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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:
Jun. 10, 2003
Filed:
Jan. 16, 2002
Applicant:
Inventor:
Kunihisa Yamaguchi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 5/00 ; G03B 1/336 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 5/00 ; G03B 1/336 ;
Abstract
A camera with a blurring correction unit including, a displacement sensor attached to the camera and capable of measuring a displacement of the camera, and driving mechanisms and capable of independently moving an optical component or a photographic member including a lens in at least two directions, respectively, the driving mechanisms actuated in accordance with a detection signal of the displacement sensor the camera capable of correcting a disturbance in a picked-up image due to blurring, wherein soft focus is attained by forcedly actuating the driving mechanisms and of the blurring correction unit.