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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 27, 2018
Filed:
Feb. 01, 2017
Panasonic Intellectual Property Management Co., Ltd., Osaka, JP;
Takamasa Yokoyama, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoichiro Yamagi, Fukuoka, JP;
Hironori Kuribayashi, Fukuoka, JP;
Yoshihito Urashima, Fukuoka, JP;
Jyouji Wada, Kanagawa, JP;
Shinichiro Okamura, Fukuoka, JP;
Abstract
A camera apparatus includes a pan tilt drive device; a pan controller that performs rotation angle control on a pan motor which is provided in the pan tilt drive device; a tilt controller that performs rotation angle control on a tilt motor which is provided in the pan tilt drive device; a mechanical endpoint detection sensor that outputs a mechanical endpoint of a physical rotation direction of the pan tilt drive device; a storage that stores a turning range for each installation posture as a turning range angle from the mechanical endpoint; and a CPU that sends out a start endpoint angle and a terminal endpoint angle of the turning range angle which is read from the storage according to the installation posture to the pan controller and the tilt controller.