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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 07, 2003
Filed:
Jun. 10, 1999
Applicant:
Inventor:
Akira Suzuki, Yokohama, JP;
Assignee:
Ricoh Company, Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 ; G03B 1/700 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/228 ; G03B 1/700 ;
Abstract
A hand movement detecting apparatus for a body having imaging elements and an optical unit therein. The hand moment detecting apparatus includes a mechanical movement detecting device for detecting a mechanical moving amount of the body and generating a mechanical movement signal indicating the mechanical moving amount when hand movement occurs, and an image movement detecting device for detecting a moving amount of an object image formed on the imaging elements and generating an image movement signal indicating the image moving amount in response to the mechanical movement signal.