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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 13, 2025
Filed:
Jul. 31, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Takami Hirasawa, Tochigi, JP;
Yuichiro Kato, Tochigi, JP;
Toshimune Nagano, Saitama, JP;
Toru Matsumoto, Tochigi, JP;
Masayasu Mizushima, Tochigi, JP;
Akino Moriyoshi, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus comprises at least one of a sixth lens unit and an eighth lens unit being movable in a direction orthogonal to an optical axis, a first shift driver or a second shift driver driving the sixth or eighth lens unit, a first shift position detector or a second shift position detector detecting a position of the sixth or eighth lens unit, a photographing condition controller controlling imaging conditions, a detector detecting at least one of a moving speed and a moving direction of an object, and a shift controller controlling the sixth or eighth lens unit based on a signal from the detector. The photographing condition control unit has a following shot mode in which an exposure and a driving of the sixth or eighth lens unit are intermittently performed with respect to a movement of the object.