Patent ID: 7385644

Claim:
An image pickup device comprising: a main body part in which a control circuit part is housed; an image pickup part for housing an image pickup element in a front surface side of the main body part and having a front surface formed in a spherical shape with a light transmitting property; a ceiling part provided in an upper side of the main body part and the image pickup part, and having a power supply part housed therein; a bottom surface part disposed in a lower side of the main body part and the image pickup part, wherein the main body part includes a back surface panel forming a part of an outer casing; and the ceiling part includes a top plate panel forming a part of the outer casing and the back surface panel and the top plate panel are detachable, and wherein the main body part includes a base vertically fixed to the bottom surface part, and a first rotary support plate having the control circuit part and supported on the bottom surface side of the base so as to freely rotate; the ceiling part includes the power supply part, and a second rotary support plate supported on the ceiling part side of the base so as to freely rotate and having a rotary area regulated by the first rotary support plate; when the back surface panel and the top plate panel are attached, the first rotary support plate is in a state parallel to the base and the second rotary support plate is in a state perpendicular to the base; and when the back surface panel and the top plate panel are detached, the first rotary support plate can rotate so as to be separated from the base and the second rotary support plate can rotate so as to be continuously connected to the base.