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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 24, 1999
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Satoshi Hamada, Habikino, JP;
Akira Kosaka, Yao, JP;
Assignee:
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B / ; G01B / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
396 55 ; 356375 ;
Abstract
A position detecting apparatus, which is used in a shake correctable camera for detecting positions of an optical axis of a shake correction lens, corrects an error component of a first position sensor for detecting the position of the optical axis in a first direction which is, for example, the vertical direction is corrected by adding a correction value which is selected from a one dimensional table corresponding to the position of the optical axis in the second direction which is for example, the horizontal direction.