Patent ID: 7483055

Claim:
An image deflection correction apparatus comprising: a deflection detection device which detects a vibration applied to an optical system and outputs a deflection signal according to the detected vibration; an integration value calculation device which sequentially calculates a positive direction integration value of integrating an absolute value of a difference between the value of the deflection signal and a reference value while the deflection signal outputted by the deflection detection device is continuously changed in a positive direction with respect to the reference value, and a negative direction integration value of integrating the absolute value of the difference between the value of the deflection signal and the reference value while the deflection signal is continuously changed in a negative direction with respect to the reference value; a determination device which determines whether or not the positive direction integration value and the negative direction integration value sequentially calculated by the integration value calculation device are matched; and an image deflection correction device which corrects an image deflection caused by the vibration applied to the optical system, based on the deflection signal outputted by the deflection detection device, and switches a mode of correction depending on whether the optical system is in a pan/tilt operation or not, in which in the mode of correction where the optical system is in the pan/tilt operation, if the determination device determines that the positive direction integration value and the negative direction integration value are matched, it is judged that the pan/tilt operation of the optical system is ended, and the mode of correction is switched into the mode where the optical system is not in the pan/tilt operation if it is judged that the pan/tilt operation is ended.