Patent ID: 8929726
Filing Date: 2015-01-06
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image stabilization apparatus comprising: a detection unit configured to detect shake in first and second directions that are not parallel to each other; a calculation unit configured to calculate first and second correction amounts for correcting the shake in the first and second directions, respectively, based on outputs from the detection unit; a panning determination unit configured to determine a panning operation in the first direction based on the first correction amount, and to determine a panning operation in the second direction based on the second correction amount; a correction unit configured to correct the shake based on the correction amounts calculated for the first and second directions by the calculation unit; and a control unit configured to, in a case where the panning operation is determined by the panning determination unit, correct the shake in the first direction in accordance with the first correction amount together with the second correction amount, correct the shake in the second direction in accordance with the second correction amount together with the first correction amount, perform control so that responsiveness to the shake in the second direction is decreased as the first correction amount increases, and perform control so that responsiveness to the shake in the first direction is decreased as the second correction amount increases.