Image pickup apparatus with object tracking capability

Details Image pickup apparatus with object tracking capability Image pickup apparatus with object tracking capability

2011-03-29

2011-03-29

Ye, Lin (Department: 2622)

Television

Object tracking

C348S208140, C348S172000, C382S165000, C382S103000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07916172

ABSTRACT:
The present invention provides an image pickup apparatus for automatically tracking an object to pick up an image of the object, and the image apparatus comprises; a lens apparatus including a zoom lens and a focus lens, the lens apparatus picking up an image of the object; a camera device for picking up an image of the object acquired by the lens apparatus; a universal head for driving pan and tilt of the camera device; a memory for recording trace data of the universal head and image information picked up in synchronization with the trace data; an object recognizing circuit for recognizing the object; a shift amount detection unit for detecting a shift amount between the object and the trace data; and a control device for controlling the driving operation of the universal head based on the trace data and the shift amount.

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