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Title:
撮像装置
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JP5570159
Kind Code:
B2
Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus includes a motor, a shutter charge mechanism which rotates the motor in a first direction to perform a charge operation of a shutter, a flash pop-up mechanism which rotates the motor in a second direction to move a flash to an up state, a state detector which detects the up state of the flash, a clutch mechanism which cuts off a transmission between the motor and the flash pop-up mechanism when the motor rotates in the first direction, and cuts off a transmission between the motor and the shutter charge mechanism when the motor rotates in the second direction, and a controller which controls the motor to rotate in the first direction to drive the shutter charge mechanism when the state detector detects the up state of the flash after the motor rotates in the second direction to drive the flash pop-up mechanism.

Inventors:
Akira Karasawa
Application Number:
JP2009196401A
Publication Date:
August 13, 2014
Filing Date:
August 27, 2009
Export Citation:
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Assignee:
Canon, Inc.
International Classes:
G03B9/36; G03B9/66; G03B13/02; G03B15/03; G03B15/05; G03B17/00; G03B17/04; H04N5/225; H04N5/238
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Ryosuke Fujimoto
Atsuya Mizumoto