Method for enabling manual adjustment of a pointing direction of an actively stabilized camera
US8908090B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Mar 14, 2014 |
| Grant date | Dec 9, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 14, 2034 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/685
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for adjusting a pointing direction of a camera housed by an active stabilization system is disclosed. The active stabilization system executes a stabilization process to stabilize the pointing direction of the camera. The method comprises: detecting an externally applied force, disabling the stabilization process upon detecting a manual adjustment condition, adjusting the pointing angle of the camera in a direction of the externally applied force, measuring a current pointing angle of the camera; and re-enabling the stabilization process to stabilize the pointing direction of the camera based on the measured pointing angle of the camera in response to detecting that the detected manual adjustment condition failed.
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