JP2003163817A - Motor-driven universal head, photographing device, and photographing system - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a photographing system that can remotely control both a photographing device and a motor-driven universal head by means of a single remote controller without the need for integrating the photographing device and the motor- driven universal head so as to remarkably enhance the operability and employ the inexpensive photographing device and motor-driven universal head and to provide the photographing device and the motor-driven universal head. <P>SOLUTION: The remote controller is provided with a function of remotely controlling both the photographing device and the motor-driven universal head, the photographing device discriminates whether a control signal received from the remote controller is addressed to its own or to the motor-driven universal head, the photographing device transfers the control signal to the motor-driven universal head when the control signal is addressed to the motor-driven universal head, controls various functions of its own by using the control signal when the signal is addressed to the photographing device, on the other hand, the motor-driven universal head receives the control signal sent from the photographing device mounted on a camera mount and controls the operation of the camera mount by using this control signal. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2003,JPO

Description

Detailed Description of the Invention

[0001]

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION 1. Field of the Invention The present invention relates to an electric pan / tilt head which can movably support a photographing device such as a video camera or a web camera that can be attached to an electric pan / tilt head, and the photographing range can be varied. And a photographing system in which the photographing device is mounted on an electric pan head.

[0002]

2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in an electric pan head, a video camera or the like mounted on the camera base can be panned and tilted by a remote controller (hereinafter abbreviated as a remote controller) to arbitrarily set its photographing range. Alternatively, it is a device for automatically panning a predetermined range for photographing.

[0003]

As described above, when a conventional electric pan head is used for shooting with a video camera or the like, it is necessary to remotely control the electric pan and various zoom mechanisms such as the video camera. Two dedicated remotes are required for remote control of the mechanism. That is, one remote controller remotely controls the operation of the video camera or the like, and the other remote controller remotely controls the panning and tilting mechanism of the electric platform to shoot the video camera or the like, which makes the operation of the remote controller cumbersome. There was a problem that it was very inconvenient to use.

In particular, when remotely controlling both the web camera and the electric pan head via a network such as the Internet, two personal computers for remote controlling them are required, and two network lines are required. It is necessary and requires a large scale of equipment, and it is necessary to operate two personal computers separately to remotely control both the video camera and the electric platform, which is very cumbersome and has very poor operability.

Therefore, there is a product in which the photographing device and the electric pan head are integrated to perform these operations with a single remote controller.
The problem is that it is very expensive.

The present invention has been made in order to solve the above-mentioned conventional problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a photographing device and an electric cloud with a single remote controller without integrating the photographing device and the electric pan head. An imaging device that can remotely control both the platform and can significantly improve its operability and that can use an inexpensive imaging device and an electric camera platform,
Provide an electric pan head and a photographing system, and without connecting the photographing device and the electric pan head integrally, it is possible to remotely control both the photographing device and the electric pan head by connecting one telephone line. It is an object of the present invention to provide an inexpensive photographing device, electric pan head, and photographing system that can significantly improve its operability.

[0007]

According to a first aspect of the present invention, which is a means for solving the problems of the present invention, in a photographing device mounted on an electric pan head and remotely operated by a remote controller, control transmitted from the remote controller is performed. Discriminating means for receiving a signal to discriminate whether it is addressed to itself or the electric pan head, and when the determining means determines that the control signal is addressed to itself, the control signal is used. And a control means for controlling various functions of the photographing apparatus, and the determination means determines that the control signal is addressed to the electric pan head, the control signal is transferred to the electric pan head by a wireless line. And a transmission means.

According to a second aspect of the present invention, a photographing device is attached,
Further, in an electric pan head that is remotely operated by a remote controller, a determination unit that receives a control signal transmitted from the remote controller and determines whether it is addressed to itself or the image capturing apparatus, and the determination unit When it is determined that the control signal is addressed to itself, control means for controlling the panning and tilting of the photographing device attached to the electric platform using the control signal,
When the determination unit determines that the control signal is addressed to the photographing apparatus, the transmission unit transfers the control signal to the photographing apparatus by a wireless line.

According to a third aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image taking system having an image taking device and an electric pan head to which the image taking device is attached, and which is remotely operated by a remote controller.
A determination unit that receives a control signal transmitted from the remote controller and determines whether the control signal is addressed to itself or the electric pan head, and the determination unit determines that the control signal is addressed to itself. If the control signal determines that the control signal is addressed to the electric platform, the first control means controls various functions of the photographing apparatus using the control signal, and the control signal is determined by the determination means. And a control signal received by the receiving means, wherein the photographing device includes a transmitting means for transmitting the control signal to the electric platform by a wireless line, and a receiving means for receiving a control signal transferred from the photographing device by the wireless line. And a second control means for controlling panning and tilting of the image pickup apparatus attached by the above-mentioned electric pan head.

According to a fourth aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image pickup system which has an image pickup device and an electric pan head to which the image pickup device is attached, and which is remotely operated by a remote controller.
A determination unit that receives a control signal transmitted from the remote controller and determines whether the control signal is addressed to itself or the imaging device, and the determination unit determines that the control signal is addressed to itself. In this case, the first control means for controlling panning and tilting of the photographing device attached to the electric platform using the control signal, and the control signal by the discriminating means are addressed to the photographing device. When the determination is made, the electric camera platform is provided with a transmitting unit that wirelessly transfers the control signal to the photographing device, and a receiving unit that receives the control signal transferred from the electric camera platform by the wireless line. And the second control means for controlling various functions of the photographing apparatus using the control signal received by the receiving means, in the photographing apparatus.

According to a fifth aspect of the present invention, in an image pickup apparatus which is attached to an electric pan head and is remotely controlled via a network, it receives a control signal on the network and is addressed to itself or the electric pan head. And a control means for controlling various functions of the photographing apparatus using the control signal when the control signal determines that the control signal is addressed to itself. When it is determined by the means that the control signal is addressed to the electric camera platform, the control signal is transmitted to the electric camera platform by a wireless line.

According to a sixth aspect of the present invention, a photographing device is attached,
Further, in an electric pan head that is remotely operated via a network, a determination unit that receives a control signal on the network and determines whether it is addressed to itself or the imaging device, and the control signal by the determination unit. Is determined to be addressed to itself, the control signal is used to control panning and tilting of the photographing device attached to the electric platform using the control signal, and the control signal is determined by the determination means. When it is determined that the control signal is addressed to the image capturing apparatus, a transmission unit that transfers the control signal to the image capturing apparatus via a wireless line is provided.

According to a seventh aspect of the present invention, there is provided an image pickup system having an image pickup device and an electric camera platform to which the image pickup device is attached, and the image pickup system being remotely controlled via the network, receiving a control signal on the network. Discriminating means for discriminating whether it is for itself or for the electric pan head, and when the discriminating means determines that the control signal is for itself, the control signal is used to perform various types of photographing apparatus. First control means for controlling a function, and transmission means for transmitting the control signal to the electric pan / tilt head by a wireless line when the control signal is judged to be addressed to the electric pan / tilt head by the judging means. And a receiving means for receiving a control signal transferred from the photographing apparatus by a wireless line, and the photographing apparatus attached by the control signal received by the receiving means. A second control means for controlling the panning and tilting, characterized by comprising the electric pan head.

According to an eighth aspect of the present invention, in a photographing system having a photographing device and an electric pan / tilt head equipped with the photographing device, which is remotely controlled via a network, the control signal on the network is received. Discrimination means for discriminating whether it is for the self or for the photographing device, and when the discrimination signal is judged for the self by the discrimination means, the control signal is used to attach to the electric pan head. The first control means for controlling panning and tilting of the photographing device, and the discrimination signal, when the control signal is determined to be addressed to the photographing device, wirelessly transmits the control signal to the photographing device. The electric pan head is provided with a transmitting means for transferring to the device by a wireless line, and a receiving means for receiving a control signal transferred from the electric pan head by a wireless line, and the receiving means. Characterized by a second control means for controlling the various functions of the imaging apparatus to the imaging device using the received control signal Ri.

[0015]

BEST MODE FOR CARRYING OUT THE INVENTION Embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings. FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of an image capturing apparatus according to the first embodiment of the present invention. The photographing device 1 is a video camera or the like, for example, and can be attached to the camera base 21 of the electric platform 2. The photographing device 1 and the electric pan / tilt head 2 can be remotely operated by a remote controller 3, and the electric pan / tilt head 2 has a built-in mechanism for driving a camera base 21 by a motor to perform panning and tilting.

Further, the remote controller 3 is provided with a button for controlling the photographing device 1 and a button for controlling the electric camera platform 2, and the control signal for the photographing device 1 and the control signal for the electric camera platform 2 are separately transmitted. Is able to. Further, the transmission from the remote controller 3 to the photographing apparatus 1 is performed by near field communication using infrared rays, for example.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of a control system built in the photographing device 1 and the electric pan head 2 shown in FIG. The control system of the photographing device (for example, video camera) 1 includes a receiving unit 1 that receives a control signal transmitted from a remote controller 3.
1, a CPU 12 for performing remote control of the image capturing apparatus 1 and transferring a received signal to the electric pan / tilt head 2, a drive control unit 14 for driving the servo unit 15 by a control signal input from the CPU 12,
The servo unit 15 that drives the zoom mechanism or the like of the photographing device 1,
It has a transmitter 13 for wirelessly transmitting a control signal input from the CPU 12 to the control system of the electric platform 2.

The control system of the electric camera platform 2 drives the servo unit 25 by a receiving unit 22 that receives a control signal transmitted from the photographing apparatus 1, a CPU 23 that controls the electric camera platform 2, and a control signal input from the CPU 23. It has a drive control unit 24 for rotating the camera platform 21 and a servo unit 25 for horizontally rotating (panning) and vertically rotating (tilting) the camera platform 21 of the electric platform 2. It should be noted that the transmission from the image pickup apparatus 1 to the electric pan / tilt head 2 is performed by near field communication using infrared rays, but Bluetooth or the like can also be used.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When the user remotely operates the photographing apparatus 1, for example, when the zoom-up button of the remote controller 3 is pressed, a zoom-up control signal is transmitted from the remote controller 3 to the photographing apparatus 1. When the CPU 12 of the image capturing apparatus 1 receives the zoom-up control signal from the remote controller 3 by the receiving unit 11, it determines whether the control signal is for itself or for the electric pan head 2.

In this case, an identification number is set in the header of the control signal transmitted from the remote controller 3, and the photographing device 1
The control signal is set to "1" when the control signal is for the electric head and the control signal is set to "0" when the control signal is for the electric pan head 2 so that the CPU 12 discriminates which the control signal is.

When the CPU 12 determines that the control signal received is for itself, it sends a zoom-up control signal to the drive control unit 14. The drive control unit 14 drives and controls the servo unit 15 based on the input zoom-up control signal, and zooms in the photographing apparatus 1.

When the user remotely operates the electric platform 2,
For example, if you press the tilt button on remote control 3,
From, a tilt control signal is transmitted to the imaging device 1. When the CPU 12 of the photographing apparatus 1 receives the tilt control signal from the remote controller 3 by the receiving unit 11, the CPU 12 determines whether the tilt control signal is for the self or the electric pan head 2, and the electric pan head 2 is determined. If it is determined that it is destined for 2, the received tilt control signal is transmitted from the transmission unit 13 to the electric pan head 2.

When the receiving unit 22 of the electric platform 2 receives the tilt control signal from the photographing apparatus 1, the CPU 23 outputs the received control signal to the drive control unit 24. The drive control unit 24 drives and controls the motor of the servo unit 25 based on the input tilt control signal to tilt the camera base 21.

According to the present embodiment, the remote controller 3 is provided with a function of remotely controlling both the photographing device 1 and the electric platform 2, and the control signal received by the photographing device 1 from the remote controller 3 is a signal addressed to itself. Whether it is a signal addressed to the electric camera platform 2 or not, and if it is a control signal addressed to the electric camera platform 2, this is transferred to the electric camera platform 2 and if it is a control signal addressed to itself,
The control signal is used to control various functions of the photographing apparatus 1,
On the other hand, the electric camera platform 2 receives a control signal transmitted from the image capturing apparatus 1 attached to the camera platform 22, and controls the operation of the camera platform 22 by using this control signal, whereby the image capturing apparatus 1 and the electric camera platform 2 are controlled. It is possible to remotely control both the photographing device 1 and the electric platform 2 with one remote controller 3 without integrating the two. As a result, the troublesome operation of operating the image pickup apparatus 1 and the electric pan / tilt head 2 with separate remote controllers is eliminated, and the operability thereof can be significantly improved. Further, if the signals that can be received by the photographing device 1 are unified, the same electric camera platform 2 can be used by the photographing devices 1 of various manufacturers.

Further, the photographing apparatus 1 is provided with a transmission section 13 for discriminating whether the control signal from the remote controller is addressed to itself or the electric pan head 2 and transferring the signal addressed to the electric pan head 2 to the electric pan head 2. Need only be provided with the receiving unit 22 that receives the control signal transferred from the image capturing apparatus 1, so that the image capturing apparatus 1 also has the electric camera platform 2
Also, it is necessary to slightly modify the almost normal configuration,
In particular, if the receiving section 22 of the electric pan head 2 is also used as the receiving section of a conventional remote controller, it can be used as it is without any modification. Therefore, this example can obtain the above effect at an extremely low cost. You can Further, the photographing device 1 and the electric platform 2 can be used independently by using their own remote controllers.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of the photographing device and the electric pan / tilt head according to the second embodiment of the present invention. However, the same parts as those of the above-described first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals. In this example, a web camera is used as the photographing device 1, and accordingly, the photographing device 1 has a modem 16, and the modem 16 is connected to the personal computer 4 via the telephone line 40, the Internet 50, and the telephone line 40. However, the other configuration is the same as that of the first embodiment except that it is different from the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In this example, the photographing device 1 and the electric pan / tilt head 2 are remotely controlled via the Internet 50. In this case as well, the identification signal for the photographing device 1 and the electric camera platform 2 is added to the control signal from one personal computer 4 and transmitted to the photographing device 1, so that the CPU 12 of the photographing device 1 receives the modem 16. The control signal is discriminated, and if the control signal is addressed to itself, the control signal is output to the drive control unit 14 to be used for various functional controls such as zooming of the photographing apparatus 1. On the other hand, the received control signal is the electric platform 2
In the case of addressing, the CPU 12 sends the received control signal to the electric camera platform 2
In order to transfer the data to the receiving section 22, the electric camera platform 2 tilts and pans the camera platform by this control signal.

According to this embodiment, one personal computer 4
A signal for remotely controlling both the photographing device 1 and the electric pan head 2 is transmitted, and whether the control signal received by the photographing device 1 is a signal addressed to itself or a signal addressed to the electric pan head 2. If it is a control signal addressed to self, it is used to control various functions of the photographing device 1, and if it is a control signal addressed to the electric camera platform 2, this is controlled by the electric camera platform 2. By connecting the telephone line 40 to the web camera, which is the image capturing device 1, and controlling the electric camera platform 2 to the personal computer 4 by connecting the telephone line 40 to the personal computer 4. Thus, both the photographing device 1 and the electric pan / tilt head 2 can be controlled via the Internet 50. Therefore,
When shooting via the web, remote control is possible even if the electric camera platform 2 does not have a web function, the existing electric camera platform 2 can be used, and the same function as a camera with an electric camera platform can be obtained. Products can be realized at low cost. Moreover, since the number of telephone lines to be connected is small, the equipment can be simplified, the system cost can be remarkably reduced, and the operating cost such as communication cost can be reduced.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing the control system of the photographing device and the electric pan / tilt head according to the third embodiment of the present invention. However, the same parts as those of the above-described first embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals. The control system of the image capturing apparatus 1 includes a receiving unit 1 that receives a control signal transmitted from the electric camera platform 2.
1. CPU 12 for controlling various functions of the photographing apparatus 1, CP
It has a drive control unit 14 that drives the servo unit 15 according to a control signal input from U12, and a servo unit 15 that drives the zoom mechanism and the like of the photographing apparatus 1.

The control system of the electric pan / tilt head 2 receives the control signal transmitted from the remote controller 3 and the CP for performing remote control of the photographing apparatus 1 and transferring the received signal to the electric pan / tilt head 2.
U23, a drive control unit 24 for driving the servo unit 25 by a control signal input from the CPU 23, a servo unit 25 for horizontally and vertically rotating the camera platform of the electric platform 2.
It has a transmission unit 26 that transmits a control signal input from the CPU 23 to the control system of the image capturing apparatus 1. In addition, electric pan head 2
The transmission from the image capturing apparatus 1 to the image capturing apparatus 1 is performed by near field communication using infrared rays.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. When the user remotely operates the imaging device 1, for example, the user presses a zoom-up button on the remote controller 3. As a result, a zoom-up control signal is transmitted from the remote controller 3 to the electric pan head 2. When the CPU 23 of the electric camera platform 2 receives the zoom-up control signal from the remote controller 3 by the receiving unit 22, the CPU 23 determines whether the control signal is for itself or for the image capturing apparatus 1.

Also in this case, the identification number is set in the header of the control signal transmitted from the remote controller 3, and for example, in the case of the control signal for the photographing device 1, "1" is set as the control signal for the electric camera platform 2. If there is, the CPU 23 is made to judge which control signal is addressed by setting "0".

When it is determined that the control signal received by the CPU 23 is addressed to the photographing apparatus 1, the received zoom-up control signal is transmitted from the transmitting unit 26 to the photographing apparatus 1. When the receiving unit 11 of the image capturing apparatus 1 receives the zoom-up control signal from the electric camera platform 2, the CPU 11 outputs the received control signal to the drive control unit 14. The drive control unit 14 drives and controls the servo unit 15 based on the input zoom-up control signal, and zooms in the photographing apparatus 1.

When the user remotely operates the electric platform 2,
For example, if you press the tilt button on remote control 3,
From, a tilt control signal is transmitted to the electric platform 2. When the CPU 23 of the electric pan head 2 receives the tilt control signal from the remote controller 3 by the receiving unit 22, the CPU 23 determines whether the tilt control signal is addressed to itself or the electric pan head 2, and the electric cloud When it is determined that it is addressed to the table 2, the received control signal is output to the drive control unit 24. The drive control unit 24 drives the motor of the servo unit 25 to tilt the camera base.

According to this embodiment, one remote controller 3
The camera unit 1 and the electric platform 2 can be controlled by
Has the same effect as that of the first embodiment, but in particular, the photographing device 1
If the receiver 11 of is also used as the receiver of the dedicated remote controller,
Since the commercially available imaging device 1 can be used as it is, regardless of the manufacturer of the imaging device 1, all that is required is to purchase the electric camera platform 2 of the present example, and the imaging device 1 and the electric camera platform 2 can be integrated into one unit. It is possible to build a system with good operability and versatility that can be remotely operated by the remote controller 3, and the normal one can be used as the photographing device 1, and the electric pan head 2 is a slight modification of the normal one. Can be used, thus significantly reducing the cost of the system.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of an image pickup apparatus and an electric pan head according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention. However, the same parts as those of the above-described third embodiment will be described with the same reference numerals. In this example, the Internet 5
In this example, the electric camera platform 2 which can be connected to 0 is remotely controlled via the Internet 50. Therefore, the electric pan head 2 has a modem 27, and the modem 27 is connected to the personal computer 4 via the telephone line 40, the Internet 50, and the telephone line 40, and is also transmitted / received for communicating with the photographing apparatus 1. It has a section 28. On the other hand, the image capturing apparatus 1 is a transmission / reception unit 1 that communicates with the electric platform 2.
Have eight. The other structure is similar to that of the third embodiment described above.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be described. In this example, the electric camera platform 2 and the photographing device 1 are remotely controlled via the Internet 50. In this case also, the identification signals for the photographing device 1 and the electric camera platform 2 are added to the control signal from one personal computer 4, and this is added to the telephone line 40 and the Internet 5.
0, it transmits to the electric pan head 2 through the telephone line 40. The CPU 23 of the electric camera platform 2 discriminates the control signal received by the modem 27, and if the control signal is addressed to itself, outputs it to the drive control unit 24 and uses it for panning and tilting control of the camera platform. On the other hand, the received control signal is the imaging device 1
In the case of addressing, the CPU 23 sends the received control signal to the transmission / reception unit 2
In order to transfer from 8 to the transmitting / receiving unit 18 of the image capturing apparatus 1, the CPU 12 of the image capturing apparatus 1 sends the control signal received by the transmitting / receiving unit 18 to the drive control unit 14 to control zooming and the like.

By the way, the image signal obtained by picking up the image by the image pickup section 17 of the image pickup apparatus 1 is sent to the transmission / reception section 18 by the CPU 12, and from the transmission / reception section 18 to the transmission / reception section 28 of the electric pan / tilt head 2.
Sent to. The CPU 23 of the electric pan head 2 is a transmitting / receiving unit 28.
The image signal received by the modem 27 from the Internet 5
Since it is transmitted to the personal computer 4 via 0, the image captured by the photographing device 1 is displayed on the display of the personal computer 4.

According to the present embodiment, one personal computer 4
A signal for remotely controlling both the photographing device 1 and the electric camera platform 2 is transmitted, and whether the control signal received by the electric camera platform 2 is a signal for itself or a signal for the photographing device 1. If the control signal is addressed to the self, panning and tilting control of the electric pan head 2 is performed using the control signal, and if the control signal is addressed to the imaging device 1,
By transferring this to the image pickup apparatus 1 and controlling various functions such as a zoom function, a single telephone line 40 is connected to the electric camera platform 2.
, And one telephone line 4 per computer 4
It is possible to control both the imaging device 1 and the electric platform 2 simply by connecting 0, and it is possible to simplify the equipment and significantly reduce the system cost. In particular, by preparing the electric camera platform 2 of the present example and providing the transmitter / receiver 18 in the image capturing apparatus 1, it is possible to attach web cameras of various manufacturers to the electric camera platform 2, thereby increasing the versatility of the system, and The system can be constructed inexpensively. Further, since the number of telephone lines is small, operating costs such as communication costs can be reduced. Other effects are similar to those of the first embodiment.

The present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and can be carried out in various other modes in specific configurations, functions, actions and effects without departing from the scope of the invention. it can.

[0041]

As described in detail above, according to the inventions of claims 1 to 4, both the photographing device and the electric pan / tilt head can be operated by one remote controller without integrating the photographing device and the electric pan / tilt head. Can be remotely controlled, and the operability thereof can be significantly improved, and an inexpensive photographing device and electric platform can be used. According to the invention of claims 5 to 8, the imaging device and the electric platform are not integrated,
Both the image capturing device and the electric camera platform can be remotely controlled by connecting a single telephone line, the operability can be significantly improved, and the image capturing device, the electric camera platform, and the image capturing system can be inexpensive. be able to.

[Brief description of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a perspective view showing a configuration example of an image capturing apparatus according to a first embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 2 is a circuit diagram showing a configuration example of a control system built in the photographing apparatus shown in FIG. 1 and an electric pan head.

FIG. 3 is a block diagram showing a control system of an image pickup apparatus and an electric camera platform according to a second embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 4 is a block diagram showing a control system of an image pickup apparatus and an electric camera platform according to a third embodiment of the present invention.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing a control system of an imaging device and an electric pan / tilt head according to a fourth embodiment of the present invention.

[Explanation of symbols]

1. Imaging device 2, electric platform 3, remote control 4, personal computer 11,22, receiver 12, 23, CPU 13, 26, transmitter 14, 24, drive control unit 15, 25, servo section 16, 27, modem 17, imaging unit 18, 28, transceiver 21, camera stand 50, Internet

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Claims (8)

[Claims] 1. An imaging device mounted on an electric pan head and remotely operated by a remote controller, which receives the control signal transmitted from the remote controller and is addressed to itself or to the electric pan head. Discriminating means for discriminating whether the control signal is addressed to itself, the controlling means for controlling various functions of the photographing apparatus using the control signal, and the discriminating means for controlling the various functions. An image pickup apparatus comprising: a transmission unit that transfers the control signal to the electric pan / tilt head by a wireless line when it is determined that the control signal is addressed to the electric pan / tilt head. 2. An electric camera platform mounted with a photographing device and remotely controlled by a remote controller, receives a control signal transmitted from the remote controller, and determines whether it is for itself or for the photographing device. And a control for controlling panning and tilting of the photographing device attached to the electric platform using the control signal when the control signal determines that the control signal is addressed to itself. And a transmitting means for transferring the control signal to the photographing device by a wireless line when the control signal is judged to be addressed to the photographing device by the judging means. Pan head. 3. A photographing system having a photographing device and an electric pan head to which the photographing device is attached, which is remotely controlled by a remote controller, wherein a control signal transmitted from the remote controller is received and addressed to itself. Discriminating means for discriminating between the camera head and the electric pan head, and when the discriminating means discriminates that the control signal is addressed to itself, the control signal is used to control various functions of the photographing apparatus. And a transmitting means for transferring the control signal to the electric pan / tilt head by a wireless line when the control signal is judged to be addressed to the electric pan / tilt head by the judging means. Receiving means included in the image taking device and receiving the control signal transferred from the image taking device through the wireless line, and attached by the control signal received by the receiving means. Serial imaging apparatus panning and imaging system characterized by a second control means comprises the electric pan head for controlling the tilting of. 4. A photographing system having a photographing device and an electric pan head to which the photographing device is attached, and which is remotely controlled by a remote controller, wherein a control signal transmitted from the remote controller is received and addressed to itself. Determining means for determining whether the object is for the photographing device, and if the determining means determines that the control signal is for itself, the control signal is used to attach to the electric pan head. First control means for controlling panning and tilting of the photographing device, and when the discrimination means discriminates that the control signal is addressed to the photographing device, the control signal is wirelessly transmitted to the photographing device. A transmitting means for transmitting the signal through a line, the receiving means for receiving the control signal transferred from the electric platform through the wireless line, and Imaging system characterized by comprising a second control means for controlling the various functions of the imaging device by using a control signal received by the receiving means in the imaging device. 5. An imaging device, which is attached to an electric pan head and is remotely controlled via a network, receives a control signal on the network and discriminates whether it is for itself or for the electric pan head. And a control means for controlling various functions of the photographing apparatus using the control signal when the control signal determines that the control signal is addressed to itself. Is determined to be directed to the electric pan head, the image pickup apparatus is provided with a transmission unit that transfers the control signal to the electric pan head by a wireless line. 6. An electric pan / tilt head mounted with a photographing device and remotely controlled via a network, for receiving a control signal on the network and discriminating whether it is for the self or for the photographing device. Means for controlling panning and tilting of the photographing device attached to the electric pan head by using the control signal when the control signal is determined to be addressed to the self by the determining means; An electric pan head comprising: a transmitting unit that transfers the control signal to the image capturing apparatus by a wireless line when the determining unit determines that the control signal is addressed to the image capturing apparatus. . 7. A photographing system having a photographing device and an electric pan / tilt head equipped with the photographing device, which is remotely controlled via a network, and whether it is addressed to itself by receiving a control signal on the network. Discriminating means for discriminating whether or not the electric pan head is addressed, and controlling the various functions of the photographing apparatus using the control signal when the control signal is discriminated by the discriminating means for self. The control unit 1 and the transmitting unit that transfers the control signal to the electric camera platform by a wireless line when the control signal is determined to be addressed to the electric camera platform by the determining unit. And receiving means for receiving a control signal transferred from the photographing apparatus by a wireless line, and panning of the photographing apparatus attached by the control signal received by the receiving means. Imaging system characterized by comprising a second control means for controlling Consulting to the electric pan head. 8. A photographing system having a photographing device and an electric pan / tilt head equipped with the photographing device, which is remotely controlled via a network, and whether it is addressed to itself by receiving a control signal on the network. A discriminating unit for discriminating whether or not the image pickup device is addressed to the photographing device; and when the discriminating unit discriminates that the control signal is destined for itself, the photographing device attached to the electric pan head using the control signal. First control means for controlling panning and tilting of the camera, and when the determination means determines that the control signal is addressed to the photographing device, the control signal is wirelessly transmitted to the photographing device by a wireless line. The electric pan head is provided with a transmitting means for transferring, and a receiving means for receiving a control signal transferred from the electric pan head via a wireless line, and a receiving means for receiving the control signal. Imaging system characterized by comprising the imaging device and a second control means for controlling the various functions of the imaging device by using the control signal.