IP Library Granted Patent US 9,632,394
Granted Patent B2
US 9,632,394 · App. 14/795,099 · Granted Apr 25, 2017

Image pickup device and focal plane shutter

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Patent No.
US 9,632,394
App. No.
14/795,099
Granted
Apr 25, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup device includes: a focal plane shutter including: a board including an opening; a shutter moving to open and close the opening; an actuator moving the shutter; and a detection portion detecting that the shutter passes through a predetermined position, an image pickup element which light enters through the opening; and a drive control portion that controls the actuator to move the shutter, wherein the drive control portion performs movement control to move the shutter at least until the shutter passes through the predetermined position, and performs brake control to decelerate the shutter while the shutter is moving after the shutter passes through the predetermined position.

Claims (31)

1. An image pickup device comprising:

a focal plane shutter including:

a board including an opening;

a shutter moving to open and close the opening;

an actuator moving the shutter; and

a detection portion detecting that the shutter passes through a predetermined position;

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

a drive control portion configured to control the actuator to move the shutter,

wherein the drive control portion is configured to perform movement control to move the shutter at least until the shutter passes through the predetermined position by energizing the actuator in an energizing direction, performs brake control to decelerate the shutter while the shutter is moving after the shutter passes through the predetermined position, and, after performs brake control, performs bounce suppression control by energizing the actuator in an energizing direction that is the same direction as the energizing direction in the movement control.

2. The image pickup device of claim 1 ,

wherein electric power is supplied to the actuator in the movement control, and

wherein the brake control includes at least one of changing an energizing direction of the actuator, short-circuiting terminals of the actuator, and making an amount of electric power supplied to the actuator smaller than that of the electric power in the movement control.

3. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein the predetermined position is a position closer to a stop position than to a start position between the start position and the stop position in a movable range of the shutter.

4. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein

the shutter includes plural blades and is capable of shifting between an overlapped state where the plural blades overlap each other and recede from the opening and an expanded state where the plural blades are expanded and close the opening,

the drive control portion performs the brake control while the shutter is moving from the overlapped state to the expanded state.

5. The image pickup device of claim 1 , wherein

the actuator moves the shutter in first and second directions opposite to each other to open and close the opening,

the predetermined position includes different first and second positions,

the brake control includes:

first brake control to decelerate the shutter while the shutter is moving in the first direction after the shutter passes through the first predetermined position, and

second brake control to decelerate the shutter while the shutter is moving in the second direction after the shutter passes through the second predetermined position.

6. The image pickup device of claim 1 ,

wherein electric power is supplied to the actuator in performing the movement control, and

wherein an amount of electric power supplied to the actuator in performing the bounce suppression control is lower than that of the electric power supplied to the actuator in performing the movement control.

7. The image pickup device of claim 1 , comprising a control portion configured to determine that the shutter is in a malfunction state, when passage of the shutter through the predetermined position is detected, twice or more within a predetermined period, by the detection portion.

8. A focal plane shutter comprising:

a board including an opening;

a shutter moving to open and close the opening;

an actuator moving the shutter; and

wherein movement control on the actuator to move the shutter is performed at least until the shutter passes through the predetermined position by energizing the actuator in an energizing direction, brake control on the actuator to decelerate the shutter while the shutter is moving after the shutter passes through the predetermined position, and bounce suppression control on the actuator after the brake control by energizing the actuator in an energizing direction that is the same direction as the energizing direction in the movement control.

Assignments (4)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 20, 2022
From: SEIKO HOLDINGS KABUSHIKI KAISHA (TRADING AS SEIKO HOLDINGS CORPORATION)
To: SEIKO GROUP CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 062182/0124 →
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 Aug 7, 2015
From: NEMOTO, CHIAKI; TAKAHASHI, HIROSHI; TOKURA, SHOICHI; NAKANO, YOICHI; SAKURAI, MOTOHARU
To: SEIKO PRECISION INC.
Reel/Frame 036280/0834 →