Object tracking apparatus and method of camcorder
US5389967A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Sep 9, 1992 |
| Grant date | Feb 14, 1995 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 9, 2012 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG01S17/87
- WIPO fieldMeasurement
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
An object tracking apparatus and method of a camcorder which can detect the travelling object and can automatically track the object for shooting by utilizing infra-red incident upon light receiving element from the object. Two embodiments of the object tracking apparatus and method thereof can detect the moving direction of an object so that the shooting direction of a camcorder can be caused to change by comparing mutually the changing electrical signals as the output of a photoelectric converter which converts the light incident from the object to electrical signals changes according to the movement of an object.
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