US 2011/0234827 A1 · OPTICAL APPARATUS

Abstract

An optical apparatus is disclosed which can prevent displacement of subject images due to an initializing operation of the image stabilizing unit from being seen by a photographer through a finder. The apparatus comprises an image-stabilizing unit which includes a movable unit movable for image stabilization and balls movable in conjunction with the movement of the movable unit, and a controller which controls operations of the movable unit. The controller causes the movable unit to perform a specific operation for moving the balls to a specific position in response to mounting of the optical apparatus on another optical apparatus, the specific operation being a different operation from an image stabilization operation of the image-stabilizing unit.

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Dependent claims

An optical apparatus comprising:

an image-stabilizing unit which includes a movable unit movable for image stabilization and balls movable in conjunction with the movement of the movable unit;
and
a controller which controls operations of the movable unit,
wherein the controller causes the movable unit to perform a reset operation for moving the balls to a movable center position, the reset operation being a different operation than an image stabilization operation of the image-stabilizing unit, and
wherein the controller causes the movable unit to perform the reset operation in response to the controller determining that a certain time period has elapsed after a power switch has been turned off.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Facts

Application

13/155,747Filed 8 Jun 2011

Priority

JP 2005-3565929 Dec 2005

Published

29 Sep 2011

Term ends

Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification10 codes

G03B 17/14
With means for supporting objectives, supplementary lenses, filters, masks, or turrets: interchangeably
G02B 27/646
Imaging systems using optical elements for stabilisation of the lateral and angular position of the image: compensating for small deviations, e.g.…
G03B 5/00
Adjustment of optical system relative to image or object surface other than
H04N 23/68
Control of cameras or camera modules: for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations

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