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Optical image stabilization

US8436908B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateNov 17, 2010
Grant dateMay 7, 2013
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Expiry dateNov 19, 2031

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  • Technology area (CPC G)Physics
  • CPC primaryG03B2217/005
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

An optical image stabilization (OIS) system may be used in a camera having an optical system which includes a motion compensating optical element driven by an actuator. The system may include a motion sensor providing a motion signal, a frequency detector for detecting a dominant frequency being that frequency within the motion signal which may produce the most significant motion blurring in the image produced by the camera, and a tunable high-pass filter for filtering the motion signal and supplying the filtered motion signal as an actuator control signal. The tunable high pass filter may be tuned based upon the dominant frequency to a filter characteristic which provides a phase lead substantially canceling a phase lag of the actuator at that frequency.

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