Patent References 3828122 Improvements relating to automatic target following apparatus Correlation follower for tracking an object Binary correlation video tracker Television picture stabilizing system Patent #: 4403256 InventorsAssigneeApplicationNo. 167480 filed on 02/19/1988US Classes:348/169, OBJECT TRACKING89/41.05, By television monitoring89/41.06, By light reception250/203.5, Cathode-ray tube scanning382/103Target tracking or detectingExaminersPrimary: Buczinski, Stephen C.Attorney, Agent or FirmInternational ClassesH04N 005/225F41G 005/06 G01J 001/20 G06K 009/32 Foreign Application Priority Data1987-02-19 GBAbstractAn automatic target tracking system comprising video means, target tracking means, correlation means and aimpoint location means which predicts the subsequent position of a target after each viewing by the video means and then correlates this with the actual viewing of the target position so as to estimate that position within a given field of view. | |