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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 09, 1997
Filed:
Sep. 11, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G02B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396 55 ; 359554 ;
Abstract
An image vibration reduction device for reducing an image vibration on an imaging surface includes a vibration reduction optical system movable to reduce the image vibration and constituting part of an imaging optical system, and a vibration reduction optical system displacement detector including a light-emission unit and a light-reception unit using an optical position detection element to optically detect a change in position of the vibration reduction optical system. The device also includes a light-emission amount automatic adjustment means for adjusting a light-emission amount of the light-emission unit at a predetermined time on the basis of an output from the light-reception unit.