Mobile and portable camera platform for tracking an object
First Claim
1. A method for tracking a moving object with a camera, comprising:
- changing an angular position from a neutral position of a handheld mobile and portable computing device including at least one sensor to determine a change of the angular position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device relative to the neutral position;
wirelessly transmitting by the handheld mobile and portable computing device a signal based on the change of the angular position relative to the neutral position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device;
receiving by wireless communication circuitry associated with a camera platform the signal based on the change of the angular position relative to the neutral position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device;
actuating at least one actuator of the camera platform based on the signal received from the handheld mobile and portable computing device, to rotatably move a device holder holding a computing device including the camera;
transmitting by the wireless communication circuitry to the handheld mobile and portable computing device an image of the moving object recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera;
displaying the image of the moving object recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera on a screen of the handheld mobile and portable computing device; and
changing the angular position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device based on the image recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera that is displayed on the screen to keep the image on the screen.
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Abstract
Methods and apparatus to create and display screen stereoscopic and panoramic images are disclosed. Methods and apparatus are provided to generate multiple images that are combined into a stereoscopic or a panoramic image. An image may be a static image. It may also be a video image. A controller provides correct camera settings for different conditions. An image processor creates a stereoscopic or a panoramic image from the correct settings provided by the controller. A plurality of lens/sensor units is placed on a carrier. Lens/sensor units are rotationally aligned. A controller rotationally aligns images of lens/sensor units that are rotationally misaligned. The camera is enabled to communicate via a wired or via a wireless connection, with a separate, mobile, ultrathin, ultralight, display with a large display screen not smaller than 25 by 20 cm in a first embodiment of the present invention and not smaller than 20 by 15 cm in a second embodiment of the present invention to provide color images including video images in real-time. A compact controllable platform to hold and rotate a device with a lens/sensor unit is also provided.
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1. A method for tracking a moving object with a camera, comprising:
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changing an angular position from a neutral position of a handheld mobile and portable computing device including at least one sensor to determine a change of the angular position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device relative to the neutral position; wirelessly transmitting by the handheld mobile and portable computing device a signal based on the change of the angular position relative to the neutral position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device; receiving by wireless communication circuitry associated with a camera platform the signal based on the change of the angular position relative to the neutral position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device; actuating at least one actuator of the camera platform based on the signal received from the handheld mobile and portable computing device, to rotatably move a device holder holding a computing device including the camera; transmitting by the wireless communication circuitry to the handheld mobile and portable computing device an image of the moving object recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera; displaying the image of the moving object recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera on a screen of the handheld mobile and portable computing device; and changing the angular position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device based on the image recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera that is displayed on the screen to keep the image on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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7. A camera system for tracking a moving object, comprising:
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a handheld mobile and portable computing device, including; a screen, enabled to display an image of the moving object; at least one positional sensor to determine a change in an angular position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device relative to a neutral position; wireless communication circuitry; a mobile and portable camera platform attachable to an object, including; wireless communication circuitry; at least one actuator that is enabled to be controlled wirelessly by the change in the angular position relative to the neutral position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device; a device holder that is enabled to be rotatably moved by the at least one actuator based on the change in angular position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device, the device holder enabled to hold a computing device including a camera; the wireless communication circuitry enabled to transmit to the handheld mobile and portable computing device a video image of the moving object recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera held in the holding device and to be displayed in real-time on the screen of the handheld mobile and portable computing device, wherein the camera system is enabled to track the moving object on the screen by rotatably moving the handheld mobile and portable computing device. - View Dependent Claims (8, 9, 10)
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11. A camera platform to hold and move a camera to track a moving object based on a signal generated by a handheld mobile and portable computing device that contains a screen and one or more sensors to determine a change in an angular position relative to a neutral position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device, the signal being based on the change in the angular position relative to the neutral position of the handheld mobile and portable computing device, comprising:
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communication circuitry associated with the camera platform to wirelessly receive the signal generated by the handheld mobile and portable computing device; at least one actuator that is capable of being activated by the signal received by the communication circuitry associated with the camera platform; a device holder to be rotatably moved by the at least one actuator, the device holder enabled to hold a computing device including the camera; and the communication circuitry associated with the camera platform capable to wirelessly transmit a video image of the moving object recorded by the camera of the computing device including the camera held by the device holder to be displayed on the screen of the handheld mobile and portable computing device, wherein the camera is enabled to track the moving object by angular positioning of the handheld mobile and portable computing device based on the video image displayed on the screen. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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