IP Library Granted Patent US 12,647,683
Granted Patent B2
US 12,647,683 · App. 18/798,766 · Granted Jun 2, 2026

Shake correction control device, imaging apparatus, shake correction method of imaging apparatus, and program

Inventors: Tomonori Masuda (Saitama, JP); Masahiko Sugimoto (Saitama, JP); Yi Pan (Saitama, JP); Takashi Hashimoto (Saitama, JP); Tetsuya Fujikawa (Saitama, JP); Yasunobu Kishine (Saitama, JP)
Assignee: FUJIFILM Corporation
H04N23/683H04N23/00H04N23/687
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Patent No.
US 12,647,683
App. No.
18/798,766
Granted
Jun 2, 2026
Kind
B2
Abstract

A shake correction control device includes a processor that selects mechanical correction of mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image or electronic correction of electronically performing the shake correction of the subject image. The processor performs a switching control from either of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction to the other of the mechanical correction or the electronic correction, and synchronizes shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction during the switching control, and changes an operation ratio of the mechanical correction and the electrical correction during the switching control.

Claims (27)

1 . A shake correction control device comprising:

a processor,

the processor being configured to:

perform switching control from mechanical correction for mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image to electronic correction for electronically performing shake correction of the subject image, and

set a first switching time that is a switching time from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction in a case in which a predetermined target is not detected in an obtained frame image, to be shorter than a second switching time that is a switching time from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction in a case in which the target is detected in the obtained frame image.

2 . A shake correction control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to detect a predetermined target in the obtained frame image, and

in a case of detecting the target, decrease a first operation ratio in accordance with passage of time and increase a second operation ratio in accordance with passage of time, the first operation ratio being a ratio of a shake correction amount of the mechanical correction to a correction amount necessary for the shake correction, and the second operation ratio being a ratio of a shake correction amount of the electronic correction to a correction amount necessary for the shake correction.

3 . A shake correction control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the processor is configured to

acquire imaging information for selecting the mechanical correction or the electronic correction,

perform a first control for performing a switching control from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction and synchronizing shake correction operations of the mechanical correction and the electronic correction, based on the acquired imaging information,

perform a second control for performing a switching control from the electronic correction to the mechanical correction, and

perform different controls for each of the first control and the second control.

4 . A shake correction control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the target is an object with a unique shape.

5 . A shake correction control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the target is a moving object.

6 . A shake correction control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the target is an object with a specific color.

7 . An imaging apparatus comprising the shake correction control device according to claim 1 .

8 . A shake correction method of an imaging apparatus comprising:

performing switching control from mechanical correction for mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image to electronic correction for electronically performing shake correction of the subject image, and

setting a first switching time that is a switching time from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction in a case in which a predetermined target is not detected in an obtained frame image, to be shorter than a second switching time that is a switching time from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction in a case in which the target is detected in the obtained frame image.

9 . A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium storing a program executable by a computer to perform a process comprising:

performing switching control from mechanical correction for mechanically performing shake correction of a subject image to electronic correction for electronically performing shake correction of the subject image, and

setting a first switching time that is a switching time from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction in a case in which a predetermined target is not detected in an obtained frame image, to be shorter than a second switching time that is a switching time from the mechanical correction to the electronic correction in a case in which the target is detected in the obtained frame image.

Priority Claims (1)
JP 2018-224227 · Nov 29, 2018 · national
Continuity (6)
Continuation 18358011 · Jul 24, 2023
Continuation 18048444 · Oct 21, 2022
Continuation 17540196 · Dec 1, 2021
Continuation 17329193 · May 25, 2021
Continuation PCTJP2019046554 · Nov 28, 2019
Related Publication 20240406557A1 · Dec 5, 2024
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