Patent ID: 8311405
Filing Date: 2012-11-13
Classification: G02B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An image capture device, comprising: a zoom lens provided to a device body through a zoom mechanism, the zoom lens being caused by the operation of the zoom mechanism to move back and forth along the optical axis of the zoom lens, the zoom mechanism includes a lens barrel to which the zoom lens is fixed; an information acquisition part which acquires information about the amount of movement determined by the amount of movement of the zoom lens; a power supply part which supplies power to the information acquisition part; an operational part which gives instructions to operate the zoom mechanism; a first controller which controls the operation of the zoom mechanism; a second controller which controls power supply from the power supply part to the information acquisition part; and a state detection part which detects a specific halt state in which the zoom mechanism stops the movement of the zoom lens when the zoom mechanism is in any one of a plurality of predetermined operating positions, wherein each of the predetermined operating positions being such that the zoom lens hardly changes its position despite the action of external force, wherein the first controller being adapted to move the zoom mechanism to a predetermined rest position that is closest to the zoom lens, when the operational part gives an instruction to stop the zoom mechanism, and wherein the second controller being adapted to stop power supply from the power supply part to the information acquisition part in the process of transferring the zoom lens along the optical axis when the state detection part detects the specific halt state, when the predetermined rest position is one of the predetermined operating positions.