IP Library Granted Patent US 11,284,002
Granted Patent B2
US 11,284,002 · App. 17/021,592 · Granted Mar 22, 2022

Image pickup apparatus, its control method, and storage medium

Inventor: Daisuke Hirai (Utsunomiya, JP)
Assignee: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
H04N5/23287
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Patent No.
US 11,284,002
App. No.
17/021,592
Granted
Mar 22, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

An image pickup apparatus includes a controller. The controller controls a mover so as to move, when an optical element in the imaging optical system moves, an image sensor for the image stabilization in each of a first imaging period and a next second imaging period. The controller selects and performs one of a first image stabilization control and a second image stabilization control after the first imaging period ends, the first image stabilization control controlling the mover so as to return the image sensor to a predetermined initial position and to move the image sensor from the predetermined initial position during the second imaging period, and the second image stabilization control controlling the mover so as to hold the image sensor at a position at an end of the first imaging period and to move the image sensor from the position at the end.

Claims (19)

1. An image pickup apparatus comprising:

an image sensor configured to capture an object image formed by an imaging optical system;

a mover configured to move the image sensor for an image stabilization; and

a controller configured to control the mover,

wherein the controller controls the mover so as to move, when an optical element in the imaging optical system moves, the image sensor for the image stabilization in each of a first imaging period and a next second imaging period; and

wherein the controller selects and performs one of a first image stabilization control and a second image stabilization control after the first imaging period ends, the first image stabilization control controlling the mover so as to return the image sensor to a predetermined initial position and to move the image sensor from the predetermined initial position during the second imaging period, and the second image stabilization control controlling the mover so as to hold the image sensor at a position at an end of the first imaging period and to move the image sensor from the position during the second imaging period.

2. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein in performing the first image stabilization control, the controller waits for a calculation for moving the image sensor in the second imaging period with the image sensor returned to the initial position, and

wherein in performing the second image stabilization control, the controller waits for the calculation with the image sensor held at the position at the end.

3. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller selects one of the first image stabilization control and the second image stabilization control in accordance with a time interval from an end of the first imaging period to the second imaging period.

4. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller performs the first image stabilization control in capturing a single image, and the second image stabilization control in continuously capturing images.

5. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller selects one of the first image stabilization control and the second image stabilization control in accordance with the position of the image sensor at the end of the first imaging period.

6. The image pickup apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller does not move the image sensor before each of the first and second imaging periods.

7. A control method of an image pickup apparatus configured to move an image sensor configured to capture an object image formed by an imaging optical system for an image stabilization, the control method comprising steps of:

moving, when an optical element in the imaging optical system moves, the image sensor for the image stabilization in each of a first imaging period and a next second imaging period; and

selecting and performing one of a first image stabilization control and a second image stabilization control after the first imaging period ends, the first image stabilization control returning the image sensor to a predetermined initial position and moving the image sensor from the predetermined initial position during the second imaging period, and the second image stabilization control holding the image sensor at a position at an end of the first imaging period and moving the image sensor from the position during the second imaging period.

8. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a computer program that causes a computer in an image pickup apparatus configured to move an image sensor that captures an object image formed by an imaging optical system for an image stabilization, to execute a control method,

wherein the control method includes the steps of:

moving, when an optical element in the imaging optical system moves, the image sensor for the image stabilization in each of a first imaging period and a next second imaging period; and

selecting and performing one of a first image stabilization control and a second image stabilization control after the first imaging period ends, the first image stabilization control returning the image sensor to a predetermined initial position and moving the image sensor from the predetermined initial position during the second imaging period, and the second image stabilization control holding the image sensor at a position at an end of the first imaging period and moving the image sensor from the position during the second imaging period.

Assignments (1)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 10, 2021
From: HIRAI, DAISUKE
To: CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA
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Priority Claims (1)
JP JP2019-183749 · Oct 4, 2019 · national
Continuity (1)
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