IMAGE-BLUR CORRECTION DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, AND OPTICAL DEVICE

• US 20120224073A1
• Filed: 05/15/2012
• Published: 09/06/2012
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Canon Kabushiki Kaisha (Canon Inc.)
• Inventors: Miyahara, Shinpei
• Granted Patent: US 8,305,454 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 348/208.4
• CPC Class Codes: G03B 17/00 Details of cameras or camera bodies; Accessories therefor lens hoods or caps G03B11/04

Abstract

An image-blur correction device includes a vibration detection unit which detects vibrations of two different detection axes in a plane orthogonal to an optical axis, a correction unit which corrects vibration using a correction optical system which is displaced in directions of at least two correction axes different from the detection axes in the plane, a calculation unit that calculates amounts of displacements used to drive the correction optical system so that image-blur generated due to the vibrations is corrected based on amounts of vibrations obtained using the vibration detection unit, a coordinate conversion unit which rotates amounts of vibrations in the two detection axes relative to the corresponding at least two correction axes for conversion through calculations, and a restriction unit which restricts a driving range of the correction unit based on a displacement-amount restriction value obtained from a performance limitation region of the correction optical system.

Claims

1. An image compensation device, comprising;

a shake detection unit configured to detect a shake, wherein the detection unit has two different detection axes which are orthogonal to an optical axis;

a compensation unit configured to compensate an image blur to move a compensation member based on a detection result of the shake detection unit, wherein the compensation unit has two different compensation axes which are orthogonal to an optical axis, and wherein one of the compensation axes is shifted by a predetermined degree in relation to one of the detection axes; and

a control unit configured to control the compensation unit to move within an octagon region which is formed based on both the two detection axes and the two compensation axes.

2. The image compensation device according to claim 1,

wherein the octagon region is a regular octagon region within a performance limitation region of an optical system.

3. The image compensation device according to claim 2,

wherein the control unit changes a shake amount in the two detection axes based on the shake detection result into a shake compensation amount in the two compensation axes, and

wherein the octagon region is formed based on the shake detection amount and the shake compensation amount.

4. The image compensation device according to claim 3,

wherein the shake detection amount and the shake compensation amount respectively have limits within a performance limitation region of the optical system.

5. The image compensation device according to claim 1,

wherein the predetermined degree is 45 degrees.

6. The image compensation device according to claim 2,

wherein the performance limitation range of the correction optical system has a circular shape.

7. An image pickup device including image compensation device according to claim 1.

8. An optical device including the image compensation device according to claim 1.

9. A method of controlling an image compensation device, the method comprising:

detecting a shake in two different detection axes which are orthogonal to an optical axis;

compensating an image blur to move a compensation member based on a detection result, wherein the compensation member moves in two different compensation axes which are orthogonal to an optical axis, and wherein one of the compensation axes is shifted by a predetermined degree in relation to one of the detection axes; and

controlling the compensation member to move within an octagon region.

10. The method according to claim 9,

wherein the octagon region is a regular octagon within a performance limitation region of an optical system.

11. The method according to claim 10, further comprising:

changing a shake amount in the two detection axes based on the shake detection result into a shake compensation amount in the two compensation axes,

wherein the shake detection amount and the shake compensation amount respectively have limits within the performance limitation region of the optical system.

12. The method according to claim 9,

wherein the predetermined degree is 45 degrees.

13. The method according to claim 10,

wherein the performance limitation range of the correction optical system has a circular shape.