Patent ID: 7362369

Claim:
An image-taking control apparatus controlling a first and second drivable parts of an image-taking device, such that operations of the drivable parts from their current positions to their target positions finish substantially simultaneously, the image-taking control apparatus comprising: a speed selector selecting an operation speed for each of the drivable parts, based on information on its current position, information on its target position, and information on a target operation time from a start command time at which an operation start of the drivable parts is commanded until the respective operations to the target positions finish; and a controller performing such control that each of the drivable parts operates at its operation speed selected by the speed selector; wherein the operation speed of the first drivable part can be selected only in steps, and the operation speed of the second drivable part can be selected in non-steps; wherein the speed selector selects a specific operation speed for the first drivable part from selectable operation speeds of the first drivable part, the specific operation speed being an operation speed at which the operation to the target position can finish within the target operation time; and wherein the controller calculates an anticipated operation time needed until the operation of the first drivable part to its target position at the specific operation speed finishes, and lets the operation of the first drivable part start when a waiting time corresponding to a time difference between the anticipated operation time and the target operation time has passed after the start command time in a case where the anticipated operation time is not matched to the target operation time.