Panasonic Corporation

Masanobu Tanaka

Hideyuki Hashi

Kenichi Hayashi

Hironori Honsho

Kazuo Sibukawa

Hiroya Kusaka

Masahiro Kawashima

Masato Murayama

Atsuo Ochi

Masakazu Ogasawara

An imaging device capable of detecting and correcting, with high accuracy, the motion (image rotation) in the rolling direction of the image caused by the camera shake during imaging without being influenced by the individual variation, temperature characteristic, and variation with time of the sensor. To correct the motion (image rotation) in the rolling direction of the image caused by the camera shake during imaging, the result of detection of the angle of inclination of the device by an angle sensor () is corrected with the result of detection of the angle of inclination of the image on the basis of the feature of the captured image by an image inclination detecting section (), and the imaging device () is rotated around the optical axis or an axis parallel to the optical axis according to the corrected angle of inclination of the device.

Imaging device that detects inclination of image and apparatus in a rolling direction

A camera is provided with which a small size can be achieved while ensuring good image blur correction performance. The camera () has an optical system (O), a housing (), a second drive unit () serving as part of an image blur corrector, an imaging element (), a first angular velocity sensor (), an acceleration sensor (), a sensor drive unit (), and a drive controller (). The first angular velocity sensor () is configured to acquire the rotational angle of the housing (). The acceleration sensor () is configured to acquire the amount of displacement of the housing (). A correction computer () calculates the amount of drive of a correcting lens () from the displacement amount acquired by the acceleration sensor (), and calculates the amount of drive of the correcting lens () from the rotational angle acquired by the first angular velocity sensor () using the position of the acceleration sensor () as a reference. The drive controller () controls the operation of the second drive unit () on the basis of these drive amounts.

Camera, camera system, and camera body

A camera includes an optical system, a housing, an image blur corrector, a displacement acquisition section, a rotary driver, a correction computer, and a drive controller. The displacement acquisition section is configured to acquire the amount of displacement of the housing. The rotary driver is configured to rotationally drive the displacement acquisition section with respect to the housing. The correction computer is configured to calculate a first correction amount at the image blur corrector from the displacement amount acquired by the displacement acquisition section. The drive controller is configured to control the operation of the rotary driver, and also controls the operation of the image blur corrector on the basis of the first correction amount.

Camera

A color image processing apparatus performs color image display using a red display, green display, blue display and white display. The apparatus includes a white signal generation circuit generating a white signal W based on an input red signal Rfor the red display, an input green signal Gfor the green display, and an input blue signal Bfor the blue display, a yellow signal generation circuit generating a yellow signal Ye, based on the input red signal R, the input green signal G, and the generated white signal W, and a first output white signal generation circuit generating a first output white signal Wfor the white display, based on the generated white signal W and the generated yellow signal Ye.

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Osaka, Japan

Masanobu Tanaka