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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jun. 18, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 08, 2000
Shinji Imada, Kawasaki, JP;
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A control device for an image blur correction which is applied to an image blur correction device that conducts image blur correcting operation in response to a signal corresponding to an output of a vibration detection sensor, includes a support state judging device for judging whether the device is in a predetermined support state or not, in accordance with the signal corresponding to the output of the vibration detection sensor, an operation state control device for changing the operating state of the image blur correction device in response to the judgment result by the support state judging means so as to set the operating state to a first state in which the image blur correction device does not conduct the given image blur correcting operation when the support state judging device judges that the device is in the predetermined support state, and to set the operating state to a second state in which the image blur correction device conducts the given image blur correcting operation in response to a judgement by the support state judging device that the device is released from the predetermined support state and a regulating device for regulating the shift of the state from the first state to the second state, when the predetermined operation of the camera starts, in response to a judgement by the support state judging device, which is responsive to the judgement by the support state judging device that the device is released from the predetermined support state.