AUTOMATIC-TRACKING CAMERA APPARATUS
First Claim
1. An automatic-tracking camera apparatus comprising:
- an image pickup unit adapted to change the position thereof and acquire an image in a constant cycle;
an actuator adapted to change the position of said image pickup unit;
a position grasping unit adapted to grasp the position of said image pickup unit;
a position instruction value generation unit adapted to generate a position instruction value for instructing a target position of said image pickup unit at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit, on the basis of the image acquired by said image pickup unit and the position of said image pickup unit grasped by said position grasping unit, in synchronization with the cycle of image acquisition by said image pickup unit;
a speed prediction unit adapted to predict the speed of a tracking target object at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit; and
a control unit adapted to control said actuator so that said image pickup unit reaches the position indicated by the position instruction value generated for the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit, at the next-after-next start timing, and the speed of said image pickup unit at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit corresponds to the speed predicted by said speed prediction unit for the next-after-next timing of image acquisition.
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Abstract
An automatic-tracking camera apparatus which is capable of realizing continuous and smooth driving and obtaining an image with little position variation of a tracking target from a target position within the image and with little blur. The position of a camera body is changed by a gimbal device. The speed of a tracking target object at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body is predicted. The gimbal device is controlled so that the camera body reaches the position indicated by a position instruction value generated for the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body, at the next-after-next start timing, and the speed of the camera body at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by the camera body corresponds to the speed predicted for the next-after-next timing of image acquisition.
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1. An automatic-tracking camera apparatus comprising:
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an image pickup unit adapted to change the position thereof and acquire an image in a constant cycle; an actuator adapted to change the position of said image pickup unit; a position grasping unit adapted to grasp the position of said image pickup unit; a position instruction value generation unit adapted to generate a position instruction value for instructing a target position of said image pickup unit at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit, on the basis of the image acquired by said image pickup unit and the position of said image pickup unit grasped by said position grasping unit, in synchronization with the cycle of image acquisition by said image pickup unit; a speed prediction unit adapted to predict the speed of a tracking target object at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit; and a control unit adapted to control said actuator so that said image pickup unit reaches the position indicated by the position instruction value generated for the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit, at the next-after-next start timing, and the speed of said image pickup unit at the next-after-next start timing of image acquisition by said image pickup unit corresponds to the speed predicted by said speed prediction unit for the next-after-next timing of image acquisition. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. An automatic-tracking camera apparatus comprising:
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an image pickup unit adapted to change the position thereof and acquire an image in a constant cycle; an actuator adapted to change the position of said image pickup unit; a position grasping unit adapted to grasp the position of said image pickup unit; a signal generation unit adapted to generate a position instruction value for instructing the target position of said image pickup unit and a feedforward signal, on the basis of an image acquired by said image pickup unit and the position of said image pickup unit grasped by said position grasping unit, in the same cycle as the cycle of image acquisition by said image pickup unit; and a control unit adapted to control said actuator in a cycle shorter than the cycle of image acquisition by said image pickup unit, on the basis of the position instruction value and the feedforward signal generated by said signal generation unit. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8, 9)
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