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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 31, 2009
Filed:
Dec. 28, 2005
Applicant:
Seiichiro Sakata, Akiruno, JP;
Inventor:
Seiichiro Sakata, Akiruno, JP;
Assignee:
Olympus Imaging Corp., Tokyo, JP;
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 17/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); G02B 27/64 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
An image capturing device and a blurring correction method in which an imaging unit or a blurring correction optical system is driven to correct blurring in response to an output of a vibration detecting sensor. In such blurring correction, when a driving mechanism has a frictionally connected section, the blurring correction impairs an image at a time when an impact is generated. Therefore, an impact detecting section is disposed, and the blurring correction is not performed when the impact detecting section detects the impact.