Patent · US Expired

Camera having blurring correction apparatus

US5353091A · kind A · utility

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Filing dateApr 16, 1993
Grant dateOct 4, 1994
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Expiry dateApr 16, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/007
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera having a blurring correction apparatus according to the present invention includes a photographic lens for forming an image of an object to be photographed, a detecting apparatus for detecting the degree of movement of the formed image of the object, a correcting apparatus operative at least during exposure time for correcting the position of the image of the object in response to a detection output of the detecting apparatus so as to compensate the movement of the image of the object, a setting apparatus for setting exposure time, a calculating apparatus for calculating the amount of movement of the image of the object produced during exposure time based on the detection output of the detecting apparatus and the set exposure time, and a prohibiting apparatus for prohibiting the operation of the correcting apparatus when the amount of movement of the image of the object produced during exposure time is smaller than a predetermined value.

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