Image stabilizing apparatus
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsNaoya Kaneda, Kazuhiro Noguchi
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Abstract
A blur suppressing apparatus includes a blur suppressing device movable in an optical path, for suppressing a blur of an image transmitted along the optical path. A mechanical lock is provided for mechanically locking the blur suppressing device, and an electrical lock is also provided for electrically locking the blur suppressing device. An operation device is provided for operating the mechanical lock and the electrical lock. A control device causes the electrical lock to at least be activated or released independently from the mechanical lock in accordance with the operational state of the operation device.
Claims74
A blur suppressing apparatus comprising:
- blur suppressing means movable in an optical path, for suppressing a blur of an image transmitted along the optical path;
- mechanical lock means for mechanically locking said blur suppressing means;
- electrical lock means for electrically locking said blur suppressing means;
- an operation device for operating said mechanical lock means and said electrical lock means;
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- control means for, during an information recording operation, causing said electrical lock means to at least be activated or released independently from said mechanical lock means in accordance with an operation state of said operation device.
A control device for use in a blur suppressing apparatus which has (i) blur suppressing means movable in an optical path for performing image blur suppression, (ii) mechanical lock means for mechanically locking said blur suppressing means, (iii) electrical lock means for electrically locking said blur suppressing means, and (iv) an operation member for operating said mechanical lock means and said electrical lock means, said apparatus comprising:
- discrimination means for discriminating an operation state of said operation member;
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- control means for, during an information recording operation, causing said electrical lock means to at least be activated or released independently from said mechanical lock means in accordance with the operation state of said operation member discriminated by said discrimination means.
A blur suppressing apparatus for use in an information recording operation, comprising:
- blur suppressing means movable in an optical path, for suppressing a blur of an image transmitted along the optical path;
- mechanical lock means for mechanically locking said blur suppressing means;
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- control means for causing said mechanical lock means to be in a release state when an information recording operation is started regardless of whether or not said blur suppressing means is activated.
A control apparatus for use in a blur suppressing device used in an image recording operation, the blur suppressing device having (i) blur suppressing means movable in an optical path to suppress a blur of an image transmitted along the optical path, and (ii) a mechanical lock means for mechanically locking said blur suppressing means, said control apparatus comprising:
- a control device for setting said mechanical lock means in a released state when the information recording operation is started regardless of whether or not said blur suppressing means is activated.
An image blur suppressing apparatus comprising:
- an image blur suppressing device which operates to suppress an image blur;
- a first operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device;
- a second operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a non-mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device;
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- a control device which permits said second operation device to operate and prevents said first operation device from operating during an information recording operation.
An apparatus for use in an image blur suppressing apparatus having (i) an image blur suppressing device which operates to suppress image blur, (ii) a first operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said blur suppressing device, and (iii) a second operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a non-mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device, said apparatus comprising:
- a control device which causes the second operation device to be operative and causes the first operation device to be inoperative during an information recording operation.
Optical equipment for use with an image blur suppressing apparatus having (i) an image blur suppressing device which operates to suppress image blur, (ii) a first operation device which causes the image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to the image blur suppressing device, and (iii) a second operation device which causes the image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a non-mechanical force to the image blur suppressing device, the optical equipment comprising:
- a control device which causes the second operation device to be operative and causes the first operation device to be inoperative during an information recording operation.
An image blur suppressing apparatus comprising:
- an image blur suppressing device which operates to suppress image blur;
- a first operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device;
- a second operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a non-mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device;
- a switching device for switching said image blur suppressing device between an operational state and a non-operational state;
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- a control device which, during an information recording operation, changes an operational state of said second operation device independently from said first operation device in accordance with an operational state of said switching device.
An apparatus for use with an image blur suppressing apparatus having (i) an image blur suppressing device which operates to suppress image blur, (ii) a first operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said blur suppressing device, (iii) a second operation device which causes the image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a non-mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device, and (iv) a switching device for switching the image blur suppressing device between an operational state and a non-operational state, the apparatus comprising:
- a control device which, during an information recording operation, changes an operational state of the second operation device independent from the first operation device in accordance with an output of said switching device.
An apparatus for use with an image blur suppressing apparatus having (i) an image blur suppressing device which operates for suppressing image blur, (ii) a first operation device which causes the image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device, (iii) a second operation device which causes the image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a non-mechanical force to said image blur suppressing device, and (iv) a switching device for switching the image blur suppressing device between an operational state and a non-operational state, said apparatus comprising:
- a control device which, during an information recording operation, changes an operational state of the second operation device independent from the first operation device in accordance with an operational state of said switching device.
An image blur suppressing apparatus comprising:
- an image blur suppressing device which operates to suppress image blur;
- an operation device which causes said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said blur suppressing device;
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- a control device which causes said operation device to be in a non-operational state when an information recording operation is started regardless of whether or not said image blur suppressing device is in an operational state when said information recording is started.
An apparatus for use with an image blur suppressing apparatus having (i) an image blur suppressing device which operates for suppressing image blur, (ii) an operation device for causing said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said blur suppressing device, the apparatus comprising:
- a control device which causes said operation device to be in a non-operational state when an information recording operation is started regardless of whether or not the image blur suppressing device is activated.
An optical apparatus for use with an image blur suppressing apparatus having (i) an image blur suppressing device which operates for suppressing image blur, and (ii) an operation device for causing said image blur suppressing device to be inoperative by applying a mechanical force to said suppress image blur, the optical equipment comprising:
- a control device which causes said operation device to be in a non-operational state when an information recording operation is started regardless of whether or not the image blur suppressing device is activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.