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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Apr. 12, 2012
Applicants:
Takeshi Shimamoto, Osaka, JP;
Takashi Kawamura, Kyoto, JP;
Yusuke Monobe, Kyoto, JP;
Inventors:
Assignee:
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/00 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01); H04N 5/228 (2006.01); G03B 17/00 (2006.01); G02B 27/00 (2006.01); G03B 13/32 (2006.01); G03B 7/08 (2014.01); G03B 15/00 (2006.01); G02B 7/28 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
G03B 13/32 (2013.01); G03B 15/00 (2013.01); G02B 27/0075 (2013.01); H04N 5/23212 (2013.01); G02B 7/28 (2013.01); G03B 7/08 (2013.01);
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.