Patent ID: 6992700

Claim:
An apparatus for detecting a deviation of a camera from shaking, comprising: a shaking detector configured to detect a shaking of the camera based upon an output from at least a first pair of acceleration sensors located on an optical axis of the camera, a second pair of acceleration sensors located on an axis in the gravity direction, and a third pair of acceleration sensors located on an axis perpendicular to the optical axis and the axis in the gravity direction; a calculator configured to calculate rotation angles of each of said coordinate axes based on the output of the three pairs of acceleration sensors; a deviation correction device including a positionable optical element configured to be repositioned in an XY plane perpendicular to an optical axis of the camera based on the rotation angles calculated by the calculator; and a rotation regulator configured to rotate an image pickup device around a Z axis corresponding to the optical axis of the camera or an axis in parallel with the optical axis.