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Autonomous systems and methods for still and moving picture production

  • US 9,848,172 B2
  • Filed: 12/04/2007
  • Issued: 12/19/2017
  • Est. Priority Date: 12/04/2006
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An autonomous picture production system for viewing at least one object among a plurality of tracked objects, comprising:

  • a plurality of location units, each including a wireless transmitter for transmitting a radio-signal attached to tracked objects;

    an object tracking device for triangulating location of the location units based upon the respective radio-signals, to determine location and orientation of each tracked object from at least two location units attached to each tracked object; and

    a camera control device for, based on at least the location and the orientation of one of the tracked objects, selecting one of a plurality of motorized cameras and controlling the one motorized camera to capture a desired view of the one tracked object corresponding to a pre-defined viewing direction relative to the orientation of the one tracked object.

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