METHODS AND APPARATUS FOR OPERATING A VIDEO CAMERA ASSEMBLY
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1. A video camera assembly comprising:
- a pan mechanism rotatable about a pan axis;
a video camera mounted on said pan mechanism such that said video camera is rotatable about the pan axis; and
a controller communicatively coupled to said pan mechanism and said video camera, said controller configured to;
control the rotation of said video camera about the pan axis at a predetermined speed;
acquire a plurality of images from said video camera at a predetermined rate; and
display the acquired images panoramically.
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Abstract
Method and apparatus for a video camera assembly are provided. The video camera assembly includes a pan mechanism rotatable about a pan axis, a video camera mounted on the pan mechanism such that the video camera is rotatable about the pan axis, and a controller communicatively coupled to the pan mechanism and the video camera. The controller is configured to control the rotation of the video camera about the pan axis at a predetermined speed, acquire a plurality of images from the video camera at a predetermined rate, and display the acquired images panoramically.
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1. A video camera assembly comprising:
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a pan mechanism rotatable about a pan axis; a video camera mounted on said pan mechanism such that said video camera is rotatable about the pan axis; and a controller communicatively coupled to said pan mechanism and said video camera, said controller configured to; control the rotation of said video camera about the pan axis at a predetermined speed; acquire a plurality of images from said video camera at a predetermined rate; and display the acquired images panoramically. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A method of operating a video camera assembly that includes a video camera and a pan mechanism, the pan mechanism configured to rotate the video camera about a pan axis, said method comprising:
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rotating the video camera about the pan axis; acquiring a plurality of images from the video camera during the rotation wherein the plurality of images includes an overlapping field of view; and outputting a panoramic view of the acquired images. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A video system comprising:
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a video camera assembly including a video camera and at least one of a pan mechanism, a tilt mechanism, and a zoom for defining a field of view of the camera; and a controller communicatively coupled to said video camera assembly, said controller is configured to; rotate the video camera continuously about the pan axis at a substantially constant rotational speed during a first mode of operation; acquire a plurality of sequential images from the video camera during the rotation wherein the plurality of images includes a field of view that each overlaps a field of view of sequentially adjacent ones of the plurality of images; output the acquired images in a panoramic view; and update the images in the panoramic view each n rotations, where n is a whole number. - View Dependent Claims (17, 18, 19, 20)
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