Autonomous systems and methods for still and moving picture production
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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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Abstract
Systems and methods facilitate autonomous image capture and/or picture production. A location unit is attached to each tracked object. An object tracking device receives location information from each location unit. A camera control device controls, based upon the location information, at least one motorized camera to capture image data of at least one tracked object.
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1. An autonomous picture production system for viewing at least one object among a plurality of tracked objects, comprising:
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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. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40)
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41. A process for autonomous picture production for viewing at least one object among a plurality of tracked objects, comprising:
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based upon radio-signals received from each of at least two location units attached to the one object, determining a location of each location unit; determining location and orientation of the one object based upon the locations of the at least two location units; and controlling a camera to capture a desired view of one of the tracked objects based on the location and orientation of the one tracked object, such that the view corresponds to a pre-defined viewing direction relative to the orientation of the one tracked object. - View Dependent Claims (42, 43, 44)
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45. An autonomous picture production system, comprising:
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at least two radio-signal based location units configured to be attached to a tracked object; an object tracking device for periodically (a) determining a location of each radio-signal based location unit and (b) determining, from the location of each radio-signal based location unit, an orientation of the tracked object; and a camera control device for, upon recognition of a trace performed by one of the location units and based upon orientation of the tracked object, selecting and controlling one of a plurality of cameras to capture a desired view, of the tracked object, that corresponds to a pre-defined viewing direction relative to the orientation of the tracked object. - View Dependent Claims (46)
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