Automatic following device
US6661450B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Dec 1, 2000 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2003 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 5, 2022 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/695
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
Shootings for automatic following are previously registered in a memory of a pan head controller. When the automatic following is started, a CPU of the pan head controller chooses a shooting among the shootings registered in the memory according to a center position of a subject inputted from an image processing device so that the subject is in a frame of a camera, and transmits a control signal to a pan head for the shooting.
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