| Asian City Journalist Conference and My Invention | |||
| ACROS Fukuoka international convention facility (1Aug.2007) | |||
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Please see the TV camera fixed in the center of the round table projecting each of the 20 panelists (including ten journalists who are active in each member city of the Asian Pacific city summit) onto the front right side screen. (cf. left photograph) It is sitting on my invention, the camera rotator which I operated with a control panel arranged beside the round table. I received a lot of questions about the device from the audience after the conference, so I would like to take this opportunity to answer them. The secret of the remote control lies in a fishing line. The TV camera rotator and the console have the same rotating cylinders with a distance of about 4m between them. Those cylinders are wound several times around in the same direction with a fishing line. This enables me to operate the TV camera by rotating the console's cylinder which pulls the fishing line linked with the TV camera rotator's cylinder. I had intended to introduce an electric device, but changed my mind and decided on manual operation, as I was influenced by the following story of the best practice of South Africa, Sustainable Water Pump.(cf. BBC NEWS) Children can pump up underground water by rotating a big ring as children's play, without the use of power such as electricity and gasoline - a perfect example of a sustainable system. In addition, consistently projecting the panelists on the front screen was effective to shorten the mental distance between the panelists and the spectators, and so it was well-received by the participants. (Note) The actual expense of this device is 5,000 yen. In the case of the conventional way to shoot panelists with two cameras from the outside of the round table, it costs 500,000 yen by the estimate. |
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| This TV-CAMERA Remote Control System is my invention and my work. | |||