| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| 6801247 |
Vibration reduction device and vibration detecting device and micro signal processing device for |
October 5, 2004 |
| A vibration detecting device for detecting vibration in a camera, a video movie camera or the like, a vibration reduction device and a micro signal processing circuit. The vibration detecting device comprises a vibration detector for detecting a vibration to output a vibration detecting |
| 6614994 |
Shake detection device, optical device, camera system, and interchangeable lens |
September 2, 2003 |
| There is provided a shake detection mechanism in which a determination portion for determining the supporting or fixation condition of a device including the shake detection mechanism is built. The determination portion separately performs detection of a stably supported condition and |
| 6332060 |
Camera with vibration compensation device varying the compensating action in accordance with the |
December 18, 2001 |
| A camera is provided which has a vibration detection unit that detects vibration, a photographic focal length detection unit which detects the focal length of the photographic optical system, and a distance-measurement unit that measures the distance to the object being photographed. |
| 6128035 |
Anti-blur image pickup device |
October 3, 2000 |
| A blur-correcting image pickup device includes, but is not limited to an image pickup optical system for picking up an image, a vibration-detecting device which detects vibrations of the image pickup device and generates an output relative to the detected vibrations, a blur-correcting de |
| 5995761 |
Camera having vibration correcting device |
November 30, 1999 |
| A camera including a flashlight device for emitting a flashlight, a shutter, such that the camera has a flash synchro photographing mode in which the flashlight device emits the flashlight in synchronism with the shutter, a vibration detector for detecting a vibration quantity of the |
| 5918077 |
Camera with vibration correction function |
June 29, 1999 |
| A camera with a vibration correction function provided with a continuous shot mode for carrying out continuous photographing, has a vibration detecting device for detecting vibration of the camer, a vibration correcting device for correcting the vibration of the camera at the time of |
| 5864722 |
Vibration preventing camera |
January 26, 1999 |
| A vibration preventing camera includes a vibration amount detecting unit for detecting the amount of vibration, a vibration correcting unit for correcting vibration, a light measuring unit for measuring the light value at a subject, and a control unit for controlling the vibration correc |
| 5850575 |
Image vibration reduction device |
December 15, 1998 |
| An image vibration reduction device for reducing an image vibration on the imaging surface, includes an elastically supported reduction optical system which constitutes a portion of an imaging optical system, an electromagnetic actuator for moving the reduction optical system, a redu |
| 5822623 |
Camera with vibration correcting function |
October 13, 1998 |
| A camera with vibration correcting function is provided with a plurality of vibration detecting devices for detecting the vibration of the camera, a plurality of vibration correcting devices for effecting vibration correction control in conformity with the respective outputs of the v |
| 5802403 |
Apparatus for inspecting blur correction camera, blur correction camera, and method of inspectin |
September 1, 1998 |
| A blur correction camera includes an optical axis changing unit to change an optical axis of a photographing optical system to correct a blur generated by vibration, a displacement detecting unit to detect displacement of the photographing optical system by the optical axis changing |
| 5771406 |
Camera with a shift optical system responsive to an external device |
June 23, 1998 |
| An improved shift optical system for a camera which is adapted to be responsive to input received from devices external to the system. An anti-vibration optical system, constituting the shift optical system, is provided so as to be movable on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis |
| 5752092 |
Control unit for a vibration compensation device for use in an optical imaging system |
May 12, 1998 |
| A photographic device having a vibration compensation device which drives a correcting lens perpendicular to an optical axis to compensate for vibrations detected by a vibration detection circuit. The analog output of the vibration detection circuit is converted into a digital signal by |
| 5732291 |
Camera-shake correcting camera |
March 24, 1998 |
| A camera-shake correcting camera, in which a camera-shake correcting device forming a part of a phototaking optical system is moved by a plurality of drive devices to correct camera shake and drive control of the plurality of drive devices is performed by controlling a drive duty of ener |
| 5724616 |
Lens driving system for camera with anti-vibration function |
March 3, 1998 |
| A lens driving system for a camera with an anti-vibration function has a vibration correcting lens drivable in a direction in which blurring of an image on an image surface due to a camera shake is prevented from occurring, vibration correcting lens driving means for driving the vibr |
| 5721968 |
Camera having vibration correction function |
February 24, 1998 |
| A camera with a vibration correction function prevents a battery from unnecessarily exhausting due to a failure of a vibration corrective lens driving system and provides accurate vibration-resistant control. A vibration corrective lens is subjected either to a centering drive operat |
| 5717611 |
Slight motion detecting device |
February 10, 1998 |
| A slight motion detecting device includes a angular velocity sensor, a low pass filter, a high pass filter, an amplifier, and a CPU. The CPU differentiates an output from the angular velocity sensor so as to obtain an angular acceleration, and determines that a peak of the acceleration i |
| 5713049 |
Camera-shake display device |
January 27, 1998 |
| A camera-shake display device comprises a detection unit for determining whether a photographing lens detachably mounted on a camera body is provided with a compensation optical system for compensating camera-shake upon reception of a signal representing the camera-shake amount corre |
| 5701521 |
Photographic device having a vibration compensation function with reduced power consumption |
December 23, 1997 |
| A photographic device has a vibration compensation system with reduced power consumption. The photographic device includes a vibration compensation system with a vibration detection device to detect vibration caused by, for example, a photographer's hand tremor, a vibration compensat |
| 5696999 |
Image vibration reduction device |
December 9, 1997 |
| An image vibration reduction device for reducing an image vibration on an imaging surface includes a vibration reduction optical system movable to reduce the image vibration and constituting part of an imaging optical system, and a vibration reduction optical system displacement detector |
| 5682556 |
Camera with vibration correcting function |
October 28, 1997 |
| In a camera with vibration correcting function, by varying the optical axis of the phototaking lens according to the vibration of the camera, there are provided a main control device for controlling the phototaking exposure process of the camera and a vibration correcting control device |
| 5634145 |
Apparatus for inspecting blur correction camera, blur correction camera, and method of inspectin |
May 27, 1997 |
| An apparatus for inspecting a blur correction function of a blur correction camera, which comprises an optical axis changing unit for changing the optical axis of a photographing optical system so as to correct a blur generated by a vibration, a displacement detecting unit for detecting |
| 5634142 |
Camera having a vibration correction lens and a method for correcting image vibration |
May 27, 1997 |
| A camera having a vibration correction lens to correct image vibration in the imaging plane, the vibration correction lens being driven within a lens barrel according to the output of a sensor for detecting hand tremor of the camera. The camera also has a memory unit, such as an EEPROM, |
| 5623705 |
Apparatus for inspecting blur correction camera, blur correction camera, and method of inspectin |
April 22, 1997 |
| An apparatus for inspecting a blur correction function of a blur correction camera, which comprises an optical axis changing unit for changing the optical axis of a photographing optical system so as to correct a blur generated by a vibration, a displacement detecting unit for detecting |
| 5623327 |
Camera having memory device which stores timer values used in the computation of velocity of an |
April 22, 1997 |
| A camera which compensates for vibrations to reduce image blur by shifting an image blur suppression lens. The image blur suppression lens is movable in directions perpendicular to the optical axis of the camera. An interrupter detects the position of the image blur suppression lens and |
| 5621491 |
Vibration detection apparatus |
April 15, 1997 |
| A vibration detection apparatus includes a vibration detector for detecting a vibration generated in a target detection object and outputting a detection result, and a one-chip microcomputer. The one-chip microcomputer incorporates an A/D converter having a resolution of at least 10 bits |
| 5621174 |
Vibration detection device |
April 15, 1997 |
| A vibration detection device includes a detecting device for detecting a vibration, and an output from the amplifying device obtained when outputting a detection signal on the basis of the detection result, an amplifying device for amplifying the detection signal, an initializing dev |
| 5617166 |
Camera capable of reducing image blur |
April 1, 1997 |
| This camera capable of image blur reduction includes a command device which outputs a photography command in response to a operation for photography, a photographic device which performs photography, and a control device which, in order to reduce blurring of a photographic image, actuate |
| 5563677 |
Auto focusing apparatus in a camera |
October 8, 1996 |
| An auto focusing apparatus in a camera comprises a detecting device for detecting the measured distance values of an object corresponding to a plurality of areas in a photographing image field, a first determining device for determining a first measured distance value which is the me |
| 5561497 |
Auto focusing apparatus in a camera |
October 1, 1996 |
| An auto focusing apparatus in a camera comprises a detecting device for detecting the measured distance values of an object corresponding to a plurality of areas in a photographing image field, a first determining device for determining a first measured distance value which is the me |
| 5537185 |
Camera-shake display device |
July 16, 1996 |
| A camera-shake display device comprises a detection unit for determining whether a photographing lens detachably mounted on a camera body is provided with a compensation optical system for compensating camera-shake upon reception of a signal representing the camera-shake amount corre |
| 5530505 |
Vibration detection device and camera having vibration detection function |
June 25, 1996 |
| A vibration detection device has a vibration detector for detecting a vibration generated in a target detection object and outputting a signal corresponding to the vibration and a one-chip microcomputer. The one-chip microcomputer has an A/D converter, a plurality of A/D input terminals |
| 5444509 |
Camera shake compensating camera |
August 22, 1995 |
| A camera shake compensating camera compensates for detected results of camera shake and calculates the actual amount of shake occurring in the camera through the differentiated value of the detected result of camera shake and a previously established time delay. This camera is equipped |
| 5389997 |
Apparatus for correcting camera shake |
February 14, 1995 |
| An apparatus for correcting camera shake due to movement of the hands comprises: a correction unit for correcting for the movement of the hands; a drive unit for driving the correction unit; a control device for controlling the drive unit; a movement detection unit for detecting the |
