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Automatic video recording system using wide-and narrow-field cameras

  • US 20020005902A1
  • Filed: 06/01/2001
  • Published: 01/17/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/02/2000
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. Apparatus for automatically video recording an event incorporating a moving target, comprising:

  • a master video camera having a wide-angle field of view including the target as it moves from place to place during the event;

    a slave camera including pan/tilt and zoom capabilities and a field of view narrower than that of the master video camera; and

    a programmed computer interfaced to the master camera and to the slave camera, the computer being operative to perform the following functions;

    a) determine the position of the target in accordance with the output of the master camera; and

    b) cause the slave camera to follow the target and a scene immediately surrounding the target using the pan/tilt and zoom capabilities based upon the output of the master camera.

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