Motion Analysis Corporation

Ned Herman Phipps

A method for incorporating two dimensional images such as those captured by a video camera, which is moving and whose optics, particularly zoom and focus, are controlled by a human or by automatic means, into a virtual three dimensional coordinate system is provided In one embodiment the method acquires calibration data over the functional range of the studio camera optics, and then in operation dynamically performs the appropriate transformations needed to map the video stream to the virtual coordinate system, even as the acquiring studio camera moves, zooms, and changes focus.

Systems and methods for incorporating two dimensional images captured by a moving studio camera with actively controlled optics into a virtual three dimensional coordinate system

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Santa Rosa, CA, United States of America

Ned Herman Phipps