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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 18, 2017
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2013
Applicant:
Sony Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Inventor:
Shingo Yoshizumi, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Sony Corporation, , JP;
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/225 (2006.01); H04N 5/232 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 5/232 (2013.01); H04N 5/2251 (2013.01); H04N 5/23219 (2013.01);
Abstract
A movable-mechanical-section controlling device includes a pan/tilt driving controlling unit configured to perform driving control on a movable mechanical section having a structure that moves so that an image pickup direction of an image pickup section that obtains an image-pickup image by performing an image pickup operation changes in a pan direction and a tilt direction. In the controlling device, unit pan operations that are performed in an angular range in the pan direction are performed for the respective two or more different tilt positions with decreasing angle of elevation at the tilt positions.