In the following device, at the time of pan/tilt movement of a pan head,
images #1 to #3 for three frames shot by a camera are sequentially taken
in into an image memory of an image processing device. And, processing of
an image processing processor as well as a CPU compares the image #1 with
the image #2 and the image #1 with the image #3 respectively so as to
extract an image of an moving object so as to detect moving velocity of
the moving object based on the image of this extracted moving object.
When the moving velocity of the moving object is detected, a command
signal to cause the pan head to pan/tilt at the moving of that moving
object is given to a pan head controller by the CPU. This moves the pan
head in the pan/tilt direction at the moving velocity of the moving
object. Thus, detection of the moving velocity of the moving object from
the shooting image of the camera and control of the moving velocity of
the pan head based on the detected moving velocity of the moving object
enables following on the moving object without fail.