PHOTOGRAPHIC DEVICE WITH IMAGE GENERATION FUNCTION

Abstract

A photographic device, according to the present invention, includes a shake detector, a shake mitigator, a shake mitigation commander, an operation member, and a controller. The shake detector detects a device shake that is a shake of the photographic device. The shake mitigator mitigates the effects of the device shake to reduce an image shake that is a shake of a photographed subject image. The shake mitigation commander commands the shake mitigator to mitigate the effects of the device shake. The operation member is operated for carrying out a predetermined operation. The controller assigns the role related to mitigating the effects of the device shake to the operation member, when the shake mitigation commander commands to mitigate the effects of the device shake.

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 represents a rear view of a digital camera of an embodiment of the present invention;

FIG. 2 is a block diagram of the digital camera;

FIG. 3 is a comparison table comparing switch functions when anti-shake operations are not carried out, to those when the anti-shake operations are carried out;

FIG. 4 is a flow chart representing a shake mitigation control routine; and

FIG. 5 is a flow chart representing a switch control routine that is part of the 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 effects of said device shake to reduce an image shake that is a shake of a photographed subject image;a shake mitigation commander that commands said shake mitigator to mitigate the effects of said device shake;an operation member that is operated for carrying out a predetermined operation; anda controller that assigns a role to said operation member, said controller assigning the role related to mitigating the effects of said device shake, when said shake mitigation commander commands to mitigate the effects of said device shake.

2. The photographic device according to claim 1, further comprising a digital zoom member that enlarges said photographed subject image by an interpolation process, said controller assigning a role to a first operation member that is one of said operation members, said role being related to enlarge said photographed subject image.

3. The photographic device according to claim 2, further comprising a photographing lens that is a zoom lens, said first operation member being a zoom switch to control a zoom position of said photographing lens.

4. The photographic device according to claim 1, wherein said controller assigns a role to a second operation member that is one of said operation members, said role being to switch between a first mode in which said shake mitigator mitigates the effects of said device shake and a second mode in which said shake mitigator does not mitigate the effects of said device shake regardless of a mitigation command.

5. The photographic device according to claim 4, further comprising an image replayer that replays said photographed subject image, said second operation member being an image replay switch to replay said photographed subject image.

6. The photographic device according to claim 1, wherein said controller assigns a role to a third operation member that is one of said operation members, said role being to adjust at least one of either a magnitude of the mitigation of the effects of said device shake, or a frequency of the effects of said device shake which are object of mitigation for said shake mitigator.

7. The photographic device according to claim 6, further comprising a capture mode setter that sets a capture mode for photographing said subject image, said third operation member being a mode setting switch to set said capture mode.

8. The photographic device according to claim 6, wherein said third operation member comprises a first adjusting member for adjusting said magnitude of the mitigation of the effects of said device shake, and a second adjusting member for adjusting said frequency of the effects of said device shake, said first adjusting member and said second adjusting member forming a pair.