Patent · US Expired

Camera shake alarming apparatus

US5402197A · kind A · utility

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3References
5Claims
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Key dates

Filing dateAug 23, 1993
Grant dateMar 28, 1995
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Expiry dateAug 23, 2013

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/185
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A camera shake alarming apparatus comprises a storage portion for storing specification information of a camera; a subject distance detecting portion for detecting a subject distance for photographing a subject; a calculating portion for calculating an allowable camera shake quantity on the basis of a shutter speed set in the camera when photographing the subject, the camera specification information stored in the storage portion and the subject distance detected by the subject distance detecting portion; a camera shake detecting portion for detecting a camera shake quantity of the camera; a comparing portion for comparing the allowable camera shake quantity calculated by the calculating portion with the camera shake quantity detected by the camera shake detecting portion; and an alarming portion for giving an alarm for the camera shake according to a compared result of the comparison portion.

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