LENS DRIVE DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE AND LENS DRIVE METHOD
First Claim
1. A lens drive device holding at least one lens moveably along an optical axis, the lens drive device comprising:
- a drive section to drive the lens;
an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; and
an output control section to control an output of the drive section corresponding to the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section.
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Abstract
A lens drive device in at least one lens barrel holding a lens moveably includes a motor to drive the lens; an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; and an output control section to control an output of the motor corresponding to the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section. The output control section determines whether the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section falls within a predetermined acceleration range or not. When the acceleration is determined to be within the range, a further determination of whether the lens drive device is in a stationary state is performed. When it is determined not being in the stationary state, the motor is driven by a maximum drive voltage. When it is determined being in the stationary state, a further determination of whether the posture is horizontal or not is performed.
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20 Claims
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1. A lens drive device holding at least one lens moveably along an optical axis, the lens drive device comprising:
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a drive section to drive the lens; an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; and an output control section to control an output of the drive section corresponding to the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. An image pickup device capable of shifting at least one lens state between a housed state in which the lens is located out of an optical axis, and a photographing state in which the lens is located on the optical axis via extending or retracting the lens with respect to the optical axis, wherein the image pickup device comprising:
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a motor to drive the lens; an acceleration detection section to detect an acceleration; an output control section to control an output of the motor corresponding to the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section;
whereinwhen the power is on, an output of the acceleration detection section is detected; and when the detected output of the acceleration detection device exceeds a certain threshold, a shift from the housed state of the lens to the photographing state thereof is not performed.
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19. A method of driving at least one lens in a lens barrel holding the lens moveably by a motor, the method comprising:
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detecting an acceleration working on the lens; and controlling an output of the motor to select an optimum output of the motor corresponding to the detected acceleration;
whereinthe controlling of the output of the motor comprising; determining whether the acceleration detected by the acceleration detection section falls within a predetermined acceleration range or not, and then when the acceleration is determined to be within the range, further determining whether being in a stationary state or not; and
when it is determined not being in the stationary state, driving the motor with a maximum drive voltage;further determining whether being horizontal or not, based on the determination of being in the stationary state, and then when being horizontal is determined, driving the motor by a drive voltage appropriate for being horizontal; further determining whether to drive the motor in the gravity direction or in the direction opposite to the gravity direction, based on the determination of not being horizontal; driving the motor by a lower voltage than the drive voltage appropriate for being horizontal, based on the determination of driving the motor in the gravity direction; and driving the motor by a voltage higher than the drive voltage appropriate for being horizontal and lower than the maximum drive voltage, based on the determination of driving the motor in the direction opposite to the gravity direction. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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