Patent ID: 6473120
Filing Date: 2002-10-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An apparatus comprising:an optical unit adapted to selectively: (1) produce a predetermined optical low-pass filter effect, or (2) not produce the predetermined optical low-pass filter effect; an image pickup unit adapted to convert an optical object image received through said optical unit, into an image signal; and a signal processing apparatus adapted to output selectively a motion image signal and a still image signal by changing a processing of the image signal from said image pickup unit between when said optical unit produces the predetermined optical low-pass filter effect and otherwise, wherein said optical unit produces the predetermined low-pass filter effect by moving the optical object image to a light receiving surface of said image pickup unit at a predetermined period, wherein said optical unit adds a vibration correction period of the optical object image to the predetermined period to move the optical object image to the light-receiving surface of said image pickup unit at the added period, thereby producing both the predetermined low-pass filter effect and the vibration correction of the optical object image simultaneously.