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Image-shake correcting device having first and second correcting means and control means for proportionately applying same

US6342918B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateOct 7, 1999
Grant dateJan 29, 2002
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Expiry dateOct 7, 2019

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N23/683
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image-shake correcting device including a motion-vector detecting circuit for detecting a motion vector of an image in the horizontal and vertical directions thereof, an optical correcting device for optically correcting a movement of the image in the vertical direction thereof in accordance with the output of the motion-vector detecting circuit, an electronic correcting device for electronically correcting a movement of the image in the horizontal direction thereof in accordance with the output of the motion-vector detecting circuit, and a control circuit for selectively controlling the optical correcting device and the electronic correcting device in accordance with the state of movement of the image which is detected by the motion-vector detecting circuit.

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