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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 17, 2006
Filed:
Feb. 19, 2003
Sueyuki Ohishi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Sueyuki Ohishi, Shinagawa-ku, JP;
Nikon Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A blur correction device comprises a blur correction optical system that corrects an image blur caused by a vibration; a drive device that drives the blur correction optical system; a locking device that locks the blur correction optical system when an image blur correction is not executed; a gravitational direction detection device that detects a direction of a gravitational force applied to the blur correction optical system; and a control device that controls drive of the drive device and the locking device. After stopping an operation executed by the drive device to correct the image blur, the control device controls the drive device so as to reduce an extent to which the blur correction optical system having been locked by the locking device is allowed to move along the gravitational direction.