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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2017
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2016
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventors:
Tomoomi Ito, Kanagawa, JP;
Rui Chen, Tokyo, JP;
Makoto Kanai, Tokyo, JP;
Fumikazu Kanetaka, Chiba, JP;
Naoki Miyagawa, Kanagawa, JP;
Assignee:
SONY CORPORATION, Tokyo, JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2006.01); G02B 7/08 (2006.01); G02B 7/36 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2013.01); G02B 7/08 (2013.01); G02B 7/36 (2013.01);
Abstract
There is provided a lens unit equipped with multiple focus lenses provided inside a lens barrel, multiple actuators corresponding to the respective multiple focus lenses and configured to move each of the multiple focus lenses inside the lens barrel, and a control circuit configured to control movement of the multiple focus lenses according to different rules between a case of a position of each of the multiple focus lenses being inside a designated range of satisfactory optical performance, and a case of being outside the range.