Granted Patent B2

US 10,708,502 · App. 15/923,601 · Granted Jul 7, 2020

Abstract

Claims (32)

1. A camera device which is a fixed to a fixing target surface, and is provided in a place in which shaking occurs on the fixing target surface, the camera device comprising:

a lens on which subject light is incident;

an imaging element that images an image based on the subject light;

a sensor that detects shake of the camera device;

a shake correction mechanism that holds a holder which holds the imaging element, and performs shake correction on a captured image captured by the imaging element through driving of the holder based on a detection value of the sensor; and

a processor configured to perform operations including:

calculating a current shake correction amount based on an estimated focal length of the lens;

acquiring a disturbance shake amount based on the detection value of the sensor;

calculating, as a residual shake amount, a difference between the disturbance shake amount and the current shake correction amount;

determining whether the residual shake amount is a predetermined value;

when the residual shake amount is the predetermined value, setting the estimated focal length used in the calculating of the current shake correction amount as the focal length of the lens; and

when the residual shake amount is not the predetermined value, changing the estimated focal length of the lens based on the current shake correction amount, and repeating the operations.

2. The camera device of claim 1 ,

wherein the processor calculates the current shake correction amount of the shake correction mechanism further based on the captured image on which the shake correction is performed, and

the processor determines whether or not it is necessary to change the estimated focal length of the lens based on the calculated residual shake amount on the captured image.

3. The camera device of claim 2 ,

wherein, in the calculating of the current shake correction amount, a coefficient for converting the detection value of the sensor into the current shake correction amount of the shake correction mechanism is calculated by using the estimated focal length of the lens.

4. The camera device of claim 1 ,

wherein the sensor is attached to a housing of a lens unit including the lens.

5. The camera device of claim 1 , wherein the operations further include:

when the residual shake amount is not the predetermined value, performing the shake correction by the shake correction mechanism after changing the estimated focal length based on the current shake correction amount and before calculating the current shake correction amount during the repeating of the operations.

6. A shake correction method using a camera device which is fixed to a fixing target surface and is provided in a place in which shaking occurs on the fixing target surface, the shake correction method comprising:

imaging an image based on subject light by an imaging element;

detecting shake of the camera device;

performing shake correction on a captured image captured by the imaging element through driving of a holder which holds the imaging element based on a detection value of the detected shake of the camera device; and

perform, by a processor, operations including;

calculating a current shake correction amount based on an estimated focal length of the lens;

acquiring a disturbance shake amount based on the detection value of the sensor;

calculating, as a residual shake amount, a difference between the disturbance shake amount and the current shake correction amount;

determining whether the residual shake amount is a predetermined value;

when the residual shake amount is the predetermined value, setting the estimated focal length used in the calculating of the current shake correction amount as the focal length of the lens; and

when the residual shake amount is not the predetermined value, changing the estimated focal length of the lens based on the current shake correction amount, and repeating the operations.

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