PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE WITH ANTI-SHAKE FUNCTION

Abstract

A photographic device, according to the present invention, includes a shake detector, a shake mitigator, a shake controller, and a battery charge detector. The shake detector detects a device shake that is a shake of the photographic device. The shake mitigator mitigates an effect of the device shake to reduce an image shake that is a shake of a photographed subject image. The shake controller controls the shake mitigator. The battery charge detector detects the charge remaining in a battery of the photographic device. The shake controller controls the shake mitigator so that the shake mitigator mitigates the effect of the device shake only when the detected charge remaining in the battery is larger than a standard charge.

Description

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS

The present invention will be better understood from the description of the preferred embodiment of the invention set forth below, together with the accompanying drawings in which:

FIG. 1 is a block diagram of a digital camera of an embodiment of the present invention; and

FIG. 2 is a flowchart of a shake mitigation control routine.

Claims

1. A photographic device comprising: a shake detector that detects a device shake that is a shake of said photographic device;a shake mitigator that mitigates the effect of said device shake to reduce an image shake that is a shake of a photographed subject image;a shake controller that controls said shake mitigator; anda battery charge detector that detects the charge remaining in a battery of said photographic device;said shake controller controlling said shake mitigator so that said shake mitigator mitigates said device shake only when the detected charge remaining in said battery is larger than a standard charge.

2. The photographic device according to claim 1, further comprising a shake mitigation commander that commands said shake mitigator to mitigate the effect of said device shake, and an alarm that alarms when said shake mitigator does not mitigate said device shake, regardless of a shake mitigation command.

3. The photographic device according to claim 2, wherein said alarm comprises an indicator that indicates when said shake mitigator does not mitigate said device shake.

4. The photographic device according to claim 1, further comprising a shutter speed setter that sets a shutter speed of said photographic device, said shutter speed setter setting a higher shutter speed when said shake controller controls said shake mitigator not to mitigate the effect of said device shake, than when said shake mitigator mitigates the effect of said device shake.

5. The photographic device according to claim 4, wherein said shutter speed setter sets said shutter speed when said shake controller controls said shake mitigator not to mitigate the effect of said device shake, so that the exposure amount is the same as that when said shake mitigator mitigates the effect of said device shake.

6. The photographic device according to claim 4, wherein said photographic device is a digital camera comprising an imaging device that receives light from a subject, said shutter speed setter setting a shutter speed of the electronic shutter of said imaging device.

7. The photographic device according to claim 1, wherein said photographic device is a digital camera comprising an imaging device that receives light from a subject, and a sensitivity adjuster that adjusts the sensitivity of said imaging device, said sensitivity adjuster adjusting the sensitivity to be higher when said shake controller controls said shake mitigator not to mitigate the effect of said device shake than when said shake mitigator mitigates the effect of said device shake.

8. The photographic device according to claim 7, wherein said sensitivity adjuster adjusts the ISO sensitivity of said imaging device.

9. The photographic device according to claim 7, wherein said sensitivity adjuster adjusts said sensitivity, according to whether pixel addition of said imaging device is carried out or not.