Visually intelligent camera device with peripheral control outputs
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1. An intelligent camera system, comprising:
- a housing connectable to a peripheral vehicle by a peripheral port;
at least one visual image sensor situated at least partially within the housing and configured to capture at least one visual image;
at least one wireless transceiver configured to;
establish a wireless link to at least one mobile communications device carried by a subject;
andreceive, via the wireless link, position data corresponding to the subject from the mobile communications device;
at least one processor coupled to the at least one visual image sensor and to the wireless transceiver, the processor configured to;
select the at least one subject based on the at least one visual image;
establish a first data link to the peripheral vehicle via the at least one peripheral port;
identify at least one control system of the peripheral vehicle via the first data link;
generate at least one peripheral instruction based on one or more of the at least one visual image and the position data;
andadjust at least one of a location of the peripheral vehicle, a heading of the peripheral vehicle, a velocity of the peripheral vehicle, and an orientation of the peripheral vehicle by forwarding the peripheral instruction to the at least one control system via the first data link;
andat least one memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured to store the at least one visual image.
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Abstract
A system and related method for tracking a moving subject via a ground-based or airborne peripheral device includes plugging an intelligent camera device to the unmanned vehicle, establishing a peripheral link by which the intelligent camera device can assume control of the unmanned vehicle'"'"'s control systems. Based on analysis of images captured by the intelligent camera device, in addition to position data associated with the unmanned vehicle or with the subject, the intelligent camera device may autonomously maneuver the unmanned vehicle to track or follow the subject while maintaining the moving subject in a consistent framing orientation.
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1. An intelligent camera system, comprising:
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a housing connectable to a peripheral vehicle by a peripheral port; at least one visual image sensor situated at least partially within the housing and configured to capture at least one visual image; at least one wireless transceiver configured to; establish a wireless link to at least one mobile communications device carried by a subject; and receive, via the wireless link, position data corresponding to the subject from the mobile communications device; at least one processor coupled to the at least one visual image sensor and to the wireless transceiver, the processor configured to; select the at least one subject based on the at least one visual image; establish a first data link to the peripheral vehicle via the at least one peripheral port; identify at least one control system of the peripheral vehicle via the first data link; generate at least one peripheral instruction based on one or more of the at least one visual image and the position data; and adjust at least one of a location of the peripheral vehicle, a heading of the peripheral vehicle, a velocity of the peripheral vehicle, and an orientation of the peripheral vehicle by forwarding the peripheral instruction to the at least one control system via the first data link; and at least one memory operatively coupled to the at least one processor and configured to store the at least one visual image. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9)
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10. A method for tracking a subject via a peripheral device, the method comprising:
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establishing a first data link by removably attaching an apparatus to the peripheral device, the apparatus including at least one visual image sensor and at least one processor coupled to the at least one visual image sensor; identifying at least one control system of the peripheral device via the at least one processor; configuring the at least one control system to receive at least one peripheral instruction from the at least one processor; capturing at least one first visual image via the at least one visual image sensor; selecting a subject to track based on the at least one first visual image; establishing a wireless link to at least one mobile communication device carried by the subject via a wireless transceiver of the apparatus; receiving position data corresponding to the subject from a position sensor of the mobile communication device via the wireless link; determining, via the at least one processor, at least one of a heading of the subject and a velocity of the subject based on the at least one first visual image and the received position data; generating at least one peripheral instruction via the at least one processor based on at least one of the visual image and the received position data; and adjusting at least one of a location of the peripheral device, a heading of the peripheral device, a velocity of the peripheral device, and an orientation of the peripheral device by forwarding the at least one peripheral instruction to the at least one control system. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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