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Photographing apparatus having anti-vibration function

US6009279A · kind A · utility

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29Claims
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Filing dateAug 8, 1997
Grant dateDec 28, 1999
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Expiry dateAug 8, 2017

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/005
  • WIPO fieldOptics
  • WIPO sectorInstruments

Abstract

A photographing apparatus having an anti-vibration function includes a vibration detecting unit for detecting a vibration of the photographing apparatus, a reference value calculating unit for calculating a reference value of an output of the vibration detecting unit, and a focusing unit for adjusting a focal position of a photographing image. The apparatus also includes a focusing operation stopping unit for stopping an operation of the focusing unit and a reference value calculation stopping unit for stopping the calculation of the reference value by the reference value calculating unit by detecting the operation of the focusing operation stopping unit.

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