IP Library Granted Patent US 9,294,683
Granted Patent B2
US 9,294,683 · App. 14/190,590 · Granted Mar 22, 2016

Image pickup device and focal plane shutter

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Patent No.
US 9,294,683
App. No.
14/190,590
Granted
Mar 22, 2016
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup device includes: a focal plane shutter including: a board including an opening; a leading shutter and a trailing shutter moving to open and close the opening; a leading-shutter actuator and a trailing-shutter actuator respectively causing the leading shutter and the trailing shutter to move; a leading-shutter sensor detecting that the leading shutter passes through a first position; and a trailing-shutter sensor detecting that the trailing shutter passes through a second position, an image pickup element that light enters through the opening; and a drive control portion.

Claims (49)

1. An image pickup device comprising:

a focal plane shutter including:

a board including an opening;

a leading shutter and a trailing shutter moving to open and close the opening;

a leading-shutter actuator and a trailing-shutter actuator respectively causing the leading shutter and the trailing shutter to move;

a leading-shutter sensor detecting that the leading shutter passes through a first position; and

a trailing-shutter sensor detecting that the trailing shutter passes through a second position,

an image pickup element that light enters through the opening; and

a drive control portion correcting power supplied to the leading-shutter actuator while the leading shutter is moving, on a basis of a leading-shutter approach movement period from when the leading-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the leading shutter opens the opening to when the leading shutter passes through the first position,

the drive control portion correcting power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator while the trailing shutter is moving, on a basis of a trailing-shutter approach movement period from when the trailing-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the trailing shutter closes the opening to when the trailing shutter passes through the second position.

2. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the drive control portion corrects the power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator, after the trailing shutter starts moving before the trailing shutter starts blocking light entering the image pickup element.

3. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the drive control portion corrects the power such that a period during which the leading shutter is passing above the image pickup element corresponds to a period during which the trailing shutter is passing above the image pickup element.

4. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the second position is located between a movement start position where the trailing shutter starts moving to close the opening and a position where the trailing shutter starts blocking light entering the image pickup element.

5. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the drive control portion corrects the power supplied to the leading-shutter actuator on a basis of a difference between the leading-shutter approach movement period and a first reference value, and corrects the power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator on a basis of a difference between the trailing-shutter approach movement period and a second reference value.

6. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the drive control portion corrects the power supplied to the leading-shutter actuator and the power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator on a basis of a cumulative number of shooting times by the image pickup device.

7. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the drive control portion corrects the power supplied to the leading-shutter actuator and the power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator on a basis of posture of the image pickup device.

8. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein

the leading-shutter actuator and the trailing-shutter actuator respectively include a leading-shutter coil and a trailing-shutter coil, and

the drive control portion corrects the power supplied to the leading-shutter actuator and the power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator on a basis of a heat amount of the leading-shutter coil and the trailing-shutter coil.

9. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein

the leading-shutter actuator and the trailing-shutter actuator respectively include a leading-shutter coil and a trailing-shutter coil, and

the drive control portion corrects the power supplied to the leading-shutter actuator and the power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator on a basis of at least two of a cumulative number of shooting times by the image pickup device, posture of the image pickup device, and a heat amount of the leading-shutter coil and the trailing-shutter coil.

10. An image pickup device comprising:

a focal plane shutter including:

a board including an opening;

a leading shutter and a trailing shutter moving to open and close the opening;

a leading-shutter actuator and a trailing-shutter actuator respectively causing the leading shutter and the trailing shutter to move;

a leading-shutter sensor detecting that the leading shutter passes through a first position; and

a trailing-shutter sensor detecting that the trailing shutter passes through a second position,

an image pickup element that light enters through the opening; and

a drive control portion correcting power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator while the trailing shutter is moving, on a basis of a leading-shutter approach movement period and a trailing-shutter approach movement period,

the leading-shutter approach period being from when the leading-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the leading shutter opens the opening to when the leading shutter passes through the first position, the trailing-shutter approach period being from when the trailing-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the trailing shutter closes the opening to when the trailing shutter passes through the second position.

11. The image pickup device of claim 10 , wherein the drive control portion corrects the power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator on a basis of the leading-shutter approach movement period and a difference between the trailing-shutter approach movement period and a reference value.

12. A focal plane shutter comprising:

a board including an opening;

a leading shutter and a trailing shutter moving to open and close the opening;

a leading-shutter actuator and a trailing-shutter actuator respectively causing the leading shutter and the trailing shutter to move;

a leading-shutter sensor detecting that the leading shutter passes through a first position; and

a trailing-shutter sensor detecting that the trailing shutter passes through a second position,

wherein power supplied to the leading-shutter actuator is corrected while the leading shutter is moving, on a basis of a leading-shutter approach movement period from when the leading-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the leading shutter opens the opening to when the leading shutter passes through the first position, and

power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator is corrected while the trailing shutter is moving, on a basis of a trailing-shutter approach movement period from when the trailing-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the trailing shutter closes the opening to when the trailing shutter passes through the second position.

13. A focal plane shutter comprising:

a board including an opening;

a leading shutter and a trailing shutter moving to open and close the opening;

a leading-shutter actuator and a trailing-shutter actuator respectively causing the leading shutter and the trailing shutter to move;

a leading-shutter sensor detecting that the leading shutter passes through a first position; and

a trailing-shutter sensor detecting that the trailing shutter passes through a second position,

wherein power supplied to the trailing-shutter actuator is corrected while the trailing shutter is moving, on a basis of a leading-shutter approach movement period and a trailing-shutter approach movement period,

the leading-shutter approach period being from when the leading-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the leading shutter opens the opening to when the leading shutter passes through the first position, the trailing-shutter approach period being from when the trailing-shutter actuator starts being energized such that the trailing shutter closes the opening to when the trailing shutter passes through the second position.

Assignments (3)
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 050872/0748 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 30, 2019
From: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
To: SEIKO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TRADING AS SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
Reel/Frame 050873/0971 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Mar 10, 2014
From: NAKANO, YOICHI; SAKURAI, MOTOHARU
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 032394/0282 →