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| Application No. | Application Title | Issue Date |
| 20120127319 | METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR CONTROLLING A NETWORKED CAMERA An apparatus for controlling a remote camera is described. The apparatus includes a housing and a processor positioned within the housing. A transceiver coupled to the processor communicates with a remote server. The remote server is coupled to the remote camera. A moti... | 05/24/2012 |
| 20120104282 | TARGET TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD WITH JITTER REDUCTION SUITABLE FOR DIRECTED ENERGY SYSTEMS Embodiments of a target tracking system and method with jitter reduction suitable for directed energy systems are generally described herein. In some embodiments, the directed energy system includes a target tracking system to track one or more track points on a moving ... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120105647 | CONTROL DEVICE, CONTROL METHOD, PROGRAM, AND CONTROL SYSTEM A control device, a control method, a program, and a control system, whereby more intelligent imaging operation more useful for a user can be realized particularly in event of performing automatic imaging operation using a subject detection result within an imaged image... | 05/03/2012 |
| 20120081552 | VIDEO TRACKING SYSTEM AND METHOD A video tracking system and method are provided for tracking a target object with a video camera.... | 04/05/2012 |
| 20120038770 | PRECISE TARGET POSITIONING IN GEOGRAPHICAL IMAGING A method, system, and computer program product for precise target positioning in geographical imaging are provided. The system includes: a sensor including a camera and a telemetry information provider; and a simulated image mechanism for simulating an image of the view... | 02/16/2012 |
| 20120026340 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR PRESENTING VIDEO DATA Described herein are systems and methods for presenting video data to a user. In overview, video data originates from a source, such as a capture device in the form of a camera. This video data is defined by a plurality of sequential frames, having a common geometric si... | 02/02/2012 |
| 20120019664 | CONTROL APPARATUS FOR AUTO-TRACKING CAMERA SYSTEM AND AUTO-TRACKING CAMERA SYSTEM EQUIPPED WITH SAME A control apparatus for a camera-monitor system having an auto-tracking function has a mode switcher switching the camera between a normal shooting mode and a tracking mode, a display position selector selecting a display position at which the selected specific object i... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120019665 | AUTONOMOUS CAMERA TRACKING APPARATUS, SYSTEM AND METHOD An autonomous camera tracking system. The system can include a tracking apparatus, and a beacon. The tracking apparatus can include an infrared sensor, a camera, a processor, and a panning stepper motor. The beacon can include an infrared emitter. The infrared sensor ca... | 01/26/2012 |
| 20120002055 | Correlation of position data that are acquired by means of a video tracking system with a second localization system The invention relates to a video tracking system which determines the position of objects, e.g. players in a football match, by evaluating video image information. According to the present invention, the video tracking system is additionally provided with an independent... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20120002056 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR ACTIVELY TRACKING MULTIPLE MOVING OBJECTS USING A MONITORING CAMERA An apparatus for actively tracking an object is provided. The apparatus includes a camera unit; a motor drive for changing a shooting direction of the camera unit; and a controller for acquiring a first comparative image and a second comparative image in sequence using ... | 01/05/2012 |
| 20110304736 | GIMBAL POSITIONING WITH TARGET VELOCITY COMPENSATION A gimbal system, including components and methods of use, configured to track moving targets. More specifically, the disclosed system may be configured to orient and maintain the line of sight (“los”) of the gimbal system toward a target, as the target and, in some ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110304737 | GIMBAL POSITIONING WITH TARGET VELOCITY COMPENSATION A gimbal system, including components and methods of use, configured to track moving targets. More specifically, the disclosed system may be configured to orient and maintain the line of sight (“los”) of the gimbal system toward a target, as the target and, in some ... | 12/15/2011 |
| 20110292217 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING AND PHOTOGRAPHING CELESTIAL OBJECTS AND PHOTOGRAPHIC APPARATUS EMPLOYING THIS METHOD A method of automatically tracking and photographing a celestial object, is provided, which moves relative to a photographic apparatus due to diurnal motion so that the celestial object image formed on an image sensor becomes stationary during a celestial-object auto-tr... | 12/01/2011 |
| 20110285855 | METHOD OF AUTOMATICALLY TRACKING AND PHOTOGRAPHING CELESTIAL OBJECTS AND CAMERA EMPLOYING THIS METHOD A method of automatically tracking and photographing a celestial object so that the celestial object image, which is formed on an imaging surface of an image sensor via a photographing optical system, becomes stationary relative to a predetermined imaging area of the im... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110285854 | System and method for theatrical followspot control interface There is provided a system and method for controlling a tracking device to follow a location of a performer on a stage. The tracking device may comprise a lighting fixture such as a high output video projector or an automated mechanical moving light such as a DMX lighti... | 11/24/2011 |
| 20110279682 | Methods for Target Tracking, Classification and Identification by Using Foveal Sensors A method of operating a sensor system may include the steps of sensing a predetermined area including a first object to obtain first sensor data at a first predetermined time, sensing the substantially same predetermined area including the first object to obtain second ... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110279683 | Automatic Motion Triggered Camera with Improved Triggering An automatic motion triggered camera with improved triggering to produce images with the target animal substantially centered in the field of view. A single motion detector, a camera, and image memory are controlled by a processor that detects changes in the motion dete... | 11/17/2011 |
| 20110228098 | AUTOMATIC MOTION TRACKING, EVENT DETECTION AND VIDEO IMAGE CAPTURE AND TAGGING A method is provided to track an object, the method comprising: directing a video imager to perform image recognition to recognize a feature of the object within an imager field of view and to determine a position of the feature within the field of view; using an IR sen... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228100 | OBJECT TRACKING DEVICE AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF THE SAME Disclosed is a technique for accurately tracking a tracking target object. A disparity map image in which the disparity of each pixel of an object is shown is generated from a three-dimensional object image. A detection range is determined such that an object disposed o... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110228099 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR TRACKING COOPERATIVE, NON-INCANDESCENT SOURCES A system and method for tracking a cooperative, non-incandescent source may include collecting scene images of a scene that includes the cooperative, non-incandescent source and background clutter. First and second scene images of the scene may be generated over distinc... | 09/22/2011 |
| 20110216192 | BROADBAND PASSIVE TRACKING FOR AUGMENTED REALITY Technologies are generally described for a broadband passive sensing and tracking system that may employ a number of passive receivers that each have the capability of sensing electromagnetic waves (e.g., Radio Frequency “RF” signals) from surrounding broadcast sour... | 09/08/2011 |
| 20110193969 | OBJECT-DETECTING SYSTEM AND METHOD BY USE OF NON-COINCIDENT FIELDS OF LIGHT The invention provides an object-detecting system and method for detecting information of an object located in an indicating space. In particular, the invention is to capture images relative to the indicating space by use of non-coincident fields of light, and further t... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110193939 | PHYSICAL INTERACTION ZONE FOR GESTURE-BASED USER INTERFACES In a motion capture system having a depth camera, a physical interaction zone of a user is defined based on a size of the user and other factors. The zone is a volume in which the user performs hand gestures to provide inputs to an application. The shape and location of... | 08/11/2011 |
| 20110187869 | TRACKING-FRAME INITIAL-POSITION SETTING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF CONTROLLING OPERATION OF SAME Automatic tracking of a target image is made comparatively easy. Specifically, an image obtained by imaging a subject is displayed on a display screen and a tracking frame is displayed at a reference position located at the central portion of the display screen. A targe... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110187703 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR OBJECT TRACKING USING APPEARANCE MODEL A method and system are provided for tracking an object, such as a person, within in a scene. The system/method receives input to track an object of interest in a scene with one or more image capture devices, captures a 2D image of the object, creates via an image proce... | 08/04/2011 |
| 20110157370 | TAGGING PRODUCT INFORMATION A system for enabling the tagging of items appearing in a moving or paused image includes the use of an identification device on or within said item to be tagged. The method includes capturing moving image footage containing the image of said item to be tagged, detectin... | 06/30/2011 |
| 20110141287 | VIDEO PROCESSING SYSTEM PROVIDING ENHANCED TRACKING FEATURES FOR MOVING OBJECTS OUTSIDE OF A VIEWABLE WINDOW AND RELATED METHODS A video processing system may include a display and a video processor coupled to the display. The video processor may be configured to display a georeferenced video feed on the display defining a viewable area, determine actual geospatial location data for a selected mo... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110145574 | SECURITY MANAGEMENT SERVER AND IMAGE DATA MANAGING METHOD THEREOF A security management server includes an input unit for receiving image data from at least one network camera; a control unit for assigning an access authority level to each image data received via the input unit; and a storage unit for storing therein the image data al... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110141288 | Object Tracking Method And Apparatus For A Non-Overlapping-Sensor Network An object tracking method for a non-overlapping-sensor network works in a sensor network. The method may comprise a training phase and a detection phase. In the training phase, a plurality of sensor information measured by the sensors in the sensor network is used as tr... | 06/16/2011 |
| 20110128387 | SYSTEMS AND METHODS FOR MAINTAINING MULTIPLE OBJECTS WITHIN A CAMERA FIELD-OFVIEW In one embodiment, a system and method for maintaining objects within a camera field of view include identifying constraints to be enforced, each constraint relating to an attribute of the viewed objects, identifying a priority rank for the constraints such that more im... | 06/02/2011 |
| 20110122253 | IMAGING APPARATUS An imaging apparatus includes an imaging unit, a field angle change unit, and a movement detection unit. The imaging unit includes a lens that forms an image of a subject and acquires a picture image by taking the image formed by the lens. The field angle change unit ch... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110122254 | DIGITAL CAMERA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD Images of a target are stably tracked even when an image-capture environment changes. An image processing apparatus (10) includes: a storage unit (17) storing a first transform parameter corresponding to a first picture and information about an initial reg... | 05/26/2011 |
| 20110115883 | Method And System For Adaptive Viewport For A Mobile Device Based On Viewing Angle A 2D and/or 3D video processing device comprising a camera and a display captures images of a viewer as the viewer observes displayed 2D and/or 3D video content in a viewport. Face and/or eye tracking of viewer images is utilized to generate a different viewport. Curren... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110115920 | MULTI-STATE TARGET TRACKING MEHTOD AND SYSTEM A multi-state target tracking method and a multi-state target tracking system are provided. The method detects a crowd density of a plurality of images in a video stream and compares the detected crowd density with a threshold when receiving the video stream, so as to d... | 05/19/2011 |
| 20110090345 | DIGITAL CAMERA, IMAGE PROCESSING APPARATUS, AND IMAGE PROCESSING METHOD An image processing apparatus is provided which is capable of stably tracking a target even when an amount of characteristics of an image of the target varies on input pictures due to an abrupt movement of the target or other causes. An image processing apparatus (10... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110090344 | Object Trail-Based Analysis and Control of Video Systems and methods for analyzing scenes from cameras imaging an event, such as a sporting event broadcast, are provided. Systems and methods include detecting and tracking patterns and trails. This may be performed with intra-frame processing and without knowledge of c... | 04/21/2011 |
| 20110074675 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR INITIATING A FEATURE BASED AT LEAST IN PART ON THE TRACKED MOVEMENT In accordance with an example embodiment of the present invention, an apparatus comprising a camera configured to capture one or more media frames. Further, the apparatus comprises at least one processor and at least one memory including computer program code. The at le... | 03/31/2011 |
| 20110063403 | MULTI-CAMERA HEAD POSE TRACKING Techniques and technologies for tracking a face with a plurality of cameras wherein a geometry between the cameras is initially unknown. One disclosed method includes detecting a head with two of the cameras and registering a head model with the image of the head (as de... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110064268 | VIDEO SURVEILLANCE SYSTEM CONFIGURED TO ANALYZE COMPLEX BEHAVIORS USING ALTERNATING LAYERS OF CLUSTERING AND SEQUENCING Techniques are disclosed for a video surveillance system to learn to recognize complex behaviors by analyzing pixel data using alternating layers of clustering and sequencing. A video surveillance system may be configured to observe a scene (as depicted in a sequence of... | 03/17/2011 |
| 20110050904 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAMERA CONTROL AND PICTURE COMPOSITION The present invention relates to an apparatus for capturing video footage of a moving object, including a plurality of movable cameras controlled by a control means, the control means being in communication with a tag device attached to said object such that at least on... | 03/03/2011 |
