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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 03, 2025
Filed:
Mar. 29, 2023
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Shoma Mizutani, Tokyo, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus includes an image sensor configured to receive light and accumulate charges, a vibration generator configured to generate vibration, an image sensor control unit configured to cause the image sensor to perform an electronic front curtain operation to start accumulating the charges, and an electronic rear curtain operation to finish accumulating the charges, and a vibration control unit configured to control the vibration generator. The vibration control unit causes the vibration generator to generate first vibration before accumulating the charges is started and second vibration after the accumulating the charges are finished.