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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 29, 2015
Filed:
May. 15, 2013
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A lens unitincluding an imaging optical systemand an imaging unitto generate an image signal of an imaged image is supported rotatably in a yawing direction and in a pitching direction. Based on a shake which is applied to the lens unitand is detected by a shake detection unit, a barycentric position of the lens unitwhich position is calculated by a barycentric position calculation unit, and a position of the lens unitwhich position is detected by a position detection unit, a driving operation by a drive unitto perform rotation driving of the lens unitin the yawing direction and in the pitching direction is controlled and image blur correction of the imaged image is performed. Even when the barycentric position of the lens unit varies due to a focus adjusting operation, a zooming operation, or the like, it becomes possible to perform optimal image blur correction and to improve performance in image blur correction.