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Image pickup device and chromatic aberration correction method

US7397499B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateMar 5, 2003
Grant dateJul 8, 2008
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Expiry dateDec 13, 2024

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  • Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
  • CPC primaryH04N9/8205
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An image pick-up device and a chromatic aberration correcting method are provided in which a satisfactory correction processing can be performed even when the image pickup device, such as a camera, simultaneously performs shake correction. An output signal from a camera-signal processing circuit is selected by a selector switch and is supplied to a chromatic aberration correcting unit. An angular velocity due to the camera shake is detected using sensors and the detected signal is supplied to a camera shake correcting vector calculating unit. A driving state of a camera lens is supplied to a conversion-ratio calculating unit. An optical axis centered shift vector of camera lens is obtained from the camera shake correcting vector and is supplied to the correcting unit. Accordingly the picture-quality deterioration caused in the miniaturized camera lens can be compensated by processing the captured image signal, and also a satisfactory correction processing can be performed even when the camera shake correction is performed simultaneously.

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