Patent ID: 6408135
Filing Date: 2002-06-18
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
A control device for an image blur correction device that conducts an image blur correcting operation for a camera in response to a vibration signal corresponding to an output of a vibration detection sensor, said control device comprising:support state determination means for determining whether the image blur correction device is in a predetermined support state or not, in accordance with the vibration signal corresponding to the output of the vibration detection sensor; operation state control means for controlling an operating state of said image blur correction device in response to a determination by said support state determination means so as to set the operating state in a first state, in which said image blur correction device does not conduct a predetermined image blur correcting operation when said support state determination means determines that the image blur correction device is in the predetermined support state, and to shift the operating state to a second state, in which said image blur correction device conducts the predetermined image blur correcting operation in response to a determination by said support state determination means that the image blur correction device is released from the predetermined support state; and regulating means for regulating a shift of the operation state from the first state to the second state, when a predetermined operation of the camera starts, in response to a determination by said support state determination means, which is responsive to the determination by said support state determination means that the image blur correction device is released from the predetermined support state.