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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 23, 2021
Filed:
Sep. 13, 2018
Genetec Inc., St-Laurent, CA;
Yannick Nadeau, Montreal, CA;
Simon Brassard, Laval, CA;
GENETEC INC., St-Laurent, CA;
Abstract
A method of controlling cameras from a set of cameras in a geographical region to obtain image streams capturing a topographical area of interest. It includes receiving an area data object defining the topographical area of interest; deriving a centroid of the topographical area of interest from the area data object; determining a subset of target cameras from the set of cameras having a zone of potential coverage comprising the topographical area of interest; computing pan and tilt angles for one or more target cameras of the subset of target cameras; computing for one or more target cameras of the subset of target cameras a zoom factor, the zoom factor calculated by determining a narrowest field of view angle of the target camera that encompasses the entire topographical area of interest; and generating transmission commands for the subset of target cameras.