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IMAGE PICKUP APPARATUS

  • US 20070058046A1
  • Filed: 09/12/2006
  • Published: 03/15/2007
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/13/2005
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An image pickup apparatus for automatically tracking an object to pick up an image of the object, comprising:

  • a lens apparatus including a zoom lens and a focus lens, the lens apparatus picking up an image of the object;

    a camera device provided with said lens apparatus for picking up an image of the object acquired by the lens apparatus;

    a universal head for supporting said camera device and driving pan and tilt of the camera device;

    a memory for recording trace data of said universal head derived from tracking said object and image information picked up in synchronization with the trace data;

    an object recognizing circuit for recognizing said object;

    a shift amount detection unit for detecting a shift amount between said object and said trace data; and

    a control device for controlling the driving operation of said universal head based on said trace data and said shift amount.

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