CAMERA DEVICE WITH ROTARY BASE

摘要

An object of the invention is to provide a camera device with a rotary base which can image a zone centered on a position at which the motion or face of a subject is present. The camera device with a rotary base includes: an imaging unit (4) configured to image a subject through the use of a zoom lens unit (41) and output a video signal; a rotary base (5) configured to cause the imaging unit (4) to rotate in a panning direction and a tilting direction; a motion and face detecting unit (71) configured to detect the motion or face of the subject based on the video signal output from the imaging unit (4); a tilt control instruction creating unit (73) configured to create a tilt control instruction based on the detection result from the motion and face detecting unit (71) and give the tilt control instruction to the rotary base (5) to cause the imaging unit (4) to rotate in the tilting direction; a pan control instruction creating unit (72) configured to create a pan control instruction based on the detection result from the motion and face detecting unit (71) and give the pan control instruction to the rotary base (5) to control a speed at which the imaging unit (4) rotates in the panning direction; and a zoom control instruction creating unit (74) configured to create a zoom control instruction based on the detection result from the motion and face detecting unit (71) and give the zoom control instruction to the zoom lens unit (41) of the imaging unit (4) to magnify the subject.