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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 20, 2002
Filed:
Jun. 25, 1999
Rohan Christopher Loveland, Albuquerque, NM (US);
Other;
Abstract
An automated system for controlling multiple pan/tilt/zoom video cameras in such a way as to allow a person to be initially designated and tracked thereafter as he/she moves through the various camera fields of view. Tracking is initiated either by manual selection of the designated person on the system monitor ( ) through the usage of a pointing device ( ), or by automated selection of the designated person using software. The computation of the motion control signal is performed on a computer ( ) through software using information derived from the cameras connected to the system, and is configured in such a way as to allow the system to pass tracking control from one camera to the next, as the designated person moves from one region to another. The system self-configuration is accomplished by the user's performance of a specific procedure involving the movement and tracking of a marker throughout the facility.