Patent ID: 9667869
Date: 2017-05-30
CPC Classifications: H04M,H04N

Claim:
1. A camera apparatus, comprising: a camera module including a camera lens, a filter, and an image sensor; a horizontal sensor for sensing a positional state corresponding to the camera module; a horizontal control signal generation unit for generating a horizontal control signal using a result of comparing the positional state with a reference state; and a horizontal control device for rotating the camera module based on the horizontal control signal and controlling the camera module to stay horizontal, wherein when the horizontal sensor generates data including information only about a direction of rotation of the camera module tilting relative to the reference state, the horizontal control signal generation unit generates the horizontal control signal in order to drive the horizontal control device to rotate the camera module in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the camera module by a given angle, and wherein when the horizontal sensor generates data including information about the direction of rotation of the camera module and an angle of rotation of the camera module tilting relative to the reference state, the horizontal control signal generation unit generates the horizontal control signal in order to drive the horizontal control device to rotate the camera module in a direction opposite to the direction of rotation of the camera module by the angle of rotation of the camera module.