Patent ID: 7623153

Claim:
An unintentional hand movement canceling device, comprising: a swing detecting unit ( 18 ), ( 20 ) arranged to detect a swing of an image; and a correction quantity generating unit ( 20 ) arranged to generate a correction quantity S n to calculate a correction position based on a swing quantity V n detected by the swing detection unit ( 18 ), ( 20 ), a damping coefficient K of a swing quantity for controlling a characteristic of a non-corrected residue percent at a swing frequency and a damping center C of the swing quantity, the correction quantity having a variable characteristic of a non-corrected residue percent at a frequency of the swing and a variable damping center of a swing quantity, wherein the correction quantity S n is represented by a function f(S n−1, V n , K, C), where the function has S n−1 , V n , K and C as its elements, and S n−1 is a correction quantity in a preceding frame, V n is the swing quantity, K is the damping coefficient of the swing quantity and C is the damping center of the swing quantity, wherein the function f(S n−1 , V n , K, C) is represented by the following equation: S n =K· (S n−1 −C)+ V n +C.