Camera having shake compensation function

• US 20050140793A1
• Filed: 10/18/2004
• Published: 06/30/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 12/26/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Konica Minolta Photo Imaging Incorporated (Konica Minolta Inc.)
• Inventors: Itoh, Hisanori, Konishi, Yoshito, Yamanishi, Atsushi, Kojima, Kazuhiko, Yokota, Satoshi, Teramoto, Tougo
• Application Number:
  US10/967,621
• Publication Number:
  US 20050140793A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/208.990
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/68 for stable pick-up of the scene, e.g. compensating for camera body vibrations
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/687 by shifting the lens or sensor position

Abstract

A camera body to which one of a plurality of interchangeable lenses is selectively attached is provided with: a shake detector 31; a shake compensation mechanism 32; and a controller 30 that compensates for the camera shake by driving the shake compensation mechanism based on the output from the shake detector. The controller 30 has a detector and a selector. The detector communicates with the attached interchangeable lens 20 and determines whether the interchangeable lens 20 itself has a shake compensation mechanism or not. The selector selects, when the detector determines that the interchangeable lens 20 has a shake compensation mechanism, both or one of the shake compensation mechanism of the camera body 10 and the shake compensation mechanism of the interchangeable lens 20 according to a predetermined condition as a compensation mechanism to be used for camera shake compensation.

Claims

1. A camera body to which one of a plurality of interchangeable lenses is selectively attachable, the camera body comprising:

a shake detector;

a shake compensator; and

a controller that compensates for a camera shake by driving the shake compensator based on an output from the shake detector,

wherein the controller comprises;

a detector that communicates with the attached interchangeable lens and determines whether the interchangeable lens itself has a shake compensator or not; and

a selector that selects, when the detector determines that the interchangeable lens has a shake compensator, both or one of the shake compensator of the camera body and the shake compensator of the interchangeable lens according to a predetermined condition as a compensator to be used for camera shake compensation.

2. A camera body according to claim 1,

wherein the selector obtains an amount to be compensated for based on the output from the shake detector, the selector selecting one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body when the amount to be compensated for is compensatable by only one of the shake compensators, and additionally selecting the other shake compensator when the amount to be compensated for exceeds an amount that is compensatable by the selected one of the shake compensators.

3. A camera body according to claim 1,

wherein the selector obtains a necessary compensation speed based on the output from the shake detector, the selector selecting one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body when the compensation speed is compensatable by only one of the shake compensators, and additionally selecting the other shake compensator when the compensation speed exceeds a speed that is compensatable by the selected one of the shake compensators.

4. A camera body according to claim 1,

wherein the shake detector individually detects a camera shake in a horizontal direction and a camera shake in a vertical direction, and

wherein the selector selects one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of one of the camera shakes in the vertical and horizontal directions, and selects the other of the shake compensators as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of the other of the camera shakes.

5. A camera body according to claim 4 further comprising:

a position detector that detects a position of the camera body itself,

wherein the selector selects the shake compensator of the camera body as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of the camera shake in the horizontal direction based on an output from the position detector.

6. A camera body according to claim 1,

wherein the shake detector individually detects a camera shake of a high-frequency component and a camera shake of a low-frequency component, and

wherein the selector selects one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of one of the high-frequency component and the low-frequency component, and selects the other of the shake compensators as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of the other of the components.

7. A camera system comprising:

a plurality of interchangeable lenses including at least one interchangeable lens having a shake compensator; and

a camera body to which one of the plurality of interchangeable lenses is selectively attachable,

wherein the camera body comprising;

a shake detector;

a shake compensator; and

a controller that compensates for a camera shake by driving the shake compensator based on an output from the shake detector,

and wherein the controller comprises;

a detector that communicates with the attached interchangeable lens and determines whether the interchangeable lens itself has the shake compensator or not; and

a selector that selects, when the detector determines that the interchangeable lens has a shake compensator, both or one of the shake compensator of the camera body and the shake compensator of the interchangeable lens according to a predetermined condition as a compensator to be used for camera shake compensation.

8. A camera system according to claim 7,

wherein the selector obtains an amount to be compensated for based on the output from the shake detector, the selector selecting one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body when the amount to be compensated for is compensatable by only one of the shake compensators, and additionally selecting the other shake compensator when the amount to be compensated for exceeds an amount that is compensatable by the selected one of the shake compensators.

9. A camera system according to claim 7,

wherein the selector obtains a necessary compensation speed based on the output from the shake detector, the selector selecting one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body when the compensation speed is compensatable by only one of the shake compensators, and additionally selecting the other shake compensator when the compensation speed exceeds a speed that is compensatable by the selected one of the shake compensators.

10. A camera system according to claim 7,

wherein the shake detector individually detects a camera shake in a horizontal direction and a camera shake in a vertical direction, and

wherein the selector selects one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of one of the camera shakes in the vertical and horizontal directions, and selects the other of the shake compensators as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of the other of the camera shakes.

11. A camera system according to claim 10 further comprising:

a position detector that detects a position of the camera body itself,

wherein the selector selects the shake compensator of the camera body as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of the camera shake in the horizontal direction based on an output from the position detector.

12. A camera system according to claim 7,

wherein the shake detector individually detects a camera shake of a high-frequency component and a camera shake of a low-frequency component, and

wherein the selector selects one of the shake compensators of the interchangeable lens and the camera body as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of one of the high-frequency component and the low-frequency component, and selects the other of the shake compensators as a shake compensator to be used for compensation of the other of the components.