Patent ID: 7907176

Claim:
An image pickup system comprising an image pickup device, and a drive section arranged to rotate said image pickup device in a first direction and a second direction orthogonal to said first direction, respectively, the image pickup system comprising: a command section arranged to issue a directive on a first rotation target angle of said image pickup device associated with said first direction and output a first command signal, and a second rotation target angle of said image pickup device associated with said second direction and output a second command signal; a first signal processing section arranged to cut a first component higher than a first specified cut-off frequency from the first command signal and output a first signal; a second signal processing section arranged to cut a second component higher than a second specified cut-off frequency from the second command signal and output a second signal; a storage section arranged to store a plurality of cut-off frequency settings, each of which is a combination of the first specified cut-off frequency and the second specified cut-off frequency determined in accordance with user's shooting goals; a user interface arranged to select one setting from the plurality of cut-off frequency settings in accordance with an operation of user; and a control section arranged to output to said drive section a first rotation drive command associated with said first direction and a second rotation drive command associated with said second direction, respectively, based on the first and second signals, wherein the first specified cut-off frequency is set to be lower than the second specified cut-off frequency based on differences in a human cognitive ability between said first direction and said second direction, and wherein said control section sets the first specified cut-off frequency and the second specified cut-off frequency in accordance with the setting selected by the user with the user interface so that the first signal within the first specified cut-off frequency and the second signal within the second specified cut-off frequency are output to the drive section to rotate the image pickup device.