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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 1999
Filed:
Aug. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventor:
Toshimichi Ouchi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N / ; H04N / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
348208 ; 348358 ;
Abstract
An image pickup apparatus is provided with a vibration sensor for detecting vibrations of the apparatus, an optical image-shake correcting device for optically correcting an image shake according to an output of the vibration sensor, an electronic image-shake correcting device for electronically correcting the image shake according to an output of the vibration sensor. The apparatus includes a control circuit arranged to select either the optical image-shake correcting device or the electronic image-shake correcting device according to the focal length of an image-pickup optical system of the apparatus.