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US 2011/0234887 A1Published application
Image capture device
AssigneePanasonic Corporation
InventorsTakeshi SHIMOHATA, Motonori OGURA
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Abstract
The present invention provides an image capture device that can cut down power dissipation and reduce noise at the same time. The image capture device includes: an imager; at least one lens for producing a subject image on the imager; an actuator for driving the at least one lens in accordance with a control signal; and a driver for outputting the control signal. The driver changes, according to a condition of a subject being shot, the control signals to output from an analog control signal into a digital control signal, or vice versa.
Claims10
An image capture device comprising:
- an imager;
- at least one lens for producing a subject image on the imager;
- an actuator for driving the at least one lens in accordance with a control signal;
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- a driver for outputting the control signal, the driver changing, according to a condition of a subject being shot, the control signals to output from an analog control signal into a digital control signal, or vice versa.
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