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Technique for automatically tracking an object in a defined tracking window by a camera based on identification of an object

  • US 10,489,917 B2
  • Filed: 06/29/2017
  • Issued: 11/26/2019
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/14/2008
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system for automatically tracking an object in an image during production of a television program, the system comprising:

  • a camera configured to capture the image for the production of the television program;

    a tracking window setting module configured to define a tracking window in a field of view of the camera, such that the system will not track objects in the image that are outside the defined tracking window;

    an object identifier configured to identify at least one object in the defined tracking window that matches at least one reference object;

    a tracking location setting module configured to define a preset location in the field of view of the camera for the identified and tracked at least one object; and

    an object tracker configured to automatically track the identified at least one object when the camera captures the image to maintain the identified and tracked at least one object in a fixed relationship relative to the defined preset location in the field of view of the camera.

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