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Title:
IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS AND IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS CONTROL METHOD
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2015/093083
Kind Code:
A1
Abstract:
An image pickup apparatus (1) of the present invention is provided with: a rotation drive unit (21) that rotates an image pickup element (11) with respect to a camera main body (10), said image pickup element being held by means of a holding unit (42); a display unit (14) that displays an image on the basis of image data; a camera shake detection unit (15) that detects a camera shake angle of the image pickup element with respect to a horizon line (H); a subject image specifying unit (16) that specifies two points of the specified subject image being displayed by means of the display unit; a first calculation unit (18) that calculates, with respect to the horizon line, a tilt angle of a straight line connecting the two point of the specified subject image; and a second calculation unit (19) that calculates, on the basis of the tilt angle and the camera shake angle, a rotation correction angle at which the rotation drive unit corrects rotation of the holding unit. The image pickup apparatus is configured such that, on the basis of the rotation correction angle thus calculated by means of the second calculation unit, the image pickup element is constantly held with respect to the horizon line.

Inventors:
MATSUMOTO KAZUHIRO (JP)
SUEOKA YOSHIAKI
Application Number:
PCT/JP2014/067916
Publication Date:
June 25, 2015
Filing Date:
July 04, 2014
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Assignee:
OLYMPUS CORP (JP)
International Classes:
G03B5/00; H04N5/232; G03B15/00; G03B17/00; H04N5/225
Foreign References:
JP2010171942A2010-08-05
JP2001236509A2001-08-31
JP2004194168A2004-07-08
JP2009043191A2009-02-26
JP2006146393A2006-06-08
JP2013243552A2013-12-05
JP2008151822A2008-07-03
JP2009244683A2009-10-22
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
ITOH SUSUMU (JP)
Susumu Ito (JP)
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