METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CAMERA CONTROL AND PICTURE COMPOSITION
First Claim
1. An apparatus for capturing video footage of a moving object comprising:
- at least one camera configured to follow the movement of said object,wherein the position of an image of said object, within a camera'"'"'s picture frame, is biasly influenced by at least one biasing means.
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Abstract
The present invention relates to an apparatus for capturing video footage of a moving object, including a plurality of movable cameras controlled by a control means, the control means being in communication with a tag device attached to said object such that at least one of said plurality of cameras tracks the movement of said object, wherein the position of an image of said object, within a respective camera'"'"'s picture frame, is biasly influenced by at least one biasing means. The biasing means, may be a point within the camera'"'"'s picture frame, or a magnetic line traversing at least portion of the camera'"'"'s picture frame, or a target frame within the camera'"'"'s picture frame, or a combination thereof. The present invention takes into consideration complex framing and cinematographic composition that provides footage of a race participant, such as a motor racing vehicle in which jerky footage is undesirable.
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15 Claims
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1. An apparatus for capturing video footage of a moving object comprising:
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at least one camera configured to follow the movement of said object, wherein the position of an image of said object, within a camera'"'"'s picture frame, is biasly influenced by at least one biasing means. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4)
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2. An apparatus for capturing video footage of a moving object comprising:
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a plurality of movable cameras controlled by a control means, the control means being in communication with a tag device attached to said object such that at least one of said plurality of cameras tracks the movement of said object, wherein the position of an image of said object, within a respective camera'"'"'s picture frame, is biasly influenced by at least one biasing means. - View Dependent Claims (5)
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6. A method of tracking at least one object with a video capturing device to obtain video footage of the moving object, the method comprising the steps of:
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controlling at least one camera using a control means to track the movement of object; and moving the camera such that the position of an image of said object within the camera'"'"'s picture frame, is biasly influenced by at least one biasing means. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. An apparatus for capturing video footage of a vehicle crash event, comprising:
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a camera configured to selectively follow the movement of a vehicle to which a tag device is attached, wherein the position of an image of said tagged vehicle within a picture frame is biasly influenced by at least one biasing means, and a control means configured to analyse the movement of a tagged vehicle to anticipate if said vehicle is going to be involved in a future crash event, the control means including a virtual map of the race course and a data source having information relating to expected vehicle race lines, cornering ability and recommended maximum cornering speeds, wherein if said vehicle deviates from the expected race line or has a cornering speed that exceeds the recommended maximum cornering speed, then said camera is controlled to follow and frame the movement of said vehicle.
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