JPH0379170A - Television camera operating device - Google Patents

Abstract

PURPOSE:To easily and accurately obtain a synthetic image by providing an offset quantity setting means and driving a television camera. CONSTITUTION:When the focusing or zooming of the television camera, or the panning or tilting of a universal head on which the television camera is placed, or the parallel displacement of the universal head in a horizontal or vertical direction is instructed with an operating means 11, the manipulated variable of the operating means 11 is stored in a manipulated variable storage means 12. Also, the offset quantity of each operation of the television camera and the universal head is set with an offset quantity setting means 13. Therefore, the television camera or the universal head on which the television camera is placed can be driven based on the manipulated variable of the operating means 11 via a driving means 14. Also, the driving means 14 is driven according to the manipulated variable stored in the manipulated variable storage means 12, and is driven with a trace mode. Also, the setting value of the offset quantity setting means 13 is added on the manipulated variable of the manipulated variable storage means 12.

Description

DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION [Field of Industrial Application] The present invention relates to a television camera operating device that performs operations to change the orientation or position, focal length, or zoom value of a television camera.

[Conventional technology]

Conventionally, a method such as outdoor broadcasting involves setting up several television cameras and remotely controlling the focusing (hereinafter referred to as F operation) and zooming (hereinafter referred to as Z operation) of each television camera from a remote location. It is being carried out in In addition, panning (hereinafter referred to as P operation) and tilting (hereinafter referred to as T operation) of the camera platform on which the television camera is mounted
The applicant of the present invention has also proposed a method of remotely controlling the operation of moving the position of the television camera mounted on the pan head in the horizontal or vertical direction (Japanese Patent Application No. 1983-1999). 86194).

Remote control of the F, Z, P, and T operations and movement operations of such a television camera uses the operation knobs and operation amounts (hereinafter collectively referred to as the operation means) of a control box installed in a control room, etc. This is usually done by manipulation.

By the way, when operating a TV camera while remotely controlling it using the above-mentioned operation amounts, the operations of F, Z, P, T, etc. for a continuous scene for a certain period of time are memorized in advance, and this memory is used during actual shooting. A method of controlling a television camera based on a value has been proposed by the above-mentioned inventor of the present applicant (such a shooting mode is hereinafter referred to as a trace mode).

[Problem to be solved by the invention]

When photographing in the trace mode described above, for example, as shown in FIG.
F, Z of TV camera 62 at the same time as recording on TR65
. In some cases, a method is used that combines a captured image of the person 98 going up and down the stairs 97 to create an image that looks as if the person 98 is climbing Mt. Fuji.

In such a case, when driving the television camera 62 in trace mode, it is difficult to set the panel 99 exactly at the position where the stairs 97 were, and the position inevitably shifts, so it is difficult to set the panel 99 in the trace mode. Even if it is, when shooting the composite screen, press F again.
There were many cases where it was necessary to reset the values of Z, P, and T.

The present invention has been made in order to eliminate such difficulty in operating the conventional television camera operating device, and is
When creating a composite image as shown in the figure, panel 99
Even if set to a different position from the stairs 97, as long as you first set the difference in position between the stairs 97 and the panel 99 (hereinafter referred to as offset amount), you can set the TV camera 62 in trace mode. To provide a television camera operating device that almost completely eliminates the need for correction once it is driven.

In addition to this case, for example, in Fig. 14 (A>
As shown in , television cameras 62 and 62' are respectively placed on two pan heads 61 and 61',
and TV camera 62.62' F, Z, P,
The VTR 6 has an image compositing function by simultaneously operating each movement such as T with a single control box 63 and simultaneously photographing a person 98 and a panel 99 with different television cameras.
When video signals from the television cameras 62 and 62' are combined in step 5 to create a recording of a composite image as shown in FIG. and pan head 61, the other television camera and pan head, for example, television camera 62' and pan head 6
By adding a predetermined offset amount to 1' and driving both television cameras 62° 62' and pan heads 61 and 61' in trace mode, a composite image can be easily and reliably created. Another object of the present invention is to provide a television camera operating device that can perform such operations.

Furthermore, for example, if you want to photograph a specific landscape with the same motion in different seasons, all you have to do is adjust the offset amount when setting up the TV camera and pan head, and the rest can be taken with exactly the same motion. It is also an object of the invention to provide an operating device.

[Means to solve the problem]

As shown in FIG. 1, the television camera operating device of the present invention includes focusing or zooming of a television camera, panning or tilting of a pan head on which the television camera is placed, or horizontal or vertical translation of the pan head. at least one operating means (11) for instructing an operation;
, an operation amount storage means (12) for storing the operation amount of the operation means (11), and at least one offset amount setting means (13) for setting an offset amount for each operation of the television camera or the pan head. and the offset amount setting means (13) to the operation amount of the operation means (11) or the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means (12) or the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means (12). The present invention is characterized by comprising a drive means (14) that controls and drives each of the operations of the television camera or the pan head in accordance with the operation amount added with the offset amount set by.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 2, at least one instructor directs the focusing or zooming of the television camera, the panning or tilting of the pan head on which the television camera is mounted, or the horizontal or vertical parallel movement of the pan head. An operation means (11), an operation amount storage means (12) for storing the operation amount of the operation means (11), and an offset amount setting means (13) for setting an offset amount from the operation amount of the operation means (11). and the offset amount setting means (
13); an offset amount storage means (15) for storing the offset amount set in step 13); and the operation amount storage means fi (12).
The offset amount storage means (15
) for adding and subtracting the offset amount stored in
6), and the television according to the operation amount to which the offset amount has been added or subtracted by the calculation means (16), the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means (12), or the operation amount of the operation amount stage (11). It is also characterized by comprising a driving means (14) that controls and drives each of the operations of the camera or the pan head.

In addition, as shown in FIG. 3, a television camera (18),
video signal storage means (19) for storing video signals output from the television camera (18);
18) and a pan head (17) for moving the direction of the television camera (18) or the body of the television camera (18) horizontally or vertically; and a camera for focusing or zooming the television camera (18) or Said pan head (17
) at least one manipulated variable stage (
11), an operation amount storage means (12) for storing the operation amount of the operation means (11), and at least one unit for setting an offset amount for each operation of the television camera (18) or the pan head (17). offset amount setting means (13);
The operation amount of the operation amount stage (11) or the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means (12) or the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means (12) is set by the offset amount setting means (13). a driving means (driving means) that controls and drives each of the operations of the television camera (18) or the pan head (17) according to the operation amount to which a set offset amount is added;
14).

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, a television camera (18), video signal storage means (19) for storing video signals output from the television camera (18), and the television camera (18) are mounted. and a pan head (17) for moving the direction of the television camera (18) or the body of the television camera (18) in a horizontal or vertical direction, and the television camera (18).
focusing or zooming or the camera head (1
7) at least one operating means (11) for instructing each of the operations, an operating amount storage means (12) for storing the operating amount of the operating means (11), and the operating amount of the operating amount &(11). Offset amount setting means (
13), and offset amount storage means (1) for storing the offset amount set by the offset amount setting hand & (13).
5), a calculation means (16) for adding or subtracting the offset amount stored in the offset amount storage means (15) to the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means (12); The television camera (18) or the pan head (17) depending on the operation amount with the offset amount added or subtracted, the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means (12), or the operation amount of the operation amount stage (11). The present invention is also characterized by comprising a driving means (14) that controls and drives each of the above-mentioned operations.

[Effect]

In a first embodiment of the television camera operating device of the present invention, focusing or zooming of a television camera, panning or tilting of a pan head on which the television camera is placed, or horizontal or vertical parallel movement of the pan head When the operation amount step 11 is designated, the operation amount of the operation amount step 11 is stored in the operation amount storage means 12. Further, the offset amount of each operation of the television camera or the pan head can be set by the offset amount setting means 13.

Therefore, each operation of the television camera or the pan head on which the television camera is mounted is driven via the drive means 14 according to the operation amount of the operation amount stage 11, that is, it can be manually operated, and the operation amount storage means It is also possible to drive the drive means 14 in accordance with the operation amount stored in the drive unit 12 in the trace mode described above. Further, the offset amount set by the offset amount setting means 13 described above can be added to the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means 12 to drive the driving means 14. In this case, the offset amount setting means Since the offset amount can be freely set in step 13, this is extremely effective when creating the composite image mentioned above.

Further, in the second embodiment of the present invention, when each operation of the television camera or the pan head is operated by the operation means 11, the operation amount of the operation means 11 is stored in the operation amount storage means 12. Further, an offset amount is set by the offset amount setting means 13 from the operation amount of the operation means 11, and the offset amount set by the offset amount setting means 13 is stored in the offset amount storage means 15. Therefore, in this embodiment, the offset amount is stored in the offset amount storage means 15, so when performing composite photography in the trace mode in the form shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, for example, the panel 99
Composite photography is done with the same amount of offset, that is, without moving the panel 99, fine adjustment of the manual during trace mode photography is repeated many times with the same offset amount according to the movement of the person 98 in the middle of the way up and down the stairs 97. This makes it possible to use composite photography with the best results. The same applies when photographing the same location in different seasons. The other operations at the time of ``z:L'' or photographing in a simple trace mode without adding an offset amount are the same as those in the first embodiment of the present invention, and therefore their explanation will be omitted.

In a third embodiment of the television camera operating device of the present invention, a pan head 17 and a television camera 18 are connected to the drive means 14, and the output video signal of the television camera 18 is stored in the video signal storage means 19. In this way, the video signal of the video taken by the television camera 18 is stored in the video signal storage means 19, thereby making it possible to perform screen composition and at the same time, the composite video signal is stored, so that real-time broadcasting is possible. In addition, it is possible to broadcast by recording.

In a fourth embodiment of the present invention, the electronically set offset amount of the offset amount setting means 13 is stored in the offset amount storage means 15, and the output video signal of the television camera 18 is stored in the video signal storage means 19. The above-mentioned trace mode photographing can be repeated many times based on the offset amount stored in the offset amount storage means 15. The trace mode photographed image signal thus photographed can be played back by recording stored in the video signal storage means 19.

The other operations of this implementation mode are the same as those of the third implementation mode, so the explanation thereof will be omitted.

〔Example〕

The present invention will be explained in detail below.

FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the first embodiment of the television camera operating device of the present invention. 6 is a circuit diagram showing a specific circuit configuration example of the offset circuit 49 shown in FIG. 5, and FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the human output characteristics of the circuit shown in FIG. 6. Furthermore, FIG. 8 is a diagram showing an outline of the configuration of this embodiment, FIG. 9 is a panel diagram showing the front arrangement of the control box 63 in the embodiment of FIG. 8, and FIG. FIG. Further, FIG. 12 is a flowchart showing the operation of this embodiment. Note that this embodiment is an embodiment corresponding to claim 1 or claim 3.

As shown in FIG. 8, in this embodiment, a television camera 62 and a lens 62a of the television camera 62 are mounted, and the lens 62a of the television camera is oriented vertically, that is, in the T direction in the figure. , a pan head 61 that drives the pan head 61 in the horizontal direction, that is, the P direction in the figure, a control box 63 that operates the pan head 61 and the television camera 62 via a cord 64, and stores video signals of the television camera 62. It consists of a VTR65.

As shown in FIGS. 9 and 10, the control box 63
Various switches and operation means are arranged on the front of the TV camera 6.
2, the pan head 61, and the VTR 65 can be remotely controlled. It goes without saying that the control box 63 may be directly installed on the back of the television camera 62, as shown in FIG.

Next, the circuit configuration of this embodiment will be explained with reference to FIG. The focus knob 31 is a knob for adjusting the focal length of the lens 62a of the television camera 62, and the zoom knob 32 is a knob for adjusting the zoom ratio of the lens 62a. The operation amount 33 is for instructing the above-mentioned panning or tilting operation of the pan head 61. (As described above, the focus knob 31, zoom knob 32, and operation amount 33 are collectively referred to as the operation means).

Focus knob 31 is focus potentiometer 3
4a, and the zoom knobs 32 are respectively connected to zoom potentiometers 34b. Further, the manipulated variable 33 is connected to a tilt potentiometer 34c and a pan potentiometer 34d. Thus, each potentiometer 34 generates a voltage value proportional to the amount of operation of each operating means. The output voltage value of each potentiometer 34 is input to the corresponding A/D converter 35. Each A/D converter 35 converts the analog voltage value input from the potentiometer 34 into a digital value and inputs the digital value to the I10 port 37 of the control circuit 36.

The control circuit 36 is an I that exchanges signals with an external circuit.
10 ports 37, a read-only memory (ROM) 38 that stores the operating procedure of the control circuit 36, a random access memory (RAM) 40 in which data can be freely written or read, and the ROM 3.
The central control unit (CPU) 39 freely exchanges signals with the I10 port 37 or the RAM 40 and performs various calculations according to the control program of 8.

The S/S switch 41 is a switch that instructs to start or stop various operations in this embodiment, and is a bush type, and when it is pressed for the first time, it turns on.
When pressed next, the on state is canceled and the switch becomes off.

The WR switch 42 is a switch that instructs writing of data to the RAM 40, and is also a bush type, and enters a write standby state by the first suppression. When the S/S switch 41 is turned on in this state, a write operation to the RAM 40 is started. The write standby state of the WR switch 42 is released by the next suppression operation.

The RD switch 43 is also a bush type switch, and when pressed for the first time, the data reading operation from the RAM 40 is put into a standby state. In this state S
When the /S switch 41 is turned on, data is read from the RAM 40. The RD switch 43 is
The read operation standby state is canceled by the second pressing operation.

The ST switch 44 is a general term for ten switches 44a, 44b, . . . , 44J, as shown in FIG. This ST switch 44 includes each switch 44a.
, 44b, . . . , 44j are switches for selecting one continuous scene, and each switch corresponds to a predetermined address area on the RAM 40. The address area on the RAM 40 has a capacity to store information on continuous F, Z, P, and T operations for 20 seconds for each shot. ST switch 44
are button type like the switches described above, and when any one of 44a, 44b, . . . , 44j is pressed for the first time, the shot corresponding to that switch is selected. When another switch is pressed next, the seat 7 of the next pressed switch is selected after the shot of the previously pressed switch is completed.

The T switch 45 is a switch that instructs whether or not to operate the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 in trace mode. That is, when the T switch 45 is pressed, the trace mode state is selected, and the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 performs a tracing operation according to the information stored in the RAM 40.

Output side of I10 boat 37! , :l;! F, z,
D/A converter 4 corresponding to each operation signal p, T
6 is connected. The D/A converter 4-6 is I1
The digital signal output from the 0 port 37 is converted into an analog signal and output to a servo amplifier 47 that controls each operation.

Each output signal of the servo amplifier 47 is sent to the OFS switch 48.
via the offset circuit 49 or F, Z.

Each operation of P and T is manually controlled by a mechanism 50.

The OFS switch 48 is a switch that selects whether to drive the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 by adding an offset amount, or to drive the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 without adding an offset amount. As shown in FIG. 9, this OFS switch 48 is also a bush type, and the first press turns it on and selects the driving state with an offset amount added, and the second press turns it on. The addition of the offset amount is canceled with .

The offset circuit 49 is a circuit that sets an offset amount. As shown in FIG. 9, the offset amount is set by operating a focus offset knob 66, a zoom offset knob 67, a tilt offset knob 68, or a pan offset knob 69.

The focus mechanism 50a is a lens 6 of a television camera 62.
The zoom mechanism 50b is a mechanism for setting the focal length of the television lens 62a according to a control signal from the focus servo amplifier 47a, and the zoom mechanism 50b is a mechanism for determining the zoom ratio of the television lens 62a according to a control signal from the zoom servo amplifier 47b. The tilt mechanism 500 is a mechanism that adjusts the vertical direction of the pan head 61 according to a control signal from the tilt servo amplifier 47c, and the pan mechanism 50d similarly adjusts the horizontal direction of the pan head 61 according to a control signal from the pan servo amplifier 47d. It is a mechanism that adjusts according to control signals.

An example of a specific configuration of the offset circuit 49 is shown in FIG. In FIG. 6, a human resistor 52 is connected to an input terminal 51, the opposite terminal of the human resistor 52 is connected to the inverting input terminal of an operational amplifier 54, and one terminal of a feedback resistor 53 It is connected to the. The other terminal of the feedback resistor 53 is connected to the output terminal of the operational amplifier 54, and the output terminal of the operational amplifier 54 is connected to the offset circuit 49.
is connected to the output terminal 58 of. Voltage dividing resistors 55 and 56 are connected in series to the non-inverting input terminal of the operational amplifier 54. A sliding terminal of a variable resistor 57 is connected to the connection point of the voltage dividing resistors 55 and 56. variable resistor 570
Both ends are connected to power supplies +Vcc and -Vcc.

In the offset circuit shown in FIG. 6, the voltage value of the difference between the human input signal applied to the input terminal 51 and the offset voltage set by the variable resistor 57 and the voltage dividing resistor 55, 56 is inverted and amplified. The signal is output from the output terminal 58.

That is, as shown in FIG. 7, if the human output characteristic of the human input signal applied to the input terminal 51 is as shown by the solid line 59 in the figure, when the offset voltage value Va is added,
The human output characteristic is as shown by the broken line curve 60 in the figure.

The operation of this embodiment will be described below with reference to FIG.

When the power of this embodiment is turned on, the internal circuit of this embodiment is initialized (step 72).

Next, it is determined whether the T switch 45 is on (step 73).

If this T switch is off, the TV camera 62
The pan head 61 is manually operated by operating the control box 63. That is, Focus Mami 31
．． Voltage values corresponding to the manipulated variables of the zoom knob 32 and the manipulated variable 33 are output from each potentiometer 34, converted into digital signals by the A/D converter 35, and then manually inputted to the control circuit 36. The same signal is outputted from the I10 boat 37 to the D/A converter 46 (step 74), converted into an analog control signal by the D/A converter 46, and then converted into a servo signal by the servo amplifier 47. At this time, if the OFS switch 48 is in the off state, the output servo signal of the servo amplifier 47 is directly input to the various mechanisms 50, and
Each operation will be manually operated. In addition, O
When the FS switch 48 is in the on state, the offset amount set by the offset circuit 49, that is, the offset amount corresponding to the offset amount set by each offset switch 66, 67, 68, 69, is applied to the servo amplifier 47. It will be added to the output servo signal and applied to each mechanism 50. That is, in this case, the offset amount set by the offset knobs 66, 67, 68, and 69 is added to the manual operation amount, and the manual operation is performed.

Next, when the T switch 45 is in the on state, that is, when operating the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 in trace mode, first check whether shot selection has been made or not.
That is, it is determined whether any of the ST switches 44 is in the on state (step 75). If none of the ST switches is in the on state, the address on the RAM 40 corresponding to the last shot selected in the previous operation is selected (step 76).
). That is, in this case, the last shot of the previous operation is traced.

ST switches 44a, 44b, ---, 44
j is in the on state, the RAM corresponding to the shot corresponding to this on state ST switch
40 is selected (step 77).

Next, it is determined whether the WR switch 42 is on (step 78). That is, it is determined whether the write mode is in standby mode.

When the WR switch 42 is in the on state and the write mode is in standby, the S/S switch 41
The state of is determined (step 79). That is, it is in a write standby state and is waiting to see if the start switch is pressed. If the S/S switch 41 is not turned on, the state of the ST switch 44 is determined again, and it is determined whether any shot is to be selected.

When the S/S switch 41 is pressed from this standby state and a command to start operation is issued, a recording start signal of the VTR 65 is output (step 80), and the operation amount of the operation means detected by the potentiometer 34 is changed to A/S. It is converted into a digital signal by the D converter 35 and sent to the I10 port 37.
The signal is output to the D/A converter 46 via the D/A converter (step 81).

At the same time, the operation amount is taken into the CPU 39 and sequentially written as operation amount data at a predetermined address on the RAM 40 corresponding to the selected shot (step 82
). The signal output to the D/A converter 46 is
After being converted into an analog signal by the A converter 46, it is manually inputted to a servo amplifier 47, which converts it into a servo signal and outputs it to each mechanism 50, and outputs it to the F, Z, and P of the television camera 62 or the pan head 61. , T operation is controlled.

In this embodiment, a recording start signal is output to the VTR 65 at the same time as the S/S switch 41 is turned on. stand 61
A video RAM may be provided in a part of the memory to store video signals. Also, VTR65j'! Control circuit 3
6, the operator may manually start recording.

The optimal F, Z, P, and T values when photographing a person 98 going up and down stairs 97 as described above are RAM40.
At the same time, the video signal of the person 98 is stored in the VTR.
It will be recorded on 65th.

In this way, while the image capturing operation is being performed while operating the pan head 61 and the television camera 62, the S/S switch 41 is pressed again and turned off (step 83).
The recording operation ends when the storage area of the address on the RAM of the selected shot ends (step 84), or when the ST switch 44 corresponding to another shot is not turned on (step 85). Then, a recording end signal is output from the control circuit 36 to the VTR 65 (
Step 87).

Note that if the ST switch 44 corresponding to another shot is turned on (step 85), the selected shot ram
40 is selected (step 86), followed by F, Z, P.

The T value will be stored in the storage area at the address.

In this way, the video signal that is the basis for photographing in trace mode and the necessary data for various photographing operations are stored.

Next, based on this recorded data, the television camera 6
2 or the trace mode photographing operation in which photographing is performed while driving the pan head 61 will be described.

In this case, since the operation is in trace mode, T
The switch 45 is on (step 73), and S
The address on RAM 4 (l) of the shot selected by the T switch 44 is selected (steps 75, 76, 77).
.

Next, since this is the read mode, the WR switch 42 is off (step 78), and it is determined whether the RD switch 43 is on (step 8).
8).

While the RD switch 43 is not pressed yet, the process returns to step 75 and the state of the ST switch 44 is determined again.

When the RD switch 43 is pressed, the read standby state is entered, and the state of the S/S switch 41 is determined (
Step 89).

As long as the S/S switch 41 is not pressed, the standby state is maintained, and the process returns to step 75, where the state of the ST switch 44 is determined.

When the S/S switch 41 is pressed, a recording start signal for the VTR 65 is output (step 90), and at the same time, a read operation is started, and the data of the shot selected by the ST switch 44 is stored in the RAM 40. An address is selected, and data is sequentially read from the first data of the address (step 91).

The data read from this RAM 40 is output to the D/A converter 46 via the I10 port 37 (step 92), converted into an analog signal by the D/Δ converter 46, and then output to the servo amplifier 47, where the servo The signals are processed into signals and output to each mechanism 50.

In this way, the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 adjusts its F, Z, and P according to the drive data stored in advance.

The T operation is reproduced, but when each operating means on the control box 63 is operated at the same time, the amount of operation is determined by the potentiometer 34. A, /D converter 35. I10
Human power is supplied to the CPU 39 via the boat 37, and the CPU 39
It is added to the data called from RAM 40 above,
I10 port 37°D/A] inverter 46. The signal is applied to the mechanism 50 via the servo amplifier 47 to perform manual fine adjustment operations in addition to the data stored in the RAM 40.

In this way, the data on the RAM 40 of the selected shots are sequentially read out, and F, Z,
Each operation of P and T is controlled, but during this process, whether the S/S switch 41 is pressed and turned off (step 93),
When the storage area of the address on the RAM 40 of the selected shot ends (step 94) or the ST switch 44 corresponding to another shot is not turned on (step 95), the TV camera 62 or the pan head The control operation of 61 is completed, and at the same time, the recording end signal is sent to the VTR.
65 (step 87).

In this case, as in the write mode described above, if the ST switch 44 corresponding to another shot is turned on (step 95), the storage area of the address on the RAM 40 corresponding to the shot being read is As soon as this is completed (step 94), the address of the selected shot on the RAM 40 is selected (step 96).
The data written to the address is read.

The above is the operation of the trace mode disclosed in the aforementioned prior invention of the present applicant.

To photograph the panel 99 and create the above-mentioned composite image as shown in FIG. 13 while playing back in the trace mode, the OFS switch 48 is turned on and the amount of operation of the offset circuit 49 is controlled by the servo. It may be added to the output signal of the amplifier 47. That is, for example, by operating the slider of the variable resistor 57 in the circuit shown in FIG. 6, which corresponds to each of the offset knobs 66, 67, 68, and 69 in FIG. If added, the offset amount Va as shown in FIG.
Since it is added to the output signal of the focus mechanism 50a,
Zoom mechanism 50b, tilt mechanism 50c, pan mechanism 50d
etc. operate with the offset amount set by each offset knob 66, 67, 68, 69 added,
The television camera 62 or the pan head 61 will be driven.

FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of a second embodiment of the television camera operating device of the present invention.

In the embodiment shown in this figure, the same components as those in the circuit configuration of the first embodiment shown in FIG. 5 are given the same numbers and their explanations will be omitted.

In Figure 15, 1. The MEMO switch 70 is a switch for storing the offset amount, and when the OFS switch 48 is pressed, the MEMO switch 70 is
When is pressed, the amount of operation of the operating means at that time is stored at a predetermined address in the RAM 40 via the I10 port 37.

The other circuit configuration and mechanical configuration of this embodiment are the same as those of the first embodiment.

Next, the operation of this embodiment will be explained with reference to the flowcharts of FIGS. 16 and 17.

FIG. 16 includes a step (step 100) for determining the state of the OFS switch 48, and when the OFS switch 48 is on, an offset operation subroutine step (step 100) is provided.
The flowchart is the same as the trace mode flowchart in FIG. 12, except for moving to step 101). That is, in this embodiment, when the T switch 45 is off, the value of the A/D converter 35 is immediately transferred to the I10 port 37.
Since the signal is output to the D/A converter 46 via the D/A converter 46 and the television camera 62 or pan head 61 is driven, a manual control operation is performed (steps 73 and 74>).

Next, when the T switch 45 is on, the state of the OFS switch 48 is determined (step 100). When the OFS switch 48 is off, that is, when the offset operation is not set, the trace mode operation shown in FIG. 12 is performed.
The description of the following steps when the FS switch 48 is in the OFF state will be omitted.

In this embodiment, when attempting to set an offset for photographing a composite image shown in FIGS. 13 and 14, the T switch 45 is not turned on (step 73).
, if the OFS switch 48 is turned on at the same time (
In step 100), in this case, the process moves to a subroutine 101 for offset operation.

The operation of the offset operation subroutine 101 is shown in the flowchart shown in FIG. That is, when the T switch 45 is on (step 73 in FIG. 16) and the OFS switch 48 is on (step 100),
First, the offset MEMO switch 70 is pressed.
It is determined whether the mode is EMO mode (step 10).
2).

When in MEMO mode, the ST switch 44 is
It is determined whether or not has been pressed (step 103). If it is pressed, the process moves to the next step 104, and the leading data of the address on the RAM 40 of the selected shot is read out and output to the D/A converter 46 (step 104).

Next, it is set by the operating means, and the potentiometer 34, each A
The manipulated variable input via the /D converter 35 is immediately transferred to the D/A converter 4 via the I10 port 37.
6 (step 105).

Next, from the value of the operation amount of the current operation means taken in step 105, the RAM 4 of the selected shot is
When the first data at the address above 0 is subtracted, this calculation result represents the offset amount (step 106). That is, the operator operates the operating means to control the television camera 62 or the pan head 61.
F, Z, P.

The value of T is set to the optimum state for photographing the panel 99, and the person 98 stored in the RAM 40 from now on
Subtracting the leading data position of the scene where the character goes up and down the stairs 97 means setting the offset amount.

In this state, it is then determined whether the MEMO switch 70 is pressed (step 107).

If the MEMO switch 70 is still in the OFF state, the process returns to step 105.

When the operator wishes to memorize this offset amount, he or she presses the MEMO switch 70.

When the MEMO switch 70 is turned on, the offset amount determined in step 106 is stored in the storage area of the RAM 40 at the address corresponding to the offset amount (
Step 108). At the same time, the offset MEMO mode is cleared (step 109). Then, the process returns to step 102 again.

In this case, since the MEMO mode is cleared, the TV camera 62 with the offset amount added is
Alternatively, it is determined whether data from the pan head 61 is to be read.

That is, the state of the RD switch 43 is determined (step 110). If the RD switch 43 is off, the operator has no intention of performing the offset operation yet, so the process returns to step 102 and the system is on standby in this state.

When the RD switch 43 is operated to enter the read mode (step 110), the S/S switch 41 is then operated.
The state is determined (step 111), and the operator waits for a state in which to start photographing in the offset mode. That is, since this state is also a standby state, it becomes a double standby state together with the above-described determination step (step 110) of the RD switch 43.

When the S/S switch 41 is pressed and turned on, a recording start signal is output to the VTR 65 (step 112).
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Next, the state of the ST switch 44 is determined again (step 113), and if the ST switch 44 is off, the data at the address on the RAM 40 corresponding to the shot when the power was turned off at the end of the previous operation is stored in the CPU 39. If the ST switch 44 has already been operated and a specific shot has been selected, the data at the address on the RAM 40 corresponding to the selected shot is read out by the CPU 39 (step 115).

This is an unnecessary step if you continue to operate the television camera 62 or pan head 61 after setting the offset amount, but if you turn off the power once after setting the offset amount,
This step takes into consideration the possibility that the power may be turned on after a period of time and photography may be performed in offset mode.

Next, the written offset amount is read from the address on the RAM 40 where the offset amount corresponding to the selected shot is stored (step 116).

Then, in step 116, the data at the address on the RAM 40 read out in step 114 or step 115 is stored.
The offset amount read in is added or subtracted (step 1).
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Next, this calculation result is output to the D/A converter 46 (step 118), and the F, Z, P, and T operations of the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 are controlled with an offset amount added. becomes.

Of course, in this case as well, the amount of operation of the operating means is input to the CPU 39 via the A/D converter 35, and the amount of operation of this operating means is further added to the data obtained by adding the offset amount to the trace mode data on the RAM 40. added,
Needless to say, fine adjustments can be made.

In this way, panel 9 is added with an offset amount.
9 is completed and the S/S switch 41 is turned off (step 119), or the RA of the selected shot is
The storage area at the address on M40 ends (step 120), or the ST switch 4 corresponding to another shot
4 is not on (step 121), then V
A recording end signal is output to the TR65 (step 122).
, the photographing with the addition of a series of offset operations is completed. In addition, ST switch 4 corresponding to other shots
4 is on (step 121), as soon as the storage area of the address on the RAM 40 corresponding to the shot being read is completed by adding an offset amount (step 120), the selected shot is subsequently read out. RAM4
The data written to the address above 0 is read out (step 115), and an offset amount is added to the data (steps 116 and 117).

Each operation of T is controlled (step 118).

As explained above, this embodiment is applicable to claim 2 or claim 4.
This corresponds to the mode of implementation of the invention described in 2007, and the focus knob 31. Zoom knob 3
13 or 1 by operating the operating amount 33.
If the television camera 62 or the pan head 61 is set in the optimum state for photographing the panel 99 shown in FIG. Once the offset amount is set in this way, it is stored in the memory area of the offset amount address of the RAM 40, so that
It is also possible to repeat composite photography many times as shown in the figure, or to once set the offset amount and then perform composite photography or photography of the same location anew after a period of time has elapsed.

In the above-described first and second embodiments, the control operations of the television camera or the pan head of the television camera include focusing, zooming, and tilting.

Although the explanation has been limited to panning, it goes without saying that the present invention may also be applied to vertical movement or horizontal movement of a pan head on which a television camera is mounted.

In addition, in the explanation of the above embodiment, mainly the television camera 62
Although we have described the case where a composite image is created using one pan head and one pan head 61, it can also be used when photographing scenery at the same place in different seasons.
As shown in Figure 14, two television cameras 62.62
It goes without saying that the present invention can also be applied to the case where a composite image is created using ' and pan head 61, 61'. This 2
When using a television camera 62, 62' and a pan head 61, 61', the operation amount signal from the operation amount storage means 12 is applied to the television camera and pan head on the side to which the offset amount is not added. 14, and the other television camera and pan head may be driven by outputting a signal of the operation amount to which an offset amount is added to the driving means 14.

[Effects of the Invention] As explained above, in the present invention, since the offset amount setting means for setting the offset amount is provided to drive the television camera or the pan head on which the television camera is mounted, multiple images can be displayed. When capturing images separately and creating a composite image, the control information for the television camera or pan head at the time of shooting the image to be shot first is stored, and the offset amount for the image to be shot next is stored in the stored data. By driving a television camera or a pan head in trace mode and taking pictures while adding the above, it becomes possible to easily and accurately obtain a composite image.

In addition, even when driving two television cameras and a pan head in trace mode, by adding an offset amount to the television camera and pan head on one side and driving the two, it is possible to
Despite differences in the initial positions of the television camera and the pan head, the same operations can be performed, and a composite image can be created extremely easily and accurately.

Furthermore, even when photographing the same scenery with the same motion in different seasons, it is possible to make the TV camera and pan head perform the exact same motion every time by simply setting the offset amount, making it extremely accurate and easy. You can get images of the changing seasons in the same place.

[Brief explanation of drawings]

FIG. 1 is a claim correspondence diagram showing a first implementation form of the present invention, FIG. 2 is a claim correspondence diagram showing a second implementation form of the invention, and FIG. 3 is a claim correspondence diagram showing a third implementation form of the invention. 4 is a claim correspondence diagram showing the fourth embodiment of the present invention, FIG. 5 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 6 is a diagram showing the circuit configuration of the first embodiment of the present invention. A circuit diagram showing a specific configuration example of an offset circuit, FIG. 7 is a diagram showing the human power capability of the circuit of FIG. 6, FIG. 8 is a perspective view showing the configuration of the first embodiment, and FIG. 10 is a side view of the control box of FIG. 9, FIG. 11 is a perspective view showing a modification of the configuration of the first embodiment, and FIG. 13 is a flowchart showing the operation of the first embodiment, FIG. 13 is a schematic diagram showing an example of creating a composite image, and FIG. 14 (A) is a schematic diagram showing another example of creating a composite image, FIG. 14(B) is a diagram showing an example of a composite image created by the method of FIG. 14(A), FIG. 15 is a block diagram showing the circuit configuration of the second embodiment of the present invention, and FIG. 16 is 17 is a flowchart showing the operation of the second embodiment. FIG. 17 is a flowchart showing the offset operation subroutine of FIG. 16. 11... Operating means, 12... Manipulated amount storage means, 13... Offset amount setting means, 14... Driving means, 15... Offset amount storage means, 16... Calculating means, 48. ...OFS switch, 49...offset circuit, 50...mechanism, 54...operational amplifier, 57...variable resistor, 63...control box, 65...VTR. 66...Focus offset knob, 67...Zoom offset knob, 68...Tilt offset knob, 69...Pan offset knob, 70...MEMO switch, 97-...Stairs, 98... People, 99...panels.

Claims (1)

[Scope of Claims] 1. At least one operating means for instructing focusing or zooming of a television camera, panning or tilting of a pan head on which the television camera is mounted, or parallel movement of the pan head in a horizontal or vertical direction. and an operation amount storage means for storing an operation amount of the operation means; at least one offset amount setting means for setting an offset amount of each operation of the television camera or the pan head; and an operation amount of the operation means or The television camera or the camera pan head according to the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means or the operation amount obtained by adding the offset amount set by the offset amount setting means to the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means. A television camera operating device comprising: a driving means for controlling and driving each of the above-mentioned operations. 2. At least one operating means for instructing focusing or zooming of a television camera, panning or tilting of a pan head on which the television camera is mounted, or horizontal or vertical parallel movement of the pan head; an operation amount storage means for storing an operation amount; an offset amount setting means for setting an offset amount from the operation amount of the operation means; an offset amount storage means for storing the offset amount set by the offset amount setting means; calculation means for adding or subtracting the offset amount stored in the offset amount storage means to the operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means; and a drive means for controlling and driving each of the operations of the television camera or the pan head according to the operation amount of the television camera or the operation amount of the operation means. 3. a television camera; a video signal storage means for storing a video signal output from the television camera; the television camera is mounted and the direction of the television camera or the body of the television camera is moved horizontally or vertically; at least one operating means for instructing focusing or zooming of the television camera or each of the operations of the pan head; an operation amount storage means for storing the operation amount of the operating means; at least one offset amount setting means for setting an offset amount for each of the operations of the pan head; and an operation amount of the operation means or an operation amount stored in the operation amount storage means or an operation stored in the operation amount storage means. and driving means for controlling and driving each of the operations of the television camera or the pan head in accordance with an operation amount obtained by adding an offset amount set by the offset amount setting means to the amount of the offset amount set by the offset amount setting means. Camera operating device. 4. a television camera; a video signal storage means for storing a video signal output from the television camera; placing the television camera thereon and moving the direction of the television camera or the body of the television camera horizontally or vertically; at least one operation means for instructing focusing or zooming of the television camera or each operation of the camera head; operation amount storage means for storing the amount of operation of the operation means; and operation of the operation means. an offset amount setting means for setting an offset amount from the amount; an offset amount storage means for storing the offset amount set by the offset amount setting means; and an offset amount storage means for storing the offset amount stored in the operation amount storage means. a calculation means for adding or subtracting the offset amount stored in the television camera; or a driving means for controlling and driving each of the operations of the pan head.