LENS CONTROL DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP DEVICE, INFORMATION PROCESSING DEVICE, IMAGE PICKUP SYSTEM AND METHOD, AND COMPUTER READABLE STORAGE MEDIUM

摘要

A camera control unit 45 performs drive control of a zoom lens of an imaging optical system block 31 in accordance with a zoom operation received at an operation input unit 44 or a zoom control signal received at a wireless communication unit 41. The camera control unit 45 sets a different zoom position change speed between drive control corresponding to the zoom operation and drive control corresponding to the zoom control signal. Thus, the zoom position change speed is switched between a speed adequate to the zoom operation received at the operation input unit 44 and a speed adequate to the zoom control signal, i.e., the zoom operation performed in an external apparatus. Therefore, even when the zoom operation is performed in any of an imaging apparatus and the external apparatus, a zoom behavior with good operability can be performed.