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System and method for tracking an object with multiple cameras

  • US 6,972,787 B1
  • Filed: 06/28/2002
  • Issued: 12/06/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 06/28/2002
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A system for automatically selecting a video signal for transmission, the system comprising:

  • a first camera, sensitive to invisible light, that captures a first video signal depicting the object, the first video signal having visible and invisible components;

    a second camera that captures a second video signal having a visible component; and

    a command module that uses the invisible component to determine a status of a triggering condition, wherein the command module switches between transmission of at least a subset of the visible component of the first video signal and transmission of at least a subset of the visible component of the second video signal in response to satisfaction of the triggering condition.

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