Patent ID: 7962022
Filing Date: 2011-06-14
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A photographic apparatus comprising: a movable platform which has an imager that captures an optical image through a taking lens, and is movable and rotatable in an xy plane perpendicular to an optical axis of said taking lens; an acceleration sensor that detects a first gravitational component and a second gravitational component, said first gravitational component being a component of gravitational acceleration in an x direction perpendicular to said optical axis, and said second gravitational component being a component of gravitational acceleration in a y direction perpendicular to said optical axis and said x direction; and a controller that specifies a holding state of said photographic apparatus, calculates an inclination angle of said photographic apparatus formed by rotation of said photographic apparatus around said optical axis, as measured with respect to a level plane perpendicular to a direction of gravitational force, on the basis of said first gravitational component and said second gravitational component, and performs a movement control of said movable platform for an inclination correction based on said inclination angle; said controller specifying said holding state before an imaging operation by said imager that commences when a shutter release switch is set to an ON state, and performing said inclination correction during said imaging operation, wherein a detection resolution of an A/D conversion of said first and second gravitational components when said controller performs said inclination correction, is greater than a detection resolution of an A/D conversion of said first and second gravitational components when said controller specifies said holding state.