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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 24, 2026
Filed:
May. 28, 2024
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Yuichiro Kato, Tochigi, JP;
Masayasu Mizushima, Tochigi, JP;
Toshimune Nagano, Saitama, JP;
Toru Matsumoto, Tochigi, JP;
Akino Moriyoshi, Tochigi, JP;
Hiroki Osaka, Tochigi, JP;
Yoshiki Saji, Kanagawa, JP;
Takami Hirasawa, Tochigi, JP;
CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A camera system comprising: a lens barrel including a plurality of optical members and configured to image an object; an image pickup unit configured to capture an image formed by the lens barrel; TS driving unit configured to tilt a rotating object plane by driving at least one of a sixth lens unit and an eighth lens unit or the image pickup unit; a focus driving unit configured to drive a second lens unit to change an in-focus position; and a camera CPU configured to recognize a feature point of the object; wherein the rotating object plane is rotatable around an axis defined from the feature point by the TS driving unit.