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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 13, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 27, 2007
Applicant:
Masaki Suzui, Utsunomiya, JP;
Inventor:
Masaki Suzui, Utsunomiya, JP;
Assignee:
Canon Kabushiki Kaisha, Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G02B 15/14 (2006.01); G02B 7/02 (2006.01); G03B 13/18 (2006.01); G03B 13/00 (2006.01); G01C 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract
A lens apparatus includes an optical lens unit including a movable lens portion, a drive unit configured to drive the movable lens portion, a control unit configured to control the drive unit, a difference calculation unit configured to calculate a difference between command signals received at intervals of a predetermined period, and an addition unit configured to add the difference calculated by the difference calculation unit to each of the command signals, wherein the control unit controls the drive unit based on a result of an addition performed by the addition unit.