×

Photographic apparatus

  • US 7,848,627 B2
  • Filed: 03/26/2009
  • Issued: 12/07/2010
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/31/2008
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
First Claim
Patent Images

1. A photographic apparatus comprising:

  • a movable platform which has an imager that captures an optical image through a taking lens, and is movable and rotatable in an xy plane perpendicular to an optical axis of said taking lens; and

    a controller that performs a movement control of said movable platform for a translational movement and an inclination correction, during an imaging operation by said imager that commences when a shutter release switch is set to the ON state;

    said translational movement including at least one of a first stabilization for correcting hand shake caused by yaw around the y direction and a second stabilization for correcting hand shake caused by pitch around the x direction, said x direction being perpendicular to said optical axis, said y direction being perpendicular to said x direction and said optical axis;

    said inclination correction being based on an inclination angle of said photographic apparatus formed by rotation of said photographic apparatus around said optical axis, as measured with respect to a level plane perpendicular to the direction of gravitational force;

    said controller performing said inclination correction based on said inclination angle that is calculated before said imaging operation commences.

View all claims
  • 2 Assignments
Timeline View
Assignment View
    ×
    ×