Patent ID: 8654245
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: an imaging element configured to produce image data of a subject by opto-electrical conversion; a shutter mechanism switchable between an open state and a closed state, in the open state light is incident on the imaging element and in the closed state light that would have been incident on the imaging element is blocked; an actuator configured to produce and store a driving force to drive the shutter mechanism; a rotatable transmission member configured to transmit the driving force to the shutter mechanism; a position detector configured to detect the position of the transmission member in the direction of rotation; and a drive controller configured to direct the actuator to begin storing the driving force to drive the shutter mechanism while the image data is being read from the imaging element and to control the timing at which the actuator begins driving the shutter mechanism based on the position of the transmission member detected by the position detector, the drive controller being further configured to switch the shutter mechanism from the closed state to the open state after the actuator has stopped storing the driving force to drive the shutter mechanism.