Control device, control method, and non-transitory computer readable medium

1 . A control device that performs control of a panning driving unit and a tilting driving unit, the panning driving unit changing an image capturing direction of an image capturing unit to a pan direction, the tilting driving unit changing the image capturing direction to a tilt direction, the control device comprising:

a calculating unit that calculates a panning control velocity and a tilting control velocity to cause, to be identical, driving time for driving the panning driving unit to a panning target position and driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to a tilting target position; and

a control unit that performs control to drive the panning driving unit at the panning control velocity and that performs control to drive the tilting driving unit at the tilting control velocity,

wherein if at least one of the calculated panning control velocity or the calculated tilting control velocity is included in a range of a specified velocity specified based on mechanical resonance of the image capturing unit, the calculating unit corrects the panning control velocity and the tilting control velocity to cause, to be identical, the driving time for driving the panning driving unit to the panning target position and the driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to the tilting target position.

2 . The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the calculating unit calculates the panning control velocity and the tilting control velocity based on a predetermined velocity parameter.

3 . The control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein if a driving angle to the tilting target position of the tilting driving unit is larger than or equal to a driving angle to the panning target position of the panning driving unit, and

if a determination unit makes a determination that the panning control velocity is included in the range of the specified velocity,

the calculating unit calculates the tilting control velocity based on a ratio between the panning control velocity and a panning correction velocity obtained by correcting the panning control velocity, and

wherein if the driving angle to the tilting target position of the tilting driving unit is smaller than the driving angle to the panning target position of the panning driving unit, and

if a determination unit makes a determination that the tilting control velocity is included in the range of the specified velocity,

the calculating unit calculates the panning control velocity based on a ratio between the tilting control velocity and a tilting correction velocity obtained by correcting the tilting control velocity.

4 . The control device according to claim 3 ,

wherein the image capturing unit further includes a lens driving unit that drives a lens,

wherein the calculating unit calculates the panning control velocity, the tilting control velocity, and a lens control velocity to cause, to be identical, the driving time for driving the panning driving unit to the panning target position, the driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to the tilting target position, and driving time for driving the lens driving unit to a lens target position, and

wherein if a correction unit corrects at least one of the panning control velocity or the tilting control velocity,

the calculating unit calculates the lens control velocity based on the ratio between the panning control velocity and the panning correction velocity or the ratio between the tilting control velocity and the tilting correction velocity.

5 . The control device according to claim 2 ,

wherein the velocity parameter further includes information regarding the driving time for driving the panning driving unit to the panning target position or the driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to the tilting target position.

6 . The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the control unit further includes a determination unit that makes a determination of whether one of the panning control velocity and the tilting control velocity is included in the range of the specified velocity, and

wherein if the determination unit makes a determination that one of the panning control velocity and the tilting control velocity is included in the range of the specified velocity, the correction unit corrects at least one of the panning control velocity or the tilting control velocity based on the determination of the determination unit.

7 . The control device according to claim 1 ,

wherein the image capturing unit further includes a lens driving unit that drives a lens,

wherein the calculating unit calculates the panning control velocity, the tilting control velocity, and a lens control velocity to cause, to be identical, the driving time for driving the panning driving unit to the panning target position, the driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to the tilting target position, and driving time for driving the lens driving unit to a lens target position.

8 . A control method for performing control of a panning driving unit and a tilting driving unit, the panning driving unit changing an image capturing direction of an image capturing unit to a pan direction, the tilting driving unit changing the image capturing direction to a tilt direction, the method comprising:

calculating a panning control velocity and a tilting control velocity to cause, to be identical, driving time for driving the panning driving unit to a panning target position and driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to a tilting target position; and

performing control to drive the panning driving unit at the panning control velocity and performing control to drive the tilting driving unit at the tilting control velocity,

wherein in the calculating, if at least one of the calculated panning control velocity or the calculated tilting control velocity is included in a range of a specified velocity specified based on mechanical resonance of the image capturing unit, correcting the panning control velocity and the tilting control velocity to cause, to be identical, the driving time for driving the panning driving unit to the panning target position and the driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to the tilting target position.

9 . A non-transitory computer readable medium storing an instruction causing a computer to execute a control method for performing control of a panning driving unit and a tilting driving unit, the panning driving unit changing an image capturing direction of an image capturing unit to a pan direction, the tilting driving unit changing the image capturing direction to a tilt direction, the method comprising:

calculating a panning control velocity and a tilting control velocity to cause, to be identical, driving time for driving the panning driving unit to a panning target position and driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to a tilting target position; and

performing control to drive the panning driving unit at the panning control velocity and performing control to drive the tilting driving unit at the tilting control velocity,

wherein in the calculating, if at least one of the calculated panning control velocity or the calculated tilting control velocity is included in a range of a specified velocity specified based on mechanical resonance of the image capturing unit, correcting the panning control velocity and the tilting control velocity to cause, to be identical, the driving time for driving the panning driving unit to the panning target position and the driving time for driving the tilting driving unit to the tilting target position.