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AUTOMATIC-TRACKING CAMERA APPARATUS

  • US 20120188379A1
  • Filed: 04/05/2012
  • Published: 07/26/2012
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/01/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An automatic-tracking apparatus comprising:

  • an image pickup unit adapted to acquire an image;

    an actuator adapted to change a position of said image pickup unit;

    a position detecting unit adapted to detect 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, realizing after a lapse of a predetermined time period after said image pickup unit has acquired the image, on the basis of the image acquired by said image pickup unit and the position of said image pickup unit detected by said position detecting unit;

    a speed prediction unit adapted to predict a speed of a tracking target object realizing after a lapse of a predetermined time period after said image pickup unit has acquired the image; and

    a control unit adapted to control said actuator so that said image pickup unit reaches the position indicated by the position instruction value realizing after a lapse of a predetermined time period after said image pickup unit has acquired the image, and the speed of said image pickup unit realizing after a lapse of a predetermined time period after said image pickup unit has acquired the image corresponds to the speed predicted by said speed prediction unit.

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