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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 18, 2014
Filed:
Mar. 15, 2013
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Takeshi Shimamoto, Osaka, JP;
Panasonic Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
An image capture device according to the present disclosure includes: an image sensor; a lens optical system condensing light onto the image sensor and including a focus lens; a driving section driving one of the image sensor and the focus lens to change a distance between the image sensor and the focus lens; a displacement control section configured to control the displacement of the one being driven according to a predetermined displacement pattern by outputting an instruction to the driving section; and a synchronizing section configured to control the displacement control section by reference to timing of exposure of the image sensor. The displacement range of the image sensor or focus lens includes a first range, a second range separated from the first range, and a third range interposed between the first and second ranges. The predetermined displacement pattern includes first, second and third types of displacement patterns according to which one of the image sensor and the focus lens is displaced at least once in each of the entire first, second and third ranges. And one of the first and second types of displacement patterns and the third type of displacement pattern repeated alternately.