Patent ID: 8253814

Claim:
An ocular motor controller for preventing blurring of an image picked up by an ocular device provided in a moving object, the ocular motor controller comprising: an image pickup section used as an ocular device; an ocular drive section for rotating the image pickup section with tracking of a visual target such that the visual target is included in an image picked up by the image pickup section; a distance information acquisition section for acquiring information concerning the distance from the image pickup section to the visual target; a translational movement sensor for measuring a variation due to translational movement of the moving object that is independent from the rotational movement of the image pick up section driven by the ocular drive section; and a correction section for utilizing the rotational movement of the image pick up section driven by the ocular drive section to correct the translational movement such that the variation occurring in association with the translational movement measured by the translational movement sensor is canceled so as to fix the image pickup position of the visual target by using the acquired distance information to the visual target and variation occurring in association with the translational movement.