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US 2006/0066723 A1Published application
Mobile tracking system, camera and photographing method
AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihiko Iwase, Masaaki Imaizumi
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AssigneeCanon Kabushiki Kaisha
InventorsYoshihiko Iwase, Masaaki Imaizumi
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The invention is to track and to photograph an object mobile over a wide range, by a cooperative operation of multi-camera. The invention provides a mobile tracking system for tracking a mobile by a cooperation of multi-camera, in which each camera includes photographing means which photographs and recognizes a mobile, changing means which changes a view angle of the photographing means, position deriving means which derives a position of the self camera, distance deriving means which derives a distance between the self autonomic camera and the mobile, and communication means which transmits an identifier of the self camera, a position of the self camera, a moving direction of the mobile and a distance between the self autonomic camera and the mobile to another camera and receives an identifier of the other camera, a position of the other camera, a moving direction of the mobile and a distance between the other camera and the mobile from the other camera.
A mobile tracking system for tracking a mobile by a cooperation of multi-camera, in which each camera comprises:
A camera comprising:
A photographing method comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.