Patent ID: 6128035
Filing Date: 2000-10-03
Classification: G02B,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A blur-correcting image pickup device comprising:an image pickup optical system for picking up an image;a vibration-detecting device which detects vibrations of the image pickup device and generates an output relative to the detected vibrations;a blur-correcting device which corrects blurring of the image caused by said vibrations;a distance measurement unit which detects distance of the image to be picked up and generates an output relative to the detected image pickup distance;an optical system setup device which sets up a specific image pickup condition for said image pickup optical system unrelated to the output from the distance measurement unit;an arithmetic information generating device which generates a first arithmetic factor when said specific image pickup condition is set up and a second arithmetic factor corresponding to the output of said distance measurement unit when said specific image pickup condition is not set up by said optical system setup device; anda drive control device which calculates corrective information based on the output of the vibration-detecting device and the output of the arithmetic information generating device to control the blur-correcting device based on said corrective information.