Patent ID: 8221008
Filing Date: 2012-07-17
Classification: F16M,G03B

Abstract:
1. A cradle having a panhead function to which an image pickup device is mounted and adapted to rotate said image pickup device in a pan direction or a tilt direction, comprising: a support base; a first base supported on said support base rotatably around a first rotation axis line secured relatively to said support base; a second base supported by said first base rotatably around a second rotation axis line perpendicular to said first rotation axis line and secured relatively to said first base, and adapted to support said image pickup device; a pan motor disposed on said support base and adapted to rotatably drive said first base via a first transmission portion; a tilt motor disposed on said support base and adapted to rotatably drive said second base via a second transmission portion; and a drive control portion configured to control said tilt motor to rotate reversely in synchronization with said pan motor during only a pan direction-wise rotation operation of said image pickup device.