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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Aug. 08, 1995
Tetsuro Kanbara, Sakai, JP;
Yoshihiro Hara, Kishiwada, JP;
Keiji Tamai, Higashiosaka, JP;
Kohtaro Hayashi, Toyonaka, JP;
Minolta Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A camera having an image shift detecting function is provided with an optical system which forms a subject image, an image sensing device which converts light of the subject image into an electric signal, an image shift detecting sensor which detects a relative shift between the camera and the subject image based on an output of the image sensing device and a microcomputer which compensates for the relative shift between the camera and the subject image based on an image shift amount detected by the image shift detecting sensor. The microcomputer specifies an area of the image sensing device based on a direction of luminance variation of the subject image and the image shift detection is made by using only an output corresponding to the specified area.