Abstract: A camera is provided which has a vibration detection unit that detects vibration, a photographic focal length detection unit which detects the focal length of the photographic optical system, and a distance-measurement unit that measures the distance to the object being photographed. The vibration compensation device employs drive motors as a vibration compensation unit. The drive motors have a start up time which is at least as fast as the acceleration of a vibration having roughly a sine wave shape with a frequency of 10 Hz and a maximum velocity of 7.5 mm/sec. Such a motor is able to reach the maximum velocity of the vibration in under 25 ms.

Abstract: A blur-correcting image pickup device includes, but is not limited to an image pickup optical system for picking up an image, a vibration-detecting device which detects vibrations of the image pickup device and generates an output relative to the detected vibrations, a blur-correcting device which corrects blurring of the image caused by the vibrations, a rangefinder which detects distance of the image to be picked up and generates an output relative to the detected image pickup distance, and an optical system setup device which sets up a specific image pickup condition for the image pickup optical system.

Abstract: A camera including a flashlight device for emitting a flashlight, a shutter, such that the camera has a flash synchro photographing mode in which the flashlight device emits the flashlight in synchronism with the shutter, a vibration detector for detecting a vibration quantity of the camera, a vibration correcting device for correcting an image blur on the basis of a vibration signal output from the vibration detector. The camera also includes a control device for controlling, while performing flash photographing by use of the flashlight device and driving the vibration correcting device, the shutter so that a maximum shutter time in the flash synchro photographing mode is shorter than or equal to a maximum shutter time in a non-emission of the flashlight. As a result, the flashlight device does not emit the flashlight.

Abstract: A camera with a vibration correction function provided with a continuous shot mode for carrying out continuous photographing, has a vibration detecting device for detecting vibration of the camer, a vibration correcting device for correcting the vibration of the camera at the time of photographing based on a signal from the vibration detecting device, a film feeding device for feeding a photographic film loaded in the camera, a film end detecting device for detecting an end of the photographic film, and a control device for stopping the operation of the vibration detecting device and making the film feeding device start rewinding the photographic film when receiving a film end detection signal from the film end detecting device during photographing under the continuous shot mode.

Abstract: A vibration preventing camera includes a vibration amount detecting unit for detecting the amount of vibration, a vibration correcting unit for correcting vibration, a light measuring unit for measuring the light value at a subject, and a control unit for controlling the vibration correcting unit in consonance with a detection signal that is obtained by the light measuring unit and the vibration detecting unit, and for activating the vibration detecting unit after the length of exposure is determined by the light value at the subject that is obtained by the light measuring unit. More preferably, a vibration preventing camera further includes a self-timer unit, and when the self-timer unit is set for an exposure, the vibration detecting unit is activated after the timing count down for the self-timer unit begins.

Abstract: An image vibration reduction device for reducing an image vibration on the imaging surface, includes an elastically supported reduction optical system which constitutes a portion of an imaging optical system, an electromagnetic actuator for moving the reduction optical system, a reduction optical system driver for driving the actuator to move the reduction optical system, a reduction optical system displacement detector for detecting displacements of the reduction optical system, a vibration detector for detecting vibrations generated in the image vibration reduction device, and a digital controller for calculating digital reduction optical system target position information used for appropriately reducing the vibrations on the basis of the output from the vibration detector, calculating digital reduction optical system position information on the basis of the output from reduction optical system displacement detector, and calculating the drive amount to be supplied to the reduction optical system driver on t

Abstract: A camera with vibration correcting function is provided with a plurality of vibration detecting devices for detecting the vibration of the camera, a plurality of vibration correcting devices for effecting vibration correction control in conformity with the respective outputs of the vibration detecting devices, and an abnormality detecting device for detecting the abnormality of the output of the vibration detecting devices, and only the vibration correcting device corresponding to the vibration detecting device having the output for which abnormality has been detected by the abnormality detecting device is inhibited from effecting the vibration correction control.

Abstract: A blur correction camera includes an optical axis changing unit to change an optical axis of a photographing optical system to correct a blur generated by vibration, a displacement detecting unit to detect displacement of the photographing optical system by the optical axis changing unit, a calculation unit to calculate a displacement velocity of the photographing optical system on the basis of a detection result from the displacement detecting unit, a centering unit to drive the optical axis of the photographing optical system to a central position based on the displacement detected by the displacement detecting unit, and a maximum displacement velocity detecting unit to detect a maximum displacement velocity upon movement of the photographing optical system by the centering unit. Whether a blur correction function is normal is discriminated on the basis of a detection result from the maximum displacement velocity detecting unit.

Abstract: An improved shift optical system for a camera which is adapted to be responsive to input received from devices external to the system. An anti-vibration optical system, constituting the shift optical system, is provided so as to be movable on a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the anti-vibration optical system by a driver. The action of the driver is controlled by a control device which is responsive to input from either an anti-vibration system or an external device. The anti-vibration system of the camera is provided with an image blur detector, which outputs the amount of vibration experienced by the camera, and a compensation amount calculator which outputs a signal to the control device indicative of where the anti-vibration optical system must be placed in order to compensate for vibrations. In order to interface with the external equipment, the control device is connected to a coordinate converter which receives information via a communication device connected to the external equipment.

Abstract: A photographic device having a vibration compensation device which drives a correcting lens perpendicular to an optical axis to compensate for vibrations detected by a vibration detection circuit. The analog output of the vibration detection circuit is converted into a digital signal by an A/D converter having at least 10 bits of resolution and at least a 2 ms sampling rate. A one-chip microcomputer calculates the correcting lens target velocity based on the output of the A/D converter. The one-chip microcomputer is provided with a built-in multiplying function able to handle the multiplication of signed 8-bit and 16-bit data.

Abstract: A camera-shake correcting camera, in which a camera-shake correcting device forming a part of a phototaking optical system is moved by a plurality of drive devices to correct camera shake and drive control of the plurality of drive devices is performed by controlling a drive duty of energization time in a predetermined period, comprises: a battery check device for checking a current supply capability of a power battery for operation of the camera; a drive duty limiting device for inhibiting the plurality of drive devices for driving the camera-shake correcting device from driving the camera-shake correcting device at a drive duty more than a set limit value; and a drive duty limit value setting device for changing to set the limit value of the drive duty limiting device in accordance with an output value from the battery check device.

Abstract: A lens driving system for a camera with an anti-vibration function has a vibration correcting lens drivable in a direction in which blurring of an image on an image surface due to a camera shake is prevented from occurring, vibration correcting lens driving means for driving the vibration correcting lens, a photointerrupter detecting a relative position and speed of the vibration correcting lens, and a disk being connected to the correcting lens driving means and having a plurality of slits determined in accordance with the width of a slit of a light receiving section of the photointerrupter and the resolution of detection of shift of the vibration correcting lens in order to turn on and off the photointerrupter repeatedly.

Abstract: A camera with a vibration correction function prevents a battery from unnecessarily exhausting due to a failure of a vibration corrective lens driving system and provides accurate vibration-resistant control. A vibration corrective lens is subjected either to a centering drive operation to drive an optical axis to a center position of the photographing system or to a resetting drive operation to drive the optical axis to the initial position. When an abnormal drive operation is detected, the centering or resetting operation ceases to supply electric power to the angular velocity detecting circuit, the motor drive circuit, and the lens displacement detecting circuit.

Abstract: A slight motion detecting device includes a angular velocity sensor, a low pass filter, a high pass filter, an amplifier, and a CPU. The CPU differentiates an output from the angular velocity sensor so as to obtain an angular acceleration, and determines that a peak of the acceleration is obtained at the time at which the sign of the acceleration is changed, and further, calculates a zero level detection value of the angular velocity, from the peak, thereby the output of the angular velocity sensor is corrected in accordance with the zero level detection value.

Abstract: A camera-shake display device comprises a detection unit for determining whether a photographing lens detachably mounted on a camera body is provided with a compensation optical system for compensating camera-shake upon reception of a signal representing the camera-shake amount corresponding to a displacement of the camera body, and a display unit for displaying whether the camera-shake compensation is attainable or not in accordance with the output of the detection unit.

Abstract: A photographic device has a vibration compensation system with reduced power consumption. The photographic device includes a vibration compensation system with a vibration detection device to detect vibration caused by, for example, a photographer's hand tremor, a vibration compensation device to cause the optical axis of a photographic optical system to change to compensate for the detected vibration, and a control unit to perform processes including vibration compensation control to control the vibration compensation device based on the output of the vibration detection device. The control unit has a low electric current consumption mode which causes its processes to stop to restrain the consumption of electric current, and a normal operation mode during which processes are performed. The photographic device includes a mode changeover device to change the control unit from the normal operation mode to the low electric current consumption mode when a photographic operation has ended.

Abstract: An image vibration reduction device for reducing an image vibration on an imaging surface includes a vibration reduction optical system movable to reduce the image vibration and constituting part of an imaging optical system, and a vibration reduction optical system displacement detector including a light-emission unit and a light-reception unit using an optical position detection element to optically detect a change in position of the vibration reduction optical system. The device also includes a light-emission amount automatic adjustment means for adjusting a light-emission amount of the light-emission unit at a predetermined time on the basis of an output from the light-reception unit.

Abstract: In a camera with vibration correcting function, by varying the optical axis of the phototaking lens according to the vibration of the camera, there are provided a main control device for controlling the phototaking exposure process of the camera and a vibration correcting control device for controlling the vibration correcting operation of the camera, in which the vibration correcting control device has at least a stopped state without function and a function state, and the main control device is electrically connected with the vibration correcting control device and is adapted to control the same. The power consumption in the vibration correcting control device is reduced by switching the stopped state and the function state of the vibration correcting control device, by the control signal from the main control device.

Abstract: An apparatus for inspecting a blur correction function of a blur correction camera, which comprises an optical axis changing unit for changing the optical axis of a photographing optical system so as to correct a blur generated by a vibration, a displacement detecting unit for detecting a displacement of the photographing optical system by the optical axis changing unit, a maximum/minimum displacement detecting unit for detecting maximum and minimum values of an output value from the displacement detecting unit, and an angular velocity detecting unit for detecting an angular velocity caused by the vibration, includes: an information exchange unit for exchanging information with the blur correction camera, a vibration applying unit for applying a sinusoidal vibration having a predetermined angular amplitude in a detection direction of the angular velocity of the angular velocity detecting unit of the blur correction camera, a reading unit for reading an output value from the maximum/minimum displacement detect

Abstract: A camera having a vibration correction lens to correct image vibration in the imaging plane, the vibration correction lens being driven within a lens barrel according to the output of a sensor for detecting hand tremor of the camera. The camera also has a memory unit, such as an EEPROM, to store information on the position of the vibration correction lens within the lens barrel, the position of best optical performance of the vibration correction lens and the position of the drive range limits and similar information. Prior to the camera correcting for image vibration, the vibration correction lens is moved to the position of best optical performance, this position being the one where the optical axis of the vibration correction lens coincides with an optical axis of another optical lens system in the camera.