Panasonic Corporation started the development of an optical image stabilizing system in 1981 and succeeded in composing world's first Optical Image Stabilizer (OIS) to compensate for video camera blur in 1988. Image stabilization (IS) is a family of techniques that reduce blurring associated with the motion of a camera or other imaging device during exposure. Generally, it compensates for pan and tilt (angular movement, equivalent to yaw and pitch) of the imaging device, though electronic image. Today, from the technologic point of view, Digital Image Stabilization (DIS), Electronics Image Stabilization (EIS) and Optical Image Stabilization (OIS) are the best understood and the easiest to integrate in digital still cameras and smartphones, though they can produce different image-quality. Disclosed is an optical image stabilizer for a camera module using polymer elements which can be moved in a first direction and a second direction in the vicinity of the camera module. Since the advent of smartphone, miniature camera modules have become much more compact and. We began research on image stabilization technology in 1981.
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