Object tracking and data aggregation in panoramic video

A device, comprising:

• a remote computing device, comprising:
• a processor;
• and
• a memory device that stores instructions executable by the processor to:
• receive fixed panoramic video data of an area produced by a panoramic video camera;
• receive tracking data produced by a plurality of radio frequency tags co-located with objects within the area, wherein the tracking data for each of the objects identifies a location of the object within the area in relation to the location of the panoramic video camera identified based upon tracking data for the panoramic video camera;
• generate a video stream by augmenting the fixed panoramic video data with the tracking data;
• stream a displayable portion of the video stream to at least one remote system;
• receive, from the at least one remote system, selection information, wherein the selection information selects at least one of the objects within the area to follow and wherein the selection information comprises instructions to modify the displayable portion of the video stream based upon the selection information;
• and
• adjust the displayable portion of the video stream viewed at the remote system based upon the selection information, wherein to adjust comprises iteratively adjusting the displayable portion of the video stream to follow the selected at least one of the objects as the selected object moves through the area by centering the selected objected within the displayable portion of the video stream as the object moves through the area using the tracking data associated with the selected object.

A system, comprising:

• more than one panoramic video camera, each producing fixed panoramic video data of an area;
• a plurality of radio frequency tags producing tracking data;
• and
• at least one of the plurality of radio frequency tags co-located with each of the more than one panoramic video camera and producing tracking data for each of more than one the panoramic video camera;
• at least another of the plurality of radio frequency tags co-located with at least one object within the area and producing tracking data for the at least one object;
• a computing device, wherein the computing device receives the panoramic video data from each of the more than one panoramic video camera and further receives the tracking data from the plurality of radio frequency tags;
• the computing device generating a video stream by augmenting the fixed panoramic video data received from at least one of the more than one panoramic video camera with the tracking data, wherein the augmented panoramic video allows following of the at least one object within the area using the tracking data, by at least one remote system;
• the computing device sending the video stream to the at least one remote system;
• the computing device receiving, from the at least one remote system, instructions selecting an object within the video stream to be followed;
• and
• the computing device adjusting, based upon the received instructions, a view being viewed at the at least one remote system, wherein the adjusting comprises modifying a view within the video stream to follow the selected object, wherein the modifying comprises displaying a portion of the video stream by centering the selected object within the view of the video stream as the object moves through the area using the tracking data associated with the selected object.