Canon has filed a new patent in Japan that aims to reduce the vibrations caused by a mechanical shutter. Japanese patent application number 2022-039332 outlines the issue of shutter shock and proposes a novel design that uses electromagnets to increase the precision of shutter position and control the shutter’s speed to reduce shutter shock. .

When translated, the patent states that the issue the patent aims to solve is, ‘In the imaging device, the vibration generated by the shutter is difficult to propagate to other parts, and the shutter is positioned with high accuracy.
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