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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 28, 2015
Filed:
Mar. 02, 2010
Toshihiko Yamahata, Fukuoka, JP;
Yasuji Nakamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Yuichiro Mori, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A camera device with a rotary base has an automatic panning function of imaging a predetermined zone while reciprocating in a preset panning direction. The camera device includes: an imaging unit configured to image a subject and output a video signal; a rotary base configured to cause the imaging unit to rotate in a panning direction and a tilting direction; a motion and face detecting unit configured to detect the motion or face of the subject based on the video signal output from the imaging unit; and a tilt control instruction creating unit configured to create a tilt control instruction based on the detection result from the motion and face detecting unit and give the tilt control instruction to the rotary base to cause the imaging unit to rotate in the tilting direction.