Imaging device
AssigneePanasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
InventorYoshio OHTSUKA
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Abstract
An imaging device includes an image pickup element that captures an object image to generate image data, a sensor holder that holds the image pickup element, a sensor driver that moves the sensor holder in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a fixing mechanism that mechanically fixes the sensor holder at a predetermined position, and a controller that controls the fixing mechanism based on a signal indicating a degree of displacement of the image pickup element due to an external force.
Claims9
An imaging device comprising:
- an image pickup element that captures an object image to generate image data;
- a sensor holder that holds the image pickup element;
- a sensor driver that moves the sensor holder in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis;
- a fixing mechanism that mechanically fixes the sensor holder at a predetermined position;
- and
- a controller that controls the fixing mechanism based on a signal indicating a degree of displacement of the image pickup element due to an external force.
An imaging device including an interchangeable lens, and a camera body on which the interchangeable lens is mounted, the imaging device comprising:
- an optical system including a correction lens;
- an image pickup element that captures an object image obtained through the optical system, to generate image data;
- a lens holder that holds the correction lens;
- a lens driver that moves the lens holder in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis to perform shake correction;
- a fixing mechanism that mechanically fixes the lens holder at a predetermined position;
- and
- a controller that controls the fixing mechanism based on a signal indicating a degree of displacement of the image pickup element due to an external force.
An interchangeable lens having a shake correction function, the interchangeable lens that can be mounted on a camera body, the interchangeable lens comprising:
- an optical system including a shake correction lens;
- a lens holder that holds the shake correction lens;
- a lens driver that moves the lens holder in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis to perform shake correction;
- a fixing mechanism that mechanically fixes the lens holder at a predetermined position;
- and
- a controller that controls the fixing mechanism,
- wherein the controller controls the fixing mechanism to mechanically fix the lens holder at a predetermined position based on a signal indicating a degree of displacement of the lens holder due to an external force.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.