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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 14, 2021
Filed:
Nov. 12, 2019
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Kunihiro Shirai, Yokohama, JP;
Akira Kano, Kawasaki, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image stabilization apparatus comprising: a calculator that calculates a drive amount for correcting blur by moving a position of an image sensor, that photoelectrically converts light incident through an optical system and outputs an image signal, on a plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the optical system in accordance with a detected blur amount; and calculates, for each of a plurality of states of the optical system and a plurality of states of an image capturing apparatus, an allowable drive amount of the image sensor corresponding to optical characteristics information and a state of the optical system and a state of the image sensor. The calculator calculates the drive amount within the allowable drive amount.