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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 06, 2005
Filed:
Jul. 10, 2001
Tomofumi Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kitaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Saburoh Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Etoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Tomofumi Kitazawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Takashi Kitaguchi, Kanagawa, JP;
Hiromasa Shimizu, Tokyo, JP;
Masayoshi Katoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Yasuhiro Sato, Kanagawa, JP;
Saburoh Sasaki, Tokyo, JP;
Akihiro Etoh, Kanagawa, JP;
Ricoh Company, LTD, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
Detection information for shake is detected by a shake detection unit, predictive shake information is calculated based on the shake detection information, a start position (center) of a correcting operation on an imaging surface of a shake correction unit is determined, and driving of the shake correction unit at the correcting-operation start position is controlled. Accordingly, it is possible to make effective use of a movable range of the shake correction unit for actual hand shake or the like. Thus, a high degree of correction effect can be obtained, so that imaging failures due to hand shake or the like can be remarkably reduced.