IP Library Granted Patent US 9,930,249
Granted Patent B2
US 9,930,249 · App. 15/421,767 · Granted Mar 27, 2018

Camera apparatus

Inventors: Takamasa Yokoyama (Fukuoka, JP); Yoichiro Yamagi (Fukuoka, JP); Hironori Kuribayashi (Fukuoka, JP); Yoshihito Urashima (Fukuoka, JP); Jyouji Wada (Kanagawa, JP); Shinichiro Okamura (Fukuoka, JP)
Assignee: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
H04N5/23216G02B27/0006H04N5/2252H04N5/23296
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Patent No.
US 9,930,249
App. No.
15/421,767
Granted
Mar 27, 2018
Kind
B2
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.

Claims (18)

1. A camera apparatus comprising:

a pan rotation driver that is supported by a housing main body, and is configured to perform pan rotation by a pan motor;

a tilt rotation driver that is configured to include a capture, is supported by the pan rotation driver through an arm, and is configured to perform tilt rotation by a tilt motor;

a pan controller that controls a pan rotation angle of the pan rotation driver;

a tilt controller that controls a tilt rotation angle of the tilt rotation driver;

a position detection sensor that detects an endpoint of a physical rotation direction of the tilt rotation driver;

a storage that stores a turning range in a tilt rotation direction for each posture as an angle which indicates the turning range from the endpoint; and

a controller that controls the tilt rotation angle by sending out a start endpoint angle and a terminal endpoint angle of the angle, which indicates the turning range stored in the storage, to the tilt controller according to the posture of the tilt rotation driver.

2. The camera apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the storage stores preset information, which indicates angle information of a predetermined direction viewed from the camera apparatus, as a preset angle based on the endpoint, and

wherein the controller converts the preset angle into a changed preset angle corresponding to each posture, and sends out the changed preset angle to the pan controller and the tilt controller for setting.

3. The camera apparatus of claim 1 ,

wherein the storage stores a mask area, which is used such that a part of image data imaged by the capture is not displayed, as a mask range angle based on the endpoint, and

wherein the controller converts the mask range angle into a changed mask range angle corresponding to each posture, and sends out the changed mask range angle to the pan controller and the tilt controller for setting.

4. The camera apparatus of claim 1 , further comprising:

a washing water injection device that washes a front cover of the tilt rotation driver,

wherein the storage stores a washing position of the front cover of the tilt rotation driver, which is washed by the washing water injection device, as a washing position angle based on the endpoint, and

wherein the controller sends out the washing position angle to the pan controller and the tilt controller for setting according to a washing manipulation from a user.

Assignments (7)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063101/0966 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Mar 16, 2023
From: I-PRO CO., LTD.
To: I-PRO CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 063102/0075 →
CHANGE OF ADDRESS Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0248 →
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 054883/0234 →
MERGER Recorded Dec 31, 2020
From: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
To: PSP HOLDINGS CO., LTD
Reel/Frame 054883/0201 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Dec 19, 2019
From: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
To: PANASONIC I-PRO SENSING SOLUTIONS CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 051369/0172 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2017
From: YOKOYAMA, TAKAMASA; YAMAGI, YOICHIRO; KURIBAYASHI, HIRONORI; URASHIMA, YOSHIHITO; WADA, JYOUJI; OKAMURA, SHINICHIRO
To: PANASONIC INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY MANAGEMENT CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 042022/0778 →
Priority Claims (1)
JP 2016-043877 · Mar 7, 2016 · national
Continuity (1)
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