit determines that the image pickup apparatus is in the panning or tilting mode.

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RELEASE OF SECURITY INTEREST IN PATENTS RECORDED AT REEL 038620, FRAME 0087 Recorded Jun 22, 2023
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From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 22, 2014
From: SANYO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jul 14, 2011
From: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.
To: SEMICONDUCTOR COMPONENTS INDUSTRIES, LLC
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ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 29, 2010
From: IWATA, NAOTO
To: SANYO ELECTRIC CO., LTD.; SANYO SEMICONDUCTOR CO., LTD.
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