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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 23, 2019
Filed:
Mar. 16, 2015
Applicant:
Motion Analysis Corporation, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Inventor:
Ned Herman Phipps, Santa Rosa, CA (US);
Assignee:
Motion Analysis Corporation, Rohnert Park, CA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/20 (2018.01); G01B 11/25 (2006.01); G06T 7/00 (2017.01); H04N 13/296 (2018.01); H04N 13/204 (2018.01); H04N 5/222 (2006.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 13/204 (2018.05); G01B 11/254 (2013.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01); H04N 5/2224 (2013.01);
Abstract
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.