Patent ID: 8159541

Claim:
An image stabilization apparatus comprising: a plurality of accelerometers to determine acceleration along axes of a plane parallel to a focal plane of an image capture device, with at least two of the axes inclined with respect to each other, and each accelerometer to output respective acceleration data; an infra-red (IR) proximity sensor to measure a distance between the focal plane of the image capture device and an object plane corresponding to image data to be captured by the image capture device, and to output distance data; and a processor to process the respective acceleration data from said plurality of accelerometers and the distance data from said (IR) proximity sensor to generate correction data to correct the image data captured during motion of the image capture device, with the correction data being used to compensate for a calculated offset between a desired and an actual center of a focal point of the image capture device, and determine an angular motion of the image capture device to reduce an effect of rotation on a gravity vector in the respective acceleration data.