JP2014039166A - Controller of automatic tracking camera and automatic tracking camera equipped with the same - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a controller of an automatic tracking camera, which can previously set a position to which a subject is to be outputted on a screen, and a display size of the subject irrespective of presence or absence of the subject on the screen.SOLUTION: A controller of an automatic tracking camera includes: a camera device having a zoom function; a universal stand for panning/tilt-driving the camera device; and a monitor for displaying a photographed image of the camera device. The controller of the automatic tracking camera includes: setting display generation means for overlapping composition/display size setting display with a displayed image to display it for setting a position and a display size in the image where a tracking subject is to be displayed irrespective of the image displayed on the monitor; output position setting means for setting a position where the composition/display size setting display is outputted in the image; display size setting means for setting the display size; and control means for recognizing the subject tracked in the photographed image and controlling driving in a panning/tilting direction of the universal stand and the zoom function of the camera device so that the subject is displayed in the display size which is set in the set position in the image.

Description

  The present invention relates to a control device for an automatic tracking camera that tracks a tracking object and an automatic tracking camera including the same, and more particularly to an operation device for an automatic tracking camera and a control method for automatic tracking.

An electric pan head camera that has a pan head and a tilt pan head that can be pivoted is connected to an operating device via a cable or wireless so that the pan head and camera can be controlled from a remote location. Yes. The operator controls the camera and the electric pan / tilt head by operating the operating device while viewing the video displayed on the monitor screen.
In recent years, an automatic tracking camera system has been proposed in which an image recognition technology is mounted on a pan head camera to automatically track a subject. In such a system, it is necessary to select a tracking subject and set the output position of the screen of the selected subject before performing automatic tracking.

  In Patent Document 1, a subject to be tracked displayed in a monitor screen is selected using a camera or an operating device that remotely controls an electric pan head, and the tracking subject is set at an arbitrary position to be output in the monitor screen. Is disclosed.

  Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-228688 discloses a means for preliminarily setting a position and angle of view setting unit as initial data using center position data of a person's face image on the screen, and horizontal and vertical distance data occupied by the face image. .

JP 2010-81041 A JP-A-5-219421

  In both Patent Documents 1 and 2, when the subject is displayed on the screen, the output position and size of the subject on the screen, that is, the composition, the size (size) displayed on the screen (hereinafter referred to as the display size). Can be set in advance. However, when the subject to be photographed is not displayed on the screen or when the photographing apparatus is not at the photographing location, the composition and display size of the subject to be photographed cannot be set in advance. Especially for wedding receptions without rehearsals, university lectures, live sports broadcasts, etc., because the subject you want to shoot before the production is not in the shooting location, even if you want to set the composition and display size of the subject in advance Cannot be set.

  The object of the present invention is to solve the above-mentioned problems, whether or not there is a subject on the screen, or whether the subject should be output on the screen in advance, regardless of whether or not the photographing device is at the photographing location. An object of the present invention is to provide an automatic tracking camera control device capable of setting a display size.

  In order to achieve the above object, a control device for an automatic tracking camera according to the present invention is a camera device having a zoom function, a pan head for driving the camera device in a pan direction and a tilt direction, and an image taken by the camera device. An automatic tracking camera control device including a monitor for displaying an image, and sets a position and a display size in the image where the subject to be tracked should be displayed regardless of the image displayed on the monitor Therefore, a setting display generating unit that displays a composition / display size setting display superimposed on the displayed image, an output position setting unit that sets a position at which the composition / display size setting display is output in the image, A display size setting means for setting a display size in the image of the composition / display size setting display, and a subject to be tracked in the image photographed by the camera device; Rotation of the camera platform in the pan direction and tilt direction so that a subject is displayed at a position in the image set by the output position setting means with a display size set by the display size setting means. And a control means for controlling the zoom function of the camera device.

  According to the control device for the automatic tracking camera and the control method for the automatic tracking camera and the automatic tracking camera including the control device according to the present invention, the subject should be output on the screen in advance regardless of the presence or absence of the subject on the screen. You can set the position and display size of the subject.

1 is a configuration diagram of Example 1. FIG. It is a monitor screen displaying a tracking target frame, composition / display size setting display. It is the flowchart figure before the tracking start of Example 1, and a monitor screen. It is a flowchart figure after the tracking start of Example 1. FIG. It is a flowchart figure after the tracking start of Example 2. FIG. It is the flowchart figure and the monitor screen before the tracking start of Example 3. FIG. 10 is a flowchart after the start of tracking according to the third embodiment.

  The present invention will be described in detail based on the embodiments shown in the drawings.

  FIG. 1 is a configuration diagram of the automatic tracking camera control apparatus according to the first embodiment. In FIG. 1, a lensed camera 1 having a zoom function, a focus function, and the like is attached to an electric pan head 2 that can perform panning driving in a panning direction and tilting turning in a tilting direction. The camera 1 and the electric pan head 2 are configured to perform camera control such as zoom and gain adjustment and pan / tilt pan head control by an operating device 3 installed remotely.

  The video signal output from the CCD of the camera 1 is connected to the image signal processing unit 4 of the operation device 3 that controls the camera 1 and the electric camera platform 2 on which the camera 1 is mounted based on the operation of the operator. In the operating device 3, in addition to the image signal processing unit 4, a CPU 5, an image output unit 6, a pan / camera control interface unit 7, a mode switching button 8, an operation unit 9, an operation button 10, a registration setting button 15, A plurality of shot buttons 16, a memory 17, and a zoom knob 18 are provided. The CPU 5 includes a face recognition unit 11, a tracking target display generation unit 12, a control calculation unit 13, and a composition / display size setting display generation unit 19 (setting display generation unit).

The output of the image signal processing unit 4 is input to the face recognition unit 11 and the composition / display size setting display generation unit 19. The output of the face recognition unit 11 is connected to the control calculation unit 13 via the tracking target display generation unit 12. The output of the tracking target display generation unit 12 is connected to a monitor 14 outside the operation device 3 via the image output unit 6.
The output from the composition / display size setting display generation unit 19 is also connected to the monitor 14 outside the controller 3 via the control calculation unit 13 and the image output unit 6.

  In this embodiment, it is connected to an external monitor, but an internal monitor such as a liquid crystal monitor may be mounted in the operation unit 3 for output. The control calculation unit 13 is connected to the electric camera platform 2 via the camera platform / camera control interface unit 7. The control calculation unit 13 further includes a mode switching button 8, an operation unit 9, a registration setting button 15, and a plurality of shot buttons 16. A memory 17 and a zoom knob 18 are connected.

  When the input video signal is an analog signal, the image signal processing unit 4 converts the input video signal into a digital signal and adjusts the contrast, hue, saturation, and the like of the image. The output video signal from the image signal processing unit 4 is input to both the face recognition unit 11 and the composition / display size setting display generation unit 19 inside the CPU 5.

  When a person is included in the output video signal from the image signal processing unit 4, the face recognition unit 11 performs face recognition using a face recognition technique such as a template matching method. In this embodiment, human face recognition is performed. However, a person other than a person may be recognized using a template such as a car or an airplane.

Next, the position coordinates in the captured image of the recognized face are input to the tracking target display generation unit 12, and the tracking target is added to the subject S as shown in FIG. 2 based on the recognized position coordinates of the face. A rectangular tracking target display Fr as a display is generated.
A signal in which the tracking target display Fr is combined with the input image by the tracking target display generation unit 12 is input to the image output unit 6. The image output unit 6 outputs a monitor signal converted into a video signal such as SDI, DVI, VGA, NTSC corresponding to the video input format of the monitor 14 which is a display means.

  The composition / display size setting display generation unit 19 generates a rectangular composition / display size setting display Fz as shown in FIG. 2 used when setting the output position and display size in the captured image of the subject. Details will be described later. The composition / display size setting display Fz is combined with the input image and input to the image output unit 6.

The operation unit 9 is an operation unit for manual operation in which an operator pans and tilts the electric pan head 2 and includes a joystick, arrow key buttons displaying up, down, left, and right, a pointing device such as a mouse, a touch panel, and the like.
The camera platform / camera control interface unit 7 is for the operation device 3, the camera 1, and the motorized camera platform 2 to communicate with each other in a predetermined communication format.

  The mode switching button 8 is a button as a switching means for selecting a normal mode and a tracking mode for the operator to use the operating device 3 as a normal operating device or as a tracking operating device. In this embodiment, the mode switching button 8 is provided as shown in FIG. 1, but the mode switching may be performed by diverting an existing button and pressing and holding it.

  The operation button 10 is a button for starting tracking in this embodiment, but the existing button is diverted so that the CPU 5 is a button for starting a tracking in the tracking mode and a button for performing other functions in the normal mode. It may be possible to set.

  The registration setting button 15 is used in combination with the shot button 16 in order to store the pan / tilt position of the camera platform 2, the zoom / focus position of the camera 1 and the like when the mode switching button 8 is in the normal mode. When one of the shot buttons 16 of the number to be registered is pressed after the registration setting button 15 is pressed, a desired shooting position such as pan, tilt, camera 1 zoom, focus position, etc. of the camera platform 2 at that time is clouded. It is stored in a memory (not shown) built in the table 2. In order to call up the stored desired shooting position, by pressing any one of the shot buttons 16, the desired shooting position is called from the memory inside the camera platform, and control is performed so as to be the position.

  The registration setting button 15 displays the composition / display size setting display Fz on the screen when the mode switching button 8 is in the tracking mode, and is used together with the shot button 16 to display the composition / display size setting display Fz. The function changes to a function for storing the above output position and the size on the screen (display size in the captured video (in the image, on the screen)) as the tracking condition. At this time, the composition / display size setting display Fz is displayed regardless of the presence or absence of the subject on the screen. The output position and display size in the composition / display size setting display Fz image are set by operating the operation unit 9 (output position setting means) and the zoom knob 18 (display size setting means). Specific description will be described later. Thereafter, when one of the shot buttons 16 having the number to be registered is pressed, the combination of the center coordinate Zp on the screen of the composition / display size setting display Fz as shown in FIG. Stored in the memory 17. The combination here is the value (coordinate value) of the center coordinates of the tracking target display (may be a predetermined position other than the center, for example, the coordinates of the edge of the frame, etc.) and the display size of the tracking target display (usually Since the shape of the target frame is a rectangle, it is a combination with values of vertical and horizontal lengths. When the tracking target display is a circle, an ellipse, or a polygon having five or more corners different from a rectangle (square), the values of parameters (radius, major axis, minor axis, etc.) for specifying them are This is the size of the tracking target display.

  When the automatic tracking is started, the mode switching button 8 is pressed to enter the tracking mode, and the operation button 10 is pressed to start the tracking. When there is a subject on the screen, face recognition is performed by the face recognition unit 11 and the tracking target display Fr is displayed on the screen. Further, the center coordinates and display size of the tracking target display Fr on the screen are acquired. Until any one of the registered shot buttons 16 is pressed, automatic tracking is performed so that the output position and display size of the subject immediately after the tracking target display Fr is displayed.

  When tracking is started and one of the shot buttons 16 with the registered number is pressed regardless of the presence or absence of the subject on the screen, the center coordinates Zp and display size Zt of the composition / display size setting display Fz are obtained from the memory 17. The called composition / display size setting display Fz is displayed on the screen. When the subject exists on the screen, the CPU 5 obtains the center coordinates Mp and the display size Ft of the tracking target display Fr on the screen of the current tracking subject shown in FIG. Then, the center coordinate Zp and the display size Zt of the composition / display size setting display Fz called from the memory 17 are compared, and the difference is calculated. If the difference is greater than a predetermined difference as a result of the calculation, a drive signal is output as a pan / camera control signal for driving and controlling the camera 1 and the electric pan head 2 so that the difference is eliminated. The reason why the condition for outputting the drive signal is set to a predetermined difference or more is to prevent the screen from frequently moving and being difficult to see by operating the electric pan head 2 or changing the zooming with a slight difference. It is to do. In this embodiment, the frame color is changed so that the tracking target display Fr and the composition / display size setting display Fz can be recognized on the screen. However, the thickness of the frame line is changed, or one of the frames is changed. The line may be a broken line.

  When the tracking operation is started and the subject does not exist on the screen, the current zoom, focus position, and electric cloud of the camera 1 are recognized until the tracking subject is recognized on the screen and the tracking target display Fr is displayed on the screen. Wait while maintaining the pan position and tilt position of the base 2.

  FIG. 3 is a flowchart for setting and registering in advance the output position and display size of the subject on the screen or regardless of the presence or absence of the subject to be tracked at the shooting location before starting the tracking operation, and corresponds to each step. This is a monitor screen. Steps S1 to S16 are flows, and (a) to (c) are display examples on the monitor 14 in the main flow.

  First, the operator presses the mode switching button 8 in FIG. 1 to set the tracking mode (step S1). If registration setting is to be performed, the process proceeds to step S3, and if tracking is to be started, the process proceeds to step S9 (step S2). When the registration setting button 15 is pressed (step S3), the composition / display size setting display Fz is displayed at a predetermined display size in the center of the screen (step S4). In this embodiment, the predetermined display size is set to the display size of the minimum number of pixels that can recognize the face. Next, the operation unit 9 is moved up and down, left and right, and the composition / display size setting display Fz is moved to a position to be output on the screen as shown in (b) (step S5). In this embodiment, the composition / display size setting display Fz is moved by using the joystick of the operation unit 9. However, the monitor 14 is set as a display unit with a touch panel, and the screen position to be output is touched to display the composition / display size setting display Fz. The display size setting display Fz may be moved. Here, the movement range is limited to the setting range so that it cannot move to the range that cannot be tracked by the panning speed of the known electric pan head that is the design specification, that is, the maximum speed of the panning operation, the tilting speed, that is, the maximum speed of the tilting operation It is good to have it. That is, it is preferable that the position of the composition / display size setting display Fz can be set only within a range within a predetermined screen. Next, the zoom knob 18 is operated to set the composition / display size setting display Fz to a desired display size as shown in (c) (step S6). However, it is set so that it cannot be set to a display size that cannot be tracked at a display size less than the minimum pixel that cannot perform face recognition, a maximum speed of pan operation, and a maximum speed of tilt operation. That is, a displayable range (size in the screen) of the composition / display size setting display Fz is set to a settable range so that it can be set only within a predetermined range. When registering the output position and display size set in steps S5 and S6, pressing any one of the shot buttons 16 to be registered (step S7), the center coordinate Zp of the composition / display size setting display Fz, the display size Zt is stored in the memory 17 (step S8). If it is desired to continue registration, the process proceeds to step S3, and steps S3 to S8 are repeated.

  When tracking is to be started and tracking is to be started at the output position and display size of the composition / display size setting display registered in any of the shot buttons 16 (step S9), one of the shot buttons 16 is pressed (step S9). Step S10). At this time, the center coordinate Zp and display size Zt of the composition / display size setting display are called from the memory 17 (step S11), and Zp and Zt are set as the initial values Mp0 and Ft0 in the CPU 5 (step S12). If the shot button 16 is not pressed, the coordinates at the center of the screen and the default display size (the size of the minimum number of pixels that can be recognized by the face) are set as the initial values Mp0 and Ft0 (step S14). After step S12 or step S14, the composition / display size setting display Fz is displayed on the screen at the initial output position and display size (step S13). Finally, pressing the operation button 10 (step S15) starts tracking (step S16).

  The above is the method for setting and registering the composition and display size of the subject in advance before the start of tracking regardless of the presence or absence of the subject.

  Next, FIG. 4 shows a flowchart regarding the composition of the subject to be tracked after the start of tracking and a method for changing the display size, and a monitor screen corresponding to each step. Steps S16 to S29 are flows, and (d) and (e) are display examples on the monitor 14 in the main flow.

  Until tracking is started (step S16) and the shot button 16 is pressed (step S17), the tracking subject S is searched on the screen (step S23), and face recognition is performed (step S24). When the face is recognized, the tracking target display Fr is displayed on the screen as shown in (d) (step S25), and the center coordinates Mp1 and display size Ft1 of the tracking target display are acquired (step S26). The control calculation unit 13 in the CPU 5 compares the initial values Mp0 and Ft0 of the tracking target display with the center coordinates Mp1 and the display size Ft1 of the current tracking target display and calculates a difference (step S27). As a result of the calculation, it is determined whether the difference between the center coordinates and the display size is equal to or larger than a predetermined value (step S28). If the difference is equal to or larger than the predetermined value in step S28, a drive signal as a pan / camera control signal for driving and controlling the camera 1 and the electric pan head 2 is output so that the difference is within the predetermined value (step S29). . As a result, the subject S moves by controlling at least one of zooming for changing the focal length of the camera 1 and pan / tilt operation of the electric camera platform 2. Until an interrupt for pressing any one of the shot buttons 16 is received in step S17, steps S26 to S29 are repeated and automatic tracking is performed.

  When any one shot button 16 is pressed in step S17, the center coordinate Zp and display size Zt of the composition / display size setting display Fz registered from the memory 17 are called into the CPU 5 (step S19), and Zp , Zt are set as new initial values Mp0 and Ft0 (step S20). Further, the composition / display size setting display Fz is displayed on the screen as shown in (e) (step S21). Next, in step S22, if the subject is already recognized and the tracking target display is displayed, the process proceeds to step S26. If the subject is not recognized, the process proceeds to step S23, and after the subject is recognized, automatic tracking is performed. . Thereafter, steps S26 to S29 are repeated until any one shot button 16 is pressed again in step S17. That is, as a pan / camera control signal for driving and controlling the camera 1 and the electric pan head 2 so that the tracking subject has the output position and display size of the composition / display size setting display Fz called from the shot button 16. A drive signal is output. In this way, by pressing any one of the shot buttons 16 during the tracking operation, it is possible to change the composition and display size of the subject to be tracked during tracking. Even if the subject does not exist after the start of tracking, the composition / display size setting display is output on the screen, and the composition and display size of the subject when the subject is recognized can be set and changed in advance. I can leave.

  FIG. 5 is a flowchart after the start of tracking according to the second embodiment. The second embodiment is different from the first embodiment in that steps S30 to S35 are added to the flow of FIG. 4 of the first embodiment so that the composition and display size can be registered even during the tracking operation.

  The tracking operation of steps S23 to S29 is performed until any one of the shot buttons 16 is pressed in step S17 of FIG. In parallel with this, when the registration button 15 is pressed (step S30), the composition / display size setting display Fz is displayed on the screen in the same flow as steps S3 to S8 in the first embodiment, and the output position and display size are set. Registration settings are made (steps S30 to S35).

  This makes it possible to newly register and set the composition and display size of the tracking subject even during the tracking operation, and there is no need to stop the tracking operation.

  FIG. 6 is a flowchart before starting tracking according to the third embodiment and a monitor screen corresponding to each step. Steps S40 to S58 are flows, and (f) and (g) are display examples on the monitor 14 in the main flow. In the third embodiment, a method for selecting a subject to be tracked in advance regardless of the presence or absence of a subject to be tracked on the screen or at the shooting location before tracking is started, and the subject to be tracked is also stored in the shot button 16. This is different from the first embodiment.

  First, when performing the registration setting similarly to steps S1 to S3 in FIG. 3 of the first embodiment, the operator presses the mode switching button 8 to set the tracking mode (step S40), and presses the registration setting button 15 (step S42). On the screen of the monitor 14, a subject registration list registered in advance in the memory 17 is displayed as shown in (f) (step S43). The subject registration list is a template in which feature points of one or more subjects are stored together with images such as videos and photographs previously taken. Specifically, ratios such as the distance between the eyes of one or more subjects, the distance between the eyes and the nostrils, and the distance between the eyes and the mouth are stored. Next, the operation unit 9 is moved up and down to select the number of the subject to be tracked (step S44). At this time, the background color of the list number changes as shown in (g), and the operation button 10 is pressed to confirm (step S45). . In this embodiment, the operation button 10 is assigned a function by the CPU 5 so as to function as a tracking subject at step S45, and as a tracking start button when tracking is started at step S57. The steps up to step S45 are subject selection steps for selecting a subject to be tracked. In this embodiment, the subject is selected from the subject list by operating the operation unit 9, but the subject may be selected by touching the subject image to be tracked using the touch panel.

  When the subject is determined in step S45, a composition / display size setting display is displayed on the screen together with the image template of the subject (step S46). Subsequent steps S47 to S49 are the same as steps S5 to S7 of FIG. When any one shot button 16 is pressed in step S49, the template of the selected tracking subject, the center coordinate Zp of the composition / display size setting display Fz, and the display size Zt are stored in the memory 17. When continuing the registration setting, steps S42 to S50 are repeated.

  When starting tracking, if you want to start tracking with the tracking subject registered in any of the shot buttons 16, the output position of the composition / display size setting display, and the display size (step S51), the shot button 16 is pressed (step S52). ). At this time, the center coordinate Zp, display size Zt, and subject template for composition / display size setting display are called from the memory 17 (step S53), and Zp, Zt, and the feature point TP0 of the subject template are set as initial values in the CPU 5. (Step S54). If the shot button 16 is not pressed, the coordinates at the center of the screen, the default display size (the size of the minimum number of pixels capable of face recognition), and no subject template are set as initial values (step S55). After step S54 or step S55, the subject image template and the composition / display size setting display Fz are displayed on the screen (step S56). Finally, by pressing the operation button 10 (step S57), tracking is started (step S58).

  The above is a method of selecting, composing, and setting and registering a subject in advance before starting tracking regardless of the presence or absence of the subject.

  Next, FIG. 7 shows a flowchart regarding the method for changing the subject, composition, and display size after the start of tracking. Except for step S67 in FIG. 7, the flow is the same as that after the start of tracking in the first embodiment in FIG. 4, so only step S67 will be described. In step S67, it is determined whether or not the feature point of the subject whose face has been recognized matches the feature point of the subject template called by the shot button 16. If the feature points match, the process proceeds to the next flow and performs a tracking operation. If the feature points do not match, the process returns to step S65, and the subject is searched on the screen until the feature points match or until one of the shot buttons 16 is pressed (step S59).

  In this way, by pressing any one of the shot buttons 16 during the tracking operation, the subject can be changed, the composition, and the display size can be changed during tracking.

  In the first, second, and third embodiments, the control device for the automatic tracking camera has been described. However, the present invention can also be applied to an automatic tracking camera system and the like. Specifically, the present invention can also be applied to an automatic tracking camera system that includes all of the camera 1 and the electric camera platform 2 and the operation device 3 described in FIG. In addition, it is preferable to have display means such as a monitor 14 for observing video captured by the camera 1.

  That is, the automatic tracking camera system includes a camera 1, a pan head 2 on which the camera 1 is mounted, and an operating device 3. The operation device 3 includes output position setting means for setting a position for outputting the tracking subject on the screen, display size setting means for setting the display size of the subject, composition, and means for registering and calling the display size. Yes. Further, it may have subject selection means for selecting a subject to be tracked. Further, a subject selection unit and an output position setting unit may be provided on the display unit with a touch panel so that the subject to be tracked can be touched to select the subject or the subject can be moved on the display unit.

  In the above embodiment, the tracking position and size of the tracking subject are displayed as a composition / display size setting frame (composition / display size setting display) on the screen. As the composition / display size setting display, various shapes such as a rectangle, a circle, and an ellipse may be used. As for the display method of the shape, the outline may be drawn with a line of a predetermined color, or the area surrounded by the outline of the shape may be drawn with a color that can be distinguished from other areas. May be. Furthermore, the region in the screen may be specified by indicating the coordinate range in two orthogonal directions (for example, the horizontal direction and the vertical direction of the screen) with numerals without directly drawing in the region in the screen. In the above embodiment, the camera 1 has a zoom function in order to display a desired display size on the screen regardless of the object distance of the tracking subject. This zoom function is to move a predetermined lens group in a lens included in the camera device in the optical axis direction (so-called optical zoom) or to obtain desired image data after being imaged by a solid-state image sensor. By enlarging or reducing to the size (so-called electronic zoom or digital zoom), it is possible to display on the screen in a desired display size.

1 Camera 2 Electric pan head 3 Controller (control device)
4 Image signal processor 5 CPU
9 Operation unit 11 Face recognition unit 13 Control calculation unit 14 Monitor

Claims (8)

A control device for an automatic tracking camera, comprising: a camera device having a zoom function; a pan head that drives the camera device in a pan direction and a tilt direction; and a monitor that displays an image captured by the camera device. ,
Regardless of the image displayed on the monitor, the composition / display size setting display is superimposed on the displayed image in order to set the position and display size in the image where the subject to be tracked should be displayed. Setting display generation means;
Output position setting means for setting a position for outputting the composition / display size setting display in the image;
Display size setting means for setting a display size in the image of the composition / display size setting display;
A subject to be tracked is recognized in an image captured by the camera device, and the subject is displayed at a position in the image set by the output position setting unit with a display size set by the display size setting unit. Control means for controlling the pan and tilt directions of the camera platform and the zoom function of the camera device;
An automatic tracking camera control device comprising:   2. The automatic tracking camera control apparatus according to claim 1, wherein the output position setting means can set an output position of the composition / display size setting display within a preset range.   3. The control device for an automatic tracking camera according to claim 1, wherein the display size setting means can set a display size of the composition / display size setting display within a preset range.   The automatic tracking according to any one of claims 1 to 3, further comprising subject selection means for selecting a template from one or more pre-registered subject templates and selecting a subject to be tracked. Camera control device.   It comprises registration means for storing the output position and display size of the composition / display size setting display, and calling means for calling the output position and display size of the stored composition / display size setting display. The control apparatus of the automatic tracking camera of any one of Claims 1 thru | or 4.   6. The control device for an automatic tracking camera according to claim 1, wherein the camera device has an optical zoom function.   The automatic tracking camera control device according to claim 1, wherein the camera device has an electronic zoom function.   An automatic tracking camera comprising the control device according to claim 1.

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