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US 5,859,665 AGranted
Image stabilizing device having a locking element for locking when removed from a lens
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorTetsushi Hibi
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Abstract
An image stabilizer is provided having a pair of transparent plates enclosing a soft substance therein. The image stabilizer further includes a driving element for tilting the pair of transparent plates, and an inhibiting element for inhibiting the pair of transparent plates from being tilted in response to removing the image stabilizer from an objective lens.
Claims4
An image stabilizer removably mountable on an objective lens for stabilizing an image formed by the objective lens, comprising:
- a pair of transparent plates enclosing a soft substance therein;
- driving means for tilting said pair of transparent plates;
- and
- locking means for locking said pair of transparent plates when the image stabilizer is removed from the objective lens.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.