Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Imaging apparatus
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Application No.: US14547174Application Date: 2014-11-19
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Publication No.: US09998668B2Publication Date: 2018-06-12
- Inventor: Mikio Sakurai
- Applicant: Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd.
- Applicant Address: JP Osaka
- Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
- Current Assignee Address: JP Osaka
- Agency: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.
- Priority: JP2014-045891 20140310; JP2014-213447 20141020
- Main IPC: H04N5/232
- IPC: H04N5/232

Abstract:
Provided is an imaging apparatus which corrects uneven exposure caused when a sensor-shift image stabilization and an electronic front curtain reset are used concurrently. The imaging apparatus includes: a camera shake detector configured to detect a camera shake; an imaging device configured to capture e a subject image; an image stabilizer configured to move the imaging device in a plane perpendicular to an optical axis; an electronic front curtain configured to reset electric charges accumulated in the imaging device; a mechanical shutter configured to switch between blocking and passing of a subject image to be collected onto the imaging device; and an image stabilization controller configured to produce an image stabilization signal from the camera shake detected by the camera shake detector and configured to control the image stabilizer. The image stabilization controller controls the imaging device to move to a specified position and then controls the electronic front curtain to operate in response to the shooting instruction.
Public/Granted literature
- US20150256756A1 IMAGING APPARATUS Public/Granted day:2015-09-10
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