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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Takeshi Shimamoto, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Kawamura, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Monobe, Kyoto, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image pickup device includes an image pickup element; a lens optical system including a focus lens; a driving section for driving one of the image pickup element and the focus lens so as to change a distance between the image pickup element and the focus lens; a displacement control section configured to output an instruction to the driving section to control displacement of the image pickup element or the focus lens which is driven, based on a prescribed displacement pattern; and a synchronization section configured to control the displacement control section based on timing for exposing the image pickup element.
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