Camera tracking system

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1996-06-10

1999-03-30

Britton, Howard W.

Television

Special applications

Object or scene measurement

348169, 348722, 702153, H04N 718

Patent

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058895507

ABSTRACT:
A camera tracking system determines the three dimensional (3D) location and orientation of the film plane of a camera providing live recording of a subject, thereby defining a 3D coordinate system of the live action scene into which animated objects or characters may be automatically mapped with proper scale and 3D visual object by a computer animation system.

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Thesis, Diploma & Sjoberg, Magnus, "Different Calibration Methods for a CCD Camera Based 3D Motion Analysis System--Implementation, Testing and Comparison", Goteborg, May 1993, pp. 1-44.

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