US 2006/0132614 A1 · Image stabilizer of camera

Abstract

An image stabilizer of a camera is provided that can compensate for the effects of the shaking of a main body that includes a lens, in real-time, by using an optical element. The image stabilizer includes: an optical element that can be tilted, which is installed on an optical path, which transmits light and which tilts to shift the transmitted light to compensate for the optical path; a sensor provided near the main body, which senses the shaking of the main body; a calculating unit which receives a sensing signal from the sensor and calculates the necessary tilt angle of the optical element; and an actuator which drives the optical element according to the result output from the calculating unit. The image stabilizer can sense the shaking of the main body in real-time and prevent shifting of the image formed on an image forming surface.

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Dependent claims

An image stabilizer of a camera which focuses an image on an image forming surface by compensating for a movement of a main body of the camera, which includes a lens, the image stabilizer comprising:

an optical element which is installed on an optical path, wherein the optical element transmits light and is configured to tilt to thereby shift the transmitted light to compensate for the optical path;
a sensor provided near the main body, which senses the movement of the main body;
a calculating unit which receives a sensing signal from the sensor and which calculates a necessary tilt angle of the optical element;
and
an actuator which drives the optical element according to a result output from the calculating unit,
wherein the image stabilizer senses the movement of the main body in real-time and prevents shifting of the image focused on the image forming surface in real-time.

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Image stabilizer of camera

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