Method and device for controlling motors in the film and broadcast industry
OwnerFlorian Maierinventor
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Abstract
In a method and a device for controlling or regulating motors for movement axes of devices in the film and broadcast sector, at least one motor is controlled via radio or via cable by a control unit of processing unit having at least one control element. An electromechanical element can apply on the control element a force that generates a haptic feedback. This force can be changed dynamically by entered or read-out parameters and can be manually overridden.
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A method for controlling or regulating with control element a motor for movement axes of devices in the film and broadcast sector, the method comprising:
- controlling at least one motor via radio or cable with the control element by
- applying, with an electromechanical element disposed in the control element, a dynamic force to the control element in a negative or positive direction of an axis of the control element which generates a haptic feedback while allowing the user to intervene and to manually override the dynamic force at any time without actively switching, and
- dynamically changing at least one of a strength a duration and a position of the dynamic force, using entered or read-out parameters generated in dependence on a recording object or of a changing state of the recording object or a state of at least one of the devices, the at least one device selected from a motion control device, a swiveling camera head, a camera dolly, a camera crane, and a light control system, wherein the electromechanical element exerts on the control element a force which causes the control element to move automatically to defined points at a defined speed.
A method for controlling or regulating with a control element a motor for movement axes of devices in the film and broadcast sector, comprising:
- controlling at least one motor via radio or cable with the control element by
- applying a force to the control element with an electromechanical element that generates a haptic feedback when a tracked selected recording object that is held in a depth-of-field range or in another defined range threatens to leave the depth-of-field range or the other defined range, and
- dynamically changing at least one of a strength, a duration and a position of the dynamic force using entered or read-out parameters generated in dependence on a recording object or a changing state of the recording object or of a state of at least one device selected from a motion control device, a swiveling camera head, a camera dolly, a camera crane, and a light control system,
- while allowing a user to manually override the dynamic force.
A device for controlling or regulating a motor operatively connected to movement axes of equipment in the film and broadcast sector, said device comprising:
- a processing unit,
- a control unit having a control element connected at least indirectly to the motor via radio or cable, and
- an electromechanical element connected to the control element capable of generating a dynamic force that provides a haptic feedback on the control element in a negative or positive direction of the control element when a tracked selected recording object that is held in a depth-of-field range or in another defined range threatens to leave the depth-of-field range or the other defined range, while allowing the user to intervene and to manually override the automatic movement at any time without actively switching,
- wherein the processing unit dynamically changes the dynamic force using entered or read-out parameters generated in dependence on a recording object or a changing state of the recording object or of a state of the equipment, wherein the equipment comprises at last one device selected from a motion control device, a swiveling camera head, a camera dolly, a camera crane, and a light control system.
A device for controlling or regulating a motor operatively connected to movement axes of equipment in the film and broadcast sector, said device comprising:
- a processing unit,
- a control unit having a control element connected at least indirectly to the motor via radio or cable, and
- an electromechanical element connected to the control element capable of generating a dynamic force that provides a haptic feedback on the control element in a negative or positive direction of the control element and causes the control element to move automatically to defined points at a defined speed, while allowing the user to intervene and to manually override the automatic movement at any time without actively switching,
- wherein the processing unit dynamically changes the dynamic force using entered or read-out parameters generated in dependence on a recording object or a changing state of the recording object or of a state of the equipment, wherein the equipment comprises at last one device selected from a motion control device, a swiveling camera head, a camera dolly, a camera crane, and a light control system.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.