Patent ID: 8169485
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. An anti-shake apparatus for image stabilization, comprising: a mover that is movable; and a controller that controls said mover for an anti-shake operation; when a first period having a first length of time elapses after a movement of said mover for said anti-shake operation is finished, said controller moves said mover from a first position to a second position over a course of a second length of time; said second position being determined based on a quantity of change between a position of said mover before said first period commences immediately after said anti-shake operation is finished, and a position of said mover after said first period is finished; said controller moving said mover at a decelerated, low rate of speed before finishing its movement to said second position; and a mirror configured to perform a mirror-up operation and a mirror-down operation, a sum of said first length of time and said second length of time being shorter than or equal to a length of time from a point when said anti-shake operation is finished and a control driving said mover for said anti-shake operation is set to an OFF state to a point when said mirror-down operation is finished.