Method and a Device For Remotely Controlling an On-Board Camera in a Mobile Station

A device for controlling, from a remote station, a camera on board a mobile station transmitting to the remote station images including at least one target object to be located in a zone explored by the camera, the device comprising:

• means for estimating the period of latency L between the despatch of a command from the mobile station, and the execution of the command by the said mobile station;
• wherein the mobile station comprises:
• means for comparing a position of the target object in a first image acquired by the camera at an instant T-L with the position of the object in at least a second image acquired after the first image,
• means for predictive calculation, wherein the means for predictive calculation is configured to determine, in real time, a predicted trajectory of the target object in the second image,
• means for controlling, in real time, the on-board camera to the target object in the predicted trajectory.

A computer program product recorded on a non-transitory recording medium and including instructions to control, when it is executed on a computer, a camera on board a mobile station from a remote station, where the mobile station transmits to the remote station images including at least one target object to be located in a zone explored by the camera,

• the computer program product comprising:
• a first executable module in the remote station comprising:
• computer-readable instructions causing the first executable module to estimate the period of latency L between the despatch of a command from the mobile station and the execution of the command by the mobile station,
• computer-readable instructions causing the first executable module to determine the movement from one image to another of the fixed objects and of the mobile objects in order to facilitate the designation of the target object,
• a second executable module in the mobile station including:
• computer-readable instructions causing the second executable module to compare a position of the target object in a first image acquired by the camera at an instant T-L with the position of the object in at least a second image acquired after the first image,
• computer-readable instructions causing the second executable module to determine in real time a predicted trajectory of the target object in the second image, and
• computer-readable instructions causing the second executable module to control, in real time, the on-board camera to track the target object in the predicted trajectory.