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Date of Patent:
Aug. 11, 2015

Filed:

Dec. 13, 2011
Applicants:

Kazuaki Murayama, Hachioji, JP;

Hisashi Goto, Suginami-ku, JP;

Kengo Enomoto, Tachikawa, JP;

Kazuya Yamanaka, Hachioji, JP;

Inventors:

Kazuaki Murayama, Hachioji, JP;

Hisashi Goto, Suginami-ku, JP;

Kengo Enomoto, Tachikawa, JP;

Kazuya Yamanaka, Hachioji, JP;

Assignee:

OLYMPUS CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/02 (2006.01); G03B 5/00 (2006.01); G03B 35/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/0221 (2013.01); G03B 5/00 (2013.01); G03B 35/02 (2013.01); H04N 13/0296 (2013.01);
Abstract

An apparatus has a synchronizing signal generator to which a trigger signal is input and that outputs a first synchronizing signal and a second synchronizing signal based on the trigger signal, an image pickup unit that has an image pickup surface, performs a first image picking-up based on the first synchronizing signal, and performs a second image picking-up based on the second synchronizing signal, and an image pickup element tilting unit that changes the angle of the image pickup surface relative to the optical axis during a period after the first image picking-up and before the second image picking-up.


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