IMAGING APPARATUS AND IMAGING METHOD

• Main Author: FUJINAGA TAKASHI
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Japanese
• Published: 02.08.2021
• Subjects: ELECTRIC COMMUNICATION TECHNIQUE; ELECTRICITY; PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION

To make it possible to image a subject more appropriately in accordance with an imaging scene in an imaging apparatus capable of pan/tilt operation.SOLUTION: The imaging apparatus includes imaging means for capturing an image, driving means for causing the imaging means to perform a pan operation and tilt operation, determination means for determining a scene in the image captured by the imaging means, deciding means for deciding acceleration of the pan operation and tilt operation of the driving means based on a determination result of the determination means, and control means for drive controlling the driving means with the acceleration decided by the deciding means.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1 【課題】パン・チルト動作が可能な撮像装置において、撮像シーンに応じて被写体をより適切に撮像できるようにすること。【解決手段】撮像装置は、画像を撮像する撮像手段と、前記撮像手段をパン動作およびチルト動作させる駆動手段と、前記撮像手段で撮像した前記画像中のシーンを判定する判定手段と、前記判定手段の判定結果に基づいて、前記駆動手段のパン動作およびチルト動作の加速度を決定する決定手段と、前記決定手段で決定した加速度で、前記駆動手段を駆動制御する制御手段と、を有する。【選択図】 図１