IMAGING DEVICE AND CONTROL METHOD THEREFOR

• Main Authors: OSAWA SHINNOSUKE, OGAWA RYOTA, TSUIHIJI YUKI, SHIMIZU YUSUKE, WAKAMATSU NOBUSHIGE
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 08.02.2022
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES THEREFOR; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USINGWAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FORPROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; CINEMATOGRAPHY; ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; ELECTROGRAPHY; HOLOGRAPHY; PHOTOGRAPHY; PHYSICS; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

The invention discloses an image pickup apparatus and a control method thereof. The image pickup apparatus includes: an image pickup unit configured to output image data; a control unit configured to control an orientation of the image pickup unit such that the image pickup unit points to a subject; and a state acquisition unit configured to acquire information about a state in which the image pickup apparatus is held; wherein the control unit changes a change range of an orientation of the image pickup unit based on the information on the state in which the image pickup apparatus is held acquired by the state acquisition unit. 本发明公开一种图像拾取装置及其控制方法。所述图像拾取装置包括：图像拾取单元，被配置为输出图像数据；控制单元，被配置为控制所述图像拾取单元的朝向使得所述图像拾取单元指向被摄体；以及状态取得单元，被配置为取得关于所述图像拾取装置被握持的状态的信息；其中，基于所述状态取得单元所取得的关于所述图像拾取装置被握持的状态的信息，所述控制单元改变所述图像拾取单元的朝向的改变范围。