Patent ID: 8953051
Filing Date: 2015-02-10
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An imaging device comprising: an imaging unit which captures an image; a transmission unit which transmits the image captured by the imaging unit via a network; a reception unit which receives instructions to change a view angle of the imaging unit, from another device via the network; a view angle changing unit which changes the view angle of the imaging unit, on the basis of the instructions to change a view angle, which is received by the reception unit; a view angle changing instruction information storage unit which stores view angle changing instruction information for instructing a change in view angle; a failure monitoring unit which detects that a failure occurred in communication with the another device; a control unit which instructs the view angle changing unit to change the view angle of the imaging unit on the basis of the view angle changing instruction information stored in the view angle changing instruction information storage unit, according to the detection of the failure monitoring unit; and an image storage unit which stores the image captured by the imaging unit, according to the detection of the failure monitoring unit.