IP Library › Granted Patent US 9,749,537
Granted Patent B2
US 9,749,537 · App. 14/887,899 · Granted Aug 29, 2017

Imaging apparatus having camera shake correction device

Inventor: Hisashi Yoneyama (Tokyo, JP)
Assignee: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
H04N5/23287H04N5/23209H04N5/23219H04N5/23238H04N5/23258H04N5/23283H04N5/23293
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Patent No.
US 9,749,537
App. No.
14/887,899
Granted
Aug 29, 2017
Kind
B2
Abstract

An imaging apparatus includes a first vibration isolation control unit configured to control a first vibration isolation unit that corrects camera shake by moving an imaging element, a second vibration isolation control unit configured to control a second vibration isolation unit that corrects camera shake by moving a lens, and a setting unit configured to conduct setting of which of the first vibration isolation unit and the second vibration isolation unit is to be used for which of the camera shake correction and the moving of the photographic range.

Claims (33)

1. An imaging apparatus comprising:

a controller comprising:

a first vibration isolation control section configured to control a first vibration isolation actuator that corrects camera shake by moving an imaging element;

a second vibration isolation control section configured to control a second vibration isolation actuator that corrects camera shake by moving a lens;

a wide-angle image generation section for which a photographic range is moved for wide-angle shooting by at least one of the first vibration isolation control section and the second vibration isolation control section and which generates a wide-angle image by combining a plurality of images sequentially shot in a moved photographic range; and

a setting section configured to conduct setting of which of the first vibration isolation actuator and the second vibration isolation actuator is to be used for which of the camera shake correction and the moving of the photographic range.

2. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the setting section sets one of the first vibration isolation actuator and the second vibration isolation actuator to be used for camera shake correction, and sets the other to be used for moving of the photographic range.

3. The imaging apparatus according to claim 2 , wherein the controller further comprises:

a correction amount calculation section configured to calculate a correction amount of camera shake, wherein

the setting section sets, as a vibration isolation actuator for camera shake correction, a vibration isolation actuator capable of correcting the calculated correction amount of camera shake among the first vibration isolation actuator and the second vibration isolation actuator.

4. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises:

a correction amount calculation section configured to calculate a correction amount of camera shake, wherein

the setting section sets both the first vibration isolation actuator and the second vibration isolation actuator to be used for moving the photographic range when the calculated correction amount of camera shake is equal to or smaller than a prescribed amount.

5. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises:

a correction amount calculation section configured to calculate a correction amount of camera shake, wherein

the setting section sets both the first vibration isolation actuator and the second vibration isolation actuator to be used for camera shake correction when the calculated correction amount of camera shake is larger than a camera shake amount that can be corrected by the first vibration isolation actuator alone or the second vibration isolation actuator alone.

6. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein

the setting section sets the second vibration isolation actuator to be used for camera shake correction, and sets the first vibration isolation actuator to be used for camera shake correction or moving of the photographic range.

7. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises:

a display process section configured to display the generated wide-angle image as a live view image.

8. The imaging apparatus according to claim 1 , wherein the controller further comprises:

a face detection section configured to detect a face in an image; and

a subject tracking section configured to treat the face detected subject as a main subject and to track the main subject, wherein

the setting section changes a range of the wide-angle shooting by selection of the first vibration isolation actuator and the second vibration isolation actuator on the basis of a position of a tracked main subject.

9. A computer-readable non-transitory storage medium having stored therein a program that causes a computer of an imaging apparatus to execute camera shake correction, wherein

the imaging apparatus includes a first vibration isolation actuator configured to move an imaging element so as to correct camera shake and a second vibration isolation actuator configured to move a lens so as to correct camera shake, and

the program comprises:

a first vibration isolation control step of controlling the first vibration isolation unit;

a second vibration isolation control step of controlling the second vibration isolation actuator;

a step of executing at least one of the first vibration isolation control step and the second vibration isolation control step so as to move a photographic range for wide-angle shooting;

a wide-angle image generation step of generating a wide-angle image by combining a plurality of images sequentially shot in a moved photographic range; and

a setting step of conducting setting of which of the first vibration isolation actuator and the second vibration isolation actuator is to be used for which of the camera shake correction and the moving of the photographic range.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Nov 18, 2021
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OM DIGITAL SOLUTIONS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 058901/0912 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Jun 16, 2017
From: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 042846/0556 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Oct 28, 2015
From: YONEYAMA, HISASHI
To: OLYMPUS CORPORATION
Reel/Frame 036897/0982 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2014-229036 · Nov 11, 2014 · national
Continuity (1)
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