Patent ID: 7292270

Claim:
An image blurring correction apparatus, comprising: an image taking optical system of a camera capable of changing a focal length; an image blurring detection device which detects an image blurring of an image formed by the image taking optical system; an image blurring correction device which displaces a shooting range of the image taking optical system according to the image blurring detected by the image blurring detection device so as to correct the image blurring; and an image blurring correction stopping device which, if determined that the camera is performing at least one of pan operation and tilt operation, stops image blurring correction by the image blurring correction device and returns the shooting range of the image taking optical system displaced by the image blurring correction device to a reference position, wherein the image blurring correction stopping device changes a speed at which the shooting range of the image taking optical system is returned to the reference position according to the focal length of the image taking optical system.