Television – Object tracking
Reexamination Certificate
2005-11-21
2011-12-27
Poon, King (Department: 2625)
Television
Object tracking
C348S155000, C348S154000, C348S143000
Reexamination Certificate
active
08085302
ABSTRACT:
A combined digital and mechanical tracking system and process for generating a video using a single digital video camera that tracks a person or object of interest moving in a scene is presented. This generally involves operating the camera at a higher resolution than is needed for the application, and cropping a sub-region out of the image captured that is output as the output video. The person or object being tracked is at least partially contained within the cropped sub-region. As the person or object moves within the field of view of the camera, the location of the cropped sub-region is also moved so as to keep the subject of interest within its boundaries. When the subject of interest moves to the boundary of the FOV of the camera, the camera is mechanically panned to keep the person or object inside its FOV.
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He Li-wei
Rui Yong
Zhang Cha
Lyon Richard T.
Lyon & Harr LLP
Microsoft Corporation
Poon King
Washington Jamares Q
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