Patent ID: 7791646
Filing Date: 2010-09-07
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. An image pickup device acquiring image data, comprising: an acquiring unit configured to acquire the image data from a capturing unit; a detecting unit configured to detect an object to be traced from the image data of one frame acquired by the acquiring unit; a moving unit configured to move the capturing unit, in a move time set to the one frame, to trace the object detected by the detecting unit from the image data of the one frame; and a control unit configured to control the moving unit such that the capturing unit traces the object detected from a first frame during a time period including time before the move time set to a second frame next to the first frame in addition to the move time set to the first frame when a moving angle of the capturing unit, to trace the object detected from the first frame acquired by the acquiring unit, is larger than a predetermined angle.