Patent ID: 8576287
Filing Date: 2013-11-05
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capturing control apparatus comprising: detection means configured to detect an amount of jiggling generated in an image capturing apparatus which includes an optical zoom lens and an imaging device for converting an optical image of a subject supplied to said imaging device by way of said optical zoom lens into an electrical signal representing an image; optical jiggling correction control means configured to control carrying out optical jiggling correction at least in part by shifting said optical image in accordance with said jiggling amount; and electronic jiggling correction control means configured to control carrying out electronic jiggling correction at least in part by moving a cutout area provided on the image, wherein the image capturing control apparatus is configured to perform jiggling correction in a hybrid mode by using both the optical jiggling correction control means and the electronic jiggling control means, wherein the image capturing control apparatus further comprises optical zoom magnification change rate modulation means configured to control a magnification change rate produced by said optical zoom lens based at least in part on a change rate V and a maximum change rate Vmax, wherein the change rate V is determined based at least in part on a deceleration modulation quantity J obtained from a zoom position x according to a zoom operation carried out by a user, an electronic zoom magnification k interlocked with a change of electronic jiggling surplus designed in advance, and a focal-point distance E of said optical zoom lens, and wherein the maximum change rate Vmax is determined based at least in part on the deceleration modulation quantity J.