Image capture apparatus, imaging lens, and image capture system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 9172857
APP PUB NO 20130141622A1
SERIAL NO

13659269

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An image capture system including an image capture apparatus and an imaging lens detachable from the image capture apparatus comprises an image capture unit which captures an image of an object, an aperture which adjusts an amount of light that enters the image capture unit; a stepping motor of a 1-2 phase driving type, which is configured to drive the aperture, and a control unit which controls to set the stepping motor in a current applied state when the aperture is stopped down, and to drive the aperture by a difference between an aperture value while the aperture is stopped down and an aperture value for still image capture, when a still image capture instruction is issued while the aperture is stopped down.

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CANON KABUSHIKI KAISHATOKYO

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Yamamoto, Yuji Kasukabe, JP 386 4436

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