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Date of Patent:
Mar. 20, 2012

Filed:

Mar. 22, 2007
Applicant:

Yoshichi Otake, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Inventor:

Yoshichi Otake, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Assignee:

Victor Company of Japan, Limited, Yokohama-shi, Kanagawa-ken, JP;

Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 3/14 (2006.01); H04N 5/335 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

A still image acquisition device includes: a fluctuation detection unit () for detecting a horizontal or a vertical fluctuation generated in an imaging device; light refraction means (A,B) for refracting light into an arbitrary direction; hand shake control means (A) for controlling the refraction direction of the light by the light refraction means; control amount detection means (A,B) for detecting control amounts of the light refraction means (A,B); angle calculation means (B) for calculating the hand shake angle of the horizontal direction or the vertical direction from the detected control amounts; acquisition reference time decision means (C) for deciding a reference time for acquiring a still image according to the time when the absolute value of the calculated hand shake angle of the horizontal direction or the vertical direction is zero or a minimum value; and a still image processing unit () for acquiring the hand shake-corrected image corresponding to a moment immediately after the decided acquisition reference time as a still image.


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