JP4832386B2 - Image stabilizer for camera - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to an image blur correction apparatus for a camera, and more particularly to an image blur correction apparatus for a camera that corrects an image blur caused by vibration applied to a camera (shooting optical system).

  As an image blur correction device for a TV camera, for example, when an anti-vibration lens is arranged in a photographing optical system so as to be movable within a plane perpendicular to the optical axis, and vibration is applied to the camera (camera photographing optical system), the vibration is reduced. There is known a lens in which an image stabilizing lens is corrected by driving an anti-vibration lens with an actuator in a direction to cancel. In such an image blur correction device, vibration generated in the camera is detected by a shake detection sensor (such as an angular velocity sensor or an acceleration sensor), and image blur is detected based on a sensor signal (vibration signal) output from the shake detection sensor. The amount of displacement of the anti-vibration lens for correction is required (for example, see Patent Document 1).

  In many cases, the TV camera is installed on a tripod or a platform such as a pan head. In Patent Document 2, it is proposed that the image blur correction function is not mounted on the lens apparatus as described above, but is mounted on a frame. According to this, a swing drive device that swings the entire camera is installed on the gantry, and a shake detection sensor for detecting camera vibration is installed on the gantry. Then, the entire camera is swung by a swing driving device so as to cancel the vibration based on the sensor signal output from the shake detection sensor.

In general, when a cameraman intentionally pans / tilts the camera, image blur correction is automatically turned off, or the effect of image blur correction (shake detection sensitivity) is automatically reduced. It has become. When the sensor signal output from the shake detection sensor indicates that some change has occurred in the posture of the camera, whether the sensor signal is due to vibration or intentional pan / tilt operation by the cameraman. Tilt determination is performed based on whether or not the sensor signal satisfies a certain condition that the pan / tilt operation is being performed. On the other hand, in Patent Document 3, a pan / tilt signal indicating whether or not a pan / tilt operation is currently being performed is obtained from a pan head for pan / tilt operation of the camera, and pan / tilt determination is performed based on the pan / tilt signal. It has been proposed to do.
JP-A-7-261224 JP-A-9-74515 JP 2000-39641 A

  By the way, a base such as a tripod that supports the television camera may be provided with a shake detection sensor, and may have a function of detecting vibration at the stand that is added to the television camera by the shake detection sensor. In this case, it is expected that the gantry has a function of outputting a sensor signal detected by the shake detection sensor to the outside as a vibration signal. In addition, when such a gantry includes a pan / tilt mechanism for panning / tilting the camera, it is possible to know the influence of the pan / tilt operation on the sensor signal output from the shake detection sensor. Rather than simply outputting the sensor signal output from the shake detection sensor as a vibration signal, the sensor signal output from the shake detection sensor is subjected to predetermined processing. It is also possible to externally output a vibration signal indicating only the true vibration that causes image blur to be removed.

  Such a vibration signal is useful in an image shake correction apparatus that includes a shake detection sensor as a component of its own device and does not require a vibration signal from an external device. In an image blur correction device that is not required, use of a vibration signal from an external device has not been proposed.

  Even when the vibration signal from the external device can be used, for example, the variation (noise) of the vibration signal in the non-vibration state is different from the variation of the sensor signal of the shake detection sensor in its own device. In such a case, there is a possibility that a problem may occur in image blur correction. That is, normally, a sensor signal of a shake detection sensor provided as a component of its own device is passed through a low-pass filter (LPF) to remove a high-frequency component signal (noise) that is not related to image blur correction. However, the cut-off frequency is set to a level at which the vibration-proof lens does not fluctuate in a no-vibration state.

  On the other hand, when capturing a vibration signal from an external device, it is unclear how much noise is superimposed on the vibration signal, so even if the high frequency component signal is removed from the vibration signal by the LPF, the cutoff is The frequency is not appropriate, and there is a possibility that the vibration-proof lens fluctuates due to the noise even in a no-vibration state.

  The present invention has been made in view of such circumstances, and when a vibration signal obtained from an external device is used for image blur correction, the camera can be used by appropriately removing noise of the vibration signal. An object of the present invention is to provide an image blur correction apparatus.

To achieve the above object, an image blur correction apparatus for a camera according to claim 1, the vibration applied to the projection optical system shooting on the basis of the sensor signal outputted from the shake detection sensor for detecting an image blur In an image blur correction apparatus for a camera including an image blur correction unit that performs image blur correction for canceling the image blur caused by the image blur, a vibration signal acquisition unit that acquires a vibration signal from an external device and the vibration signal acquisition unit Noise removing means for removing noise from the vibration signal, and setting means for setting the frequency of the signal component to be removed as noise by the noise removing means based on the vibration signal obtained by the vibration signal obtaining means when there is no vibration. The image shake correction means is based on the vibration signal acquired by the vibration signal acquisition means instead of the sensor signal of the shake detection sensor. When performing the image blur correction, after setting by said setting means is completed, is characterized by performing the image blur correction on the basis of the obtained vibration signal by said vibrating signal acquisition means.

  According to the present invention, since an appropriate noise cut level (frequency of a signal component to be removed as noise) is set for the vibration signal before the vibration signal from the external device is effectively used for image blur correction, Even when a vibration signal from an external device having a variation in level is used, image blur correction can be performed without any trouble.

  According to a second aspect of the present invention, there is provided the image blur correction apparatus for a camera according to the first aspect, wherein the setting by the setting means is performed when the power is turned on, a setting instruction is given, or the image blur correction is performed. It is characterized in that it is executed when instructed to perform based on the vibration signal acquired by the vibration signal acquisition means.

  According to a third aspect of the present invention, in the image blur correction apparatus for a camera according to the first or second aspect, the external device is a tripod that supports the camera.

  According to the camera shake correction device of the present invention, when a vibration signal obtained from an external device is used for image shake correction, noise of the vibration signal can be appropriately removed and used.

  The best mode for carrying out an image blur correction apparatus for a camera according to the present invention will be described below in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a photographing system to which the present invention is applied. In the figure, a television camera 10 is a camera for shooting moving images for broadcasting or business use, for example, and includes a lens device 12 and a camera device (camera body) 14.

  The lens device 12 includes a photographing optical system (photographing lens) that forms an image of a subject, and includes a control circuit that controls various lenses of the photographing optical system, a diaphragm, and the like.

  The camera device 14 has an imaging optical system of the lens device 12 detachably mounted by a mount, and an image sensor that photoelectrically converts an object image formed by the imaging optical system, and an object image obtained by the image sensor And a signal processing circuit for generating and outputting a video signal of a predetermined format.

  Further, the television camera 10 in the figure is fixed to the upper end portion (head unit) 16 A of the tripod 16 and supported by the tripod 16. The upper end portion 16A of the tripod 16 is generally provided with a pan / tilt mechanism for panning / tilting the TV camera 10 manually or electrically, but the detailed configuration is omitted.

  Further, a vibration signal described later is output from a predetermined connector 16B of the tripod 16, and the connector 16B and a predetermined connector 60A of the lens device 12 are connected by a cable 18. Yes. The lens device 12 is equipped with an image shake correction device, and the vibration signal output from the connector 16B of the tripod 16 is taken into the image shake correction device through the cable 18 and the connector 60A. In image blur correction, the vibration signal is effectively used.

  FIG. 2 is a block diagram showing a configuration of the image blur correction device 60 mounted on the lens device 12. The anti-vibration lens 36 shown in the figure is disposed in the photographic optical system and can move left and right (horizontal direction) and up and down (vertical (vertical) direction) in a plane perpendicular to the optical axis of the photographic optical system. Placed in. Further, the anti-vibration lens 36 is driven in a horizontal direction or a vertical direction by a motor (actuator) 34. When vibration occurs in the camera (imaging optical system), the anti-vibration lens 36 is used. Is moved to a position where the image blur is corrected by the motor 34 (a position where image blur due to vibration is canceled). Note that the image stabilizing lens 36 is driven in the same way with respect to the vibration generated in each direction in both the horizontal direction and the vertical direction. Only the configuration to be performed is shown, and the configuration is the same for other directions.

  In the figure, an angular velocity sensor 20 is a gyro sensor installed as a shake detection sensor for detecting vibrations of the photographing optical system, and is installed on the upper surface of a lens barrel. From the angular velocity sensor 20, an electrical signal having a voltage corresponding to the angular velocity of vibration generated in the horizontal direction of the imaging optical system, for example, is output as an angular velocity signal (sensor signal).

  The angular velocity signal output from the angular velocity sensor 20 is mainly blocked by a high-pass filter (HPF) 22 from a DC component (a low-frequency component below a predetermined cutoff frequency), and other frequency components pass through the HPF 22. The angular velocity signal that has passed through the HPF 22 is then input to a low-pass filter (LPF) 24. In the LPF 24, a signal (noise) of a high frequency component that is not subjected to image blur correction among the frequency components of the input angular velocity signal is blocked, and other frequency components pass through the LPF 24. The angular velocity signal that has passed through the LPF 24 is converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 26 and then input to the CPU 28.

  The CPU 28 integrates the angular velocity signal input as described above to obtain an angle signal (position signal), and obtains a correction amount for correcting image blur by performing amplification processing on the angle signal. The correction amount indicates the amount of displacement from the reference position of the image stabilizing lens 36 for canceling image blur. The CPU 28 outputs the correction amount sequentially obtained based on the input angular velocity signal to the D / A converter 30 as a control signal indicating the movement target position of the image stabilizing lens 36.

  The control signal output from the CPU 28 to the D / A converter 30 is converted into an analog signal by the D / A converter 30 and then input to the motor drive circuit 32. The motor drive circuit 32 drives the motor 34 that moves the image stabilization lens 36 in the horizontal direction, for example, and moves the image stabilization lens 36 to a position corresponding to the value (correction amount) of the control signal output from the CPU 28. As a result, image blur due to vibration applied to the photographing optical system is corrected.

  Further, the CPU 28 of the image blur correction device 60 performs pan / tilt determination together with the calculation of the correction amount described above. In the pan / tilt determination, whether or not the photographing optical system (camera) is performing a photographing composition change operation such as a panning operation or a tilting operation (pan / tilt operation) by a cameraman's intentional photographing composition changing operation instead of vibration. It is a judgment. Although the detailed description of the pan / tilt determination is omitted, for example, the angular velocity signal output from the angular velocity sensor 20 is acquired from a line different from the line passing through the HPF 22, the LPF 24, and the A / D converter 26. When the value of the angular velocity signal exceeds a predetermined threshold continuously for a predetermined time, it is determined that the pan / tilt operation is being performed. Under this condition, it is determined that the pan / tilt operation is not performed until it is determined that the pan / tilt operation is performed. In addition, after determining that the pan / tilt operation is being performed, it is determined that the pan / tilt operation has been completed when the value of the angular velocity signal is continuously lower than the predetermined threshold for a predetermined time. Note that the pan / tilt determination condition is not limited to this.

  If the CPU 28 determines that the pan / tilt operation is being performed based on such pan / tilt determination, the CPU 28 executes processing for stopping the above-described image blur correction. For example, the cutoff frequency of the HPF 22 is increased to substantially cut off the angular velocity signal. On the other hand, the correction amount is continuously calculated. As a result, the correction amount gradually decreases to 0. By driving the image stabilization lens 36 based on the correction amount, the image stabilization lens 36 moves to the reference position and stops. After determining that the pan / tilt operation is being performed, if it is determined that the pan / tilt operation has been completed, the cutoff frequency of the HPF 22 is restored to resume the image blur correction. By stopping the image blur correction during the pan / tilt operation in this way, a problem caused by performing the image blur correction during the pan / tilt operation is prevented.

  Note that the image blur correction method may be other than the method shown in the present embodiment. The system according to the present embodiment is an image displacing unit that intentionally displaces the imaging position of an image formed by the photographing optical system in the horizontal or vertical direction within the imaging plane by displacing the vibration-proof lens 36. The image displacement is corrected by the image displacement means so as to cancel the image blur due to vibration applied to the optical system. The image displacing means for intentionally displacing the image in this way does not have to use an anti-vibration lens as in the present embodiment. For example, an image for recording or reproduction can be obtained by displacing the image sensor of the camera. The imaging range in which imaging is effectively performed may be displaced. Alternatively, electronic image displacement means for intentionally displacing an image by displacing a range in which an image signal for recording or reproduction is cut out from a range of a captured image captured by an imaging element of a camera may be used. In such other types of image blur correction, the angular velocity signal obtained from the angular velocity sensor 20 is subjected to integration processing or the like, so that the image is displaced with the amount of displacement necessary to cancel the image blur as in the present embodiment. The amount of correction for displacing can be obtained.

  In this embodiment, the angular velocity sensor 20 is used as a shake detection sensor. However, any type of sensor (acceleration sensor or the like) that outputs a sensor signal corresponding to vibration is used instead of the angular velocity sensor 20. be able to. The CPU 28 can obtain the correction amount by performing processing according to the type of the shake detection sensor on the sensor signal from the shake detection sensor, and can perform pan / push based on the sensor signal of any type of shake detection sensor. Tilt determination can be performed.

  In addition, when it is determined that the pan / tilt operation is performed, the image blur correction may not be stopped completely, but the effect of the image blur correction may be reduced (for example, the correction amount is reduced).

  By the way, the image shake correction apparatus 60 in the figure includes a connector 60A for inputting a vibration signal indicating vibration applied to the photographing optical system (television camera 10) from an external apparatus, and the vibration signal from the external apparatus through the connector 60A. Can be imported. Then, instead of the sensor signal of the angular velocity sensor 20 provided as a component of its own device, image blur correction can be performed based on a vibration signal taken from an external device. The connector 60A is provided in the housing of the lens device 12 as shown in FIG.

  In the image blur correction device 60 of FIG. 2, a mode in which a vibration signal is acquired from a tripod 16 as an external device is shown. The tripod 16 is provided with a shake detection sensor 52 such as an angular velocity sensor for detecting vibration, and a sensor signal output from the shake detection sensor 52 or a signal obtained by performing a predetermined process on the sensor signal is vibrated. As a signal, the vibration information output unit 50 outputs the signal through the connector 16B. The connector 16B and the connector 60A of the image blur correction device 60 are connected by the cable 18 (see FIG. 1), and the vibration signal output from the tripod 16 is input to the image blur correction device 60 as an external input. Yes.

  Here, in the present embodiment, the vibration signal output from the tripod 16 is an angular velocity signal similar to the output signal (angular velocity signal) of the angular velocity sensor 20 installed in the lens device 12, and the vibration signal is The processing content in the CPU 28 when performing image blur correction based on the image processing is the same as the processing content when performing image blur correction based on the angular velocity signal acquired from the angular velocity sensor 20 in its own apparatus, and the processing content is special. There is no difference. However, even if the vibration signal output from the tripod 16 is other than the angular velocity signal, if the processing corresponding to the type of the vibration signal is performed by the CPU 28, image blur correction can be performed based on the vibration signal.

  In the following description, the vibration signal from the tripod 16 is referred to as a tripod-side sensor signal, and the angular velocity signal from the angular velocity sensor 20 is referred to as a lens-side sensor signal.

  Similarly to the HPF 22, the LPF 24, and the A / D converter 26 for the lens-side sensor signal, the image blur correction device 60 includes a high-pass filter (HPF) 42 for processing the tripod-side sensor signal input from the connector 60A. A low-pass filter (LPF) 44 and an A / D converter 46 are provided.

  The tripod-side sensor signal input from the tripod 16 is mainly blocked by the HPF 42 from a direct current component (a low-frequency component having a frequency equal to or lower than a predetermined cutoff frequency), and other frequency components pass through the HPF 42. The sensor signal that has passed through the HPF 42 is then input to the LPF 44. In the LPF 44, a signal (noise) of a high frequency component that is not subject to image blur correction among the frequency components of the input sensor signal is blocked, and other frequency components pass through the LPF 44. The sensor signal that has passed through the LPF 44 is converted into a digital signal by the A / D converter 46 and then input to the CPU 28.

  When a tripod-side sensor signal is input to the image blur correction device 60, the CPU 28 selects either the tripod-side sensor signal or the lens-side sensor signal as a valid sensor signal, and selects the selected one. Based on the sensor signal thus obtained, a correction amount for correcting the image blur as described above is obtained. Then, the correction amount is output to the D / A converter 30 as a control signal indicating the movement target position of the image stabilizing lens 36. That is, whether or not to enable the tripod sensor signal is selected, and when the tripod sensor signal is enabled, image blur correction is performed based on the tripod sensor signal, and the tripod sensor signal is When not valid (when invalid), image blur correction is performed based on the sensor signal on the lens side.

  Here, the selection of the sensor signal to be used effectively among the tripod-side sensor signal and the lens-side sensor signal may be an automatic mode or a manual mode.

  In the case of automatic operation, if a tripod-side sensor signal is input, the sensor signal is validated. If no tripod-side sensor signal is input, the lens-side sensor signal is validated. Whether or not there is a tripod-side sensor signal input is determined by any method such as detecting the voltage or current of the line through which the tripod-side sensor signal is transmitted, or detecting whether or not the cable is connected to the connector 60A. You may perform by such a method. In this case, for example, if the connector 16B of the tripod 16 outputting a vibration signal and the connector 60A of the image blur correction device 60 (lens device 12) are connected by the cable 18 as shown in FIG. The signal becomes valid, and image blur correction is performed based on the vibration signal output from the tripod 16. When image blur correction is to be performed using the sensor signal on the lens side, the cable 18 is not connected to the connectors 16B and 60A, and the vibration signal output from the tripod 16 is not input to the image blur correction device 60. do it.

  On the other hand, in the case of manual operation, a changeover switch 48 operated by the user is provided as shown in the figure, and the changeover switch 48 determines which of the tripod side sensor signal and the lens side sensor signal is valid. Can be selected. The CPU 28 reads the state of the changeover switch 48 and validates the sensor signal selected by the user. The changeover switch 48 can be provided at any position of the lens device 12, a predetermined controller connected to the lens device 12, the camera device 14, and the like.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure of selection processing corresponding to both the case where the selection of the sensor signal to be validated is automatic and the case where it is manual.

  When the power is turned on, the CPU 28 first validates the lens side sensor signal (step S10). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a sensor signal is input from the tripod (step S12). When it determines with NO, it returns to step S10. That is, the lens side sensor signal is validated. If it is determined as YES in step S12, it is determined whether or not there is the changeover switch 48 shown in FIG. 2 (step S14). If YES is determined, the sensor signal is automatically selected, and the tripod-side sensor signal is validated (step S16). If NO is determined in step S14, the sensor signal is manually selected, and it is determined whether or not the changeover switch is OFF (step S18). When it determines with NO, it returns to step S10. On the other hand, if YES is determined, the tripod-side sensor signal is validated.

  According to the above processing, even when the image blur correction device 60 can correct the image blur without requiring the vibration signal from the external device, when the vibration signal can be acquired from the external device, Image blur correction can be performed using the vibration signal.

  As described above, the present invention can be applied not only to an image shake correction apparatus applied to a television camera for broadcasting or business use but also to an image shake correction apparatus applied to a consumer video camera or a still camera.

  The present invention has been described with respect to the case where vibration information is acquired from a tripod as an external device. However, the present invention can also be applied to a case where a vibration signal is acquired from a camera base other than a tripod or an arbitrary external device.

  In the above-described embodiment, the case where the image blur correction device 60 acquires a vibration signal indicating vibration from an external device has been described, but a pan / tilt signal indicating whether or not a pan / tilt operation is being performed is also provided. The pan / tilt determination may be performed based on the pan / tilt signal acquired from an external device (tripod 16 or the like). For example, in the image blur correction device 60, a connector for acquiring a pan / tilt signal is provided, an external device that outputs the pan / tilt signal is connected to the connector, and the pan / tilt signal input from the connector is sent to the CPU 28. Make it available. When the vibration signal and the pan / tilt signal are output from the same external device, the pan / tilt signal may be taken in from the connector 60A for inputting the vibration signal. In addition, the selection of whether to enable the pan / tilt signal from the external device may be performed automatically or manually in the same manner as the selection of whether to enable the vibration signal from the external device. . When the user manually selects with the changeover switch, the selection may be made with a changeover switch different from the changeover switch 48 for determining whether or not to enable the vibration signal from the external device, or the vibration signal from the external device. At the same time, the selection may be made by the changeover switch 48.

  Next, in the image blur correction apparatus 60 shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, when a vibration signal is captured from an external device, initial setting for appropriately removing noise included in the vibration signal is performed. Embodiments will be described. FIG. 4 is a diagram showing a configuration of the image blur correction apparatus 60 in the present embodiment, and components having the same or similar functions as those of the image blur correction apparatus 60 in FIG. ing.

  4 shows a mode in which a vibration signal is captured from the tripod 16 as in FIG. 2, and the vibration signal from the tripod 16 (a sensor signal on the tripod side) passes until it is captured by the CPU. The point that the cut-off frequency of the LPF 44 can be changed by the CPU 28 is different from the image blur correction device 60 of FIG. Further, the image blur correction device 60 of FIG. 4 shows a mode in which selection of sensor signals is automatic, and the changeover switch 48 of FIG. 2 is not provided. Therefore, when a tripod-side sensor signal is input, the tripod-side sensor signal is effective.

  FIG. 5 shows a case where the power of the image blur correction device 60 is turned on with the connector 16B of the tripod 16 and the connector 60A of the image blur correction device 60 (lens device 12) being connected by the cable 18 as shown in FIG. It is the flowchart which showed the process sequence in CPU28 until the sensor signal of the tripod side becomes effective.

  When the power is turned on, the CPU 28 first validates the lens side sensor signal (step S40). Subsequently, it is determined whether or not a tripod sensor signal is input (step S42). If the connector 16B of the tripod 16 and the connector 60A of the image blur correction device 60 are not connected, NO is determined by the determination process in step S42, and the process returns to step S40. That is, the state where the lens-side sensor signal is valid is continued, and image blur correction is performed based on the lens-side sensor signal.

  On the other hand, if the CPU 28 determines YES in step S42, it determines whether there is vibration (step S44). Whether or not there is vibration is determined, for example, by reading a sensor signal on the lens side and indicating whether or not the sensor signal indicates a state without vibration (no vibration state) (the range of the sensor signal value is less than a predetermined value). Whether or not). However, other methods may be used.

  If YES in step S44, that is, if it is determined that there is vibration, image blur correction processing is performed based on the sensor signal on the lens side.

  If NO in step S44, that is, if it is determined that there is no vibration, an initial setting for appropriately removing noise from the tripod sensor signal is performed in order to perform image blur correction based on the tripod sensor signal. (Step S46). That is, the frequency of the signal component removed as noise from the tripod sensor signal is set to an appropriate frequency by changing the cutoff frequency of the LPF 44. For example, the CPU 28 reads the tripod-side sensor signal from the A / D converter 46 and changes the cutoff frequency of the LPF 44 so that the sensor signal indicates a no-vibration state. Specifically, the sensor signal on the tripod side is sampled, and the cutoff frequency of the LPF 44 is increased or decreased by a predetermined value to cut when the maximum value or average value of the sensor signal becomes a predetermined value indicating a non-vibration state. The cut-off frequency of the LPF 44 is set as the off-frequency value. As a result, noise included in the tripod-side sensor signal is appropriately removed.

  Note that there is little noise included in the sensor signal on the tripod side, and the cutoff frequency of the LPF 44 set as described above is unnecessarily high with respect to the frequency range of vibration targeted for image blur correction. In order to prevent this, the maximum value of the cutoff frequency that can be set may be determined.

  In addition, the cut-off frequency of the LPF 44 is not set so that the maximum value or average value of the tripod-side sensor signal becomes a predetermined value, but the fluctuation range of the correction amount obtained from the tripod-side sensor signal is in a vibration-free state. The cut-off frequency of the LPF 44 may be set so as to be less than a predetermined value (a fluctuation range in which it can be determined that the vibration-proof lens 36 is stopped), or the frequency of the noise is analyzed by analyzing the frequency of the tripod sensor signal. The cutoff frequency of the LPF 44 may be set so that the component can be removed.

  When initialization is performed in step S46 as described above, the CPU 28 validates the tripod-side sensor signal (step S48). Thus, image blur correction is started based on the tripod sensor signal. Then, the CPU 28 determines whether or not there is a tripod-side sensor signal (step S50). If YES is determined, the CPU 28 proceeds to step S48 in order to continue image blur correction using the tripod-side sensor signal. Return. On the other hand, if NO is determined, the process returns to step S40.

  As described above, in the above embodiment, the noise cut level of the tripod sensor signal is adjusted by changing the cut-off frequency of the LPF 44, but the cut-off frequency of the LPF 44 is not made changeable. In addition to removing the noise of the sensor signal on the tripod side by the filtering process in the inside, the noise cut level may be changed.

  In the above-described embodiment, a mode has been described in which a tripod-side sensor signal is automatically enabled when a tripod-side sensor signal is input, but the tripod-side sensor signal is manually activated by the changeover switch 48 in FIG. Also in the case of selecting whether to enable the sensor signal, it can be similarly applied when the changeover switch 48 instructs to enable the sensor signal on the tripod side. That is, when it is instructed to validate the tripod-side sensor signal, the processing from step S40 in FIG. 5 is executed. In step S50, instead of the determination processing for determining whether there is a tripod-side sensor signal. In addition, it may be determined whether or not to enable the tripod sensor signal by the changeover switch 48 is selected. Also in this case, when the changeover switch 48 instructs to switch the sensor signal to be enabled from the lens-side sensor signal to the tripod-side sensor signal, the tripod-side sensor signal is not immediately effective. After the initial setting of an appropriate noise cut level is made, the tripod sensor signal becomes effective.

  Regardless of whether the vibration signal from the external device (tripod sensor signal) is used as a sensor signal that is used effectively for image blur correction, if the vibration signal is input from the external device, turn on the power. You may make it perform the said initial setting at time.

  In the above embodiment, the initial setting is performed when the power is turned on. However, a predetermined switch is provided, and when the initial setting instruction is given by the switch, or the vibration signal from the external device is made effective. The above initial setting may be performed when an instruction is issued.

FIG. 1 is a block diagram showing a photographing system to which the present invention is applied. FIG. 2 is a block diagram illustrating a configuration of an image blur correction device mounted on the lens device. FIG. 3 is a flowchart showing the procedure of selection processing corresponding to both the case where the selection of the sensor signal to be validated is automatic and the case where it is manual. FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a configuration of an image shake correction device mounted on a lens device, in which a cut level of noise to be removed from a vibration signal from an external device can be set. FIG. 5 is a flowchart showing a processing procedure when performing initial setting for appropriately removing noise of the vibration signal from the tripod.

Explanation of symbols

  DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 10 ... Television camera, 12 ... Lens apparatus, 14 ... Camera apparatus (camera body), 16 ... Tripod, 16B, 60A ... Connector, 20 ... Angular velocity sensor, 22, 42 ... High pass filter (HPF), 24, 44 ... Low pass filter (LPF), 26, 46 ... A / D converter, 48 ... changeover switch, 28 ... CPU, 30 ... D / A converter, 32 ... motor drive circuit, 34 ... motor, 36 ... anti-vibration lens, 50 ... vibration Information output unit, 52... Shake detection sensor, 60.

Claims (3)

The camera including the image blur correcting means performs image blur correction to cancel the image shake caused by vibration applied to the projection optical system shooting on the basis of the sensor signal outputted from the shake detection sensor for detecting an image blur In the image blur correction device,
Vibration signal acquisition means for acquiring a vibration signal from an external device;
Noise removing means for removing noise of the vibration signal acquired by the vibration signal acquiring means;
Setting means for setting the frequency of the signal component to be removed as noise by the noise removing means based on the vibration signal obtained by the vibration signal obtaining means at the time of no vibration;
With
When the image blur correction unit performs the image blur correction based on the vibration signal acquired by the vibration signal acquisition unit instead of the sensor signal of the shake detection sensor, after the setting by the setting unit is completed, An image blur correction apparatus for a camera, wherein the image blur correction is performed based on a vibration signal acquired by the vibration signal acquisition unit.   The setting by the setting unit is executed when the power is turned on, when a setting instruction is given, or when it is instructed to perform the image blur correction based on the vibration signal acquired by the vibration signal acquiring unit. The image blur correction apparatus for a camera according to claim 1.   3. The camera shake correction device for a camera according to claim 1, wherein the external device is a tripod that supports the camera.

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