Patent ID: 8520129
Filing Date: 2013-08-27
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging apparatus comprising: first detection means configured to detect first information corresponding to a contrast of a captured image; second detection means configured to detect second information corresponding to an object distance; third detection means configured to detect third information as motion information corresponding to an angular velocity; a memory arranged to store data about a position of a first lens unit and a position of a second lens unit located on an optical axis behind the first lens unit, the data being provided for each object distance; and a controller configured to control a movement of the second lens unit to compensate for an image-plane movement due to a movement of the first lens unit when the captured image is zoomed by moving the first lens unit, wherein the controller controls the movement of the second lens unit based on the first information, and wherein the controller controls the movement of the second lens unit to be performed within a range selected from the data based on the second information corresponding to an object distance and the third information.