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Automatic pan/tilt pointing device, luminaire follow-spot, and 6DOF 3D position/orientation calculation information

  • US 20020176603A1
  • Filed: 05/24/2002
  • Published: 11/28/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 05/24/2001
  • Status: Abandoned Application
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1. A system for tracking an object of interest and controlling a pointing device capable of pan/tilt movement at the object of interest, said system comprising:

  • an emitter module coupled to the object of interest, said emitter module being adapted to emit a pulsed light output;

    an imaging module, said imaging module being coupled to the pointing device, said imaging module including an image acquisition component, said image acquisition component being responsive to the pulsed light output of said emitter module for acquiring images of said pulsed light output;

    an image processing module, said image processing module including a controller for processing the images acquired by said imaging module, and said controller further including a component for generating control signals derived from said acquired images for controlling the pan and tilt movement of the pointing device to track the object of interest.

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