US 11,812,147 B2
Apparatus and control method thereof
Momoe Katsumata, Tokyo (JP); and Takashi Sugie, Tokyo (JP)
Assigned to CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed by CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHA, Tokyo (JP)
Filed on Feb. 14, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/671,155.
Claims priority of application No. 2021-030208 (JP), filed on Feb. 26, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2022/0279126 A1, Sep. 1, 2022
Int. Cl. H04N 23/68 (2023.01); H04N 23/54 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/687 (2023.01) [H04N 23/54 (2023.01); H04N 23/683 (2023.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An apparatus comprising:
a sensor;
a movable portion configured to hold the sensor and move in a direction perpendicular to an axis;
a holding unit configured to gradually change a holding force for holding the movable portion by moving back and forth in the direction of the axis; and
a control unit configured to control the holding force of the holding unit for holding the movable portion depending on a state of the apparatus.