Generating a Composite Video of an Event Having a Moving Point of Attraction

A method to generate a composite video of a dynamic event having a moving point of attraction, wherein the moving point of attraction is a component of the dynamic event, and wherein the method comprises:

• identifying a physical location of each of one or more cameras;
• generating multiple clusters of the one or more cameras according to the physical location of each of the one or more cameras, wherein each of the multiple clusters occupies a unique physical area;
• identifying which cameras, within each of the multiple clusters, are capturing video images during a predefined first period of time;
• identifying which of the multiple clusters has a greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined first period of time as compared to other clusters from the multiple clusters;
• determining a spatial relationship between a position of each of the multiple clusters and a moving point of attraction of the dynamic event during the predefined first period of time according to a quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined first period of time, wherein a first cluster having the greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined first period of time is deemed to be closer to the moving point of attraction than other clusters from the multiple clusters during the predefined first period of time;
• identifying which cameras, within each of the multiple clusters, are capturing video images during a predefined second period of time;
• identifying which of the multiple clusters has a greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined second period of time;
• determining a spatial relationship between a position of each of the multiple clusters and a moving point of attraction of the dynamic event during the predefined second period of time according to a quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined second period of time, wherein a second cluster having the greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined second period of time is deemed to be closer to the moving point of attraction than other clusters from the multiple clusters during the predefined second period of time;
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• joining captured images from the first cluster during the predefined first period of time to captured images from the second cluster during the predefined second period of time to generate a composite video of the dynamic event having the moving point of attraction.

A computer program product for generating a composite video of a dynamic event having a moving point of attraction, wherein the moving point of attraction is a component of the dynamic event, wherein the computer program product comprises a computer readable storage medium having program code embodied therewith, wherein the computer readable storage medium is not a transitory signal per se, and wherein the program code is readable and executable by a processor to perform a method comprising:

• identifying a physical location of each of one or more cameras;
• generating multiple clusters of the one or more cameras according to the physical location of each of the one or more cameras, wherein each of the multiple clusters occupies a unique physical area;
• identifying which cameras, within each of the multiple clusters, are capturing video images during a predefined first period of time;
• identifying which of the multiple clusters has a greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined first period of time as compared to other clusters from the multiple clusters;
• determining a spatial relationship between a position of each of the multiple clusters and a moving point of attraction of the dynamic event during the predefined first period of time according to a quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined first period of time, wherein a first cluster having the greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined first period of time is deemed to be closer to the moving point of attraction than other clusters from the multiple clusters during the predefined first period of time;
• identifying which cameras, within each of the multiple clusters, are capturing video images during a predefined second period of time;
• identifying which of the multiple clusters has a greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined second period of time;
• determining a spatial relationship between a position of each of the multiple clusters and a moving point of attraction of the dynamic event during the predefined second period of time according to a quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined second period of time, wherein a second cluster having the greatest quantity of cameras that are capturing video images during the predefined second period of time is deemed to be closer to the moving point of attraction than other clusters from the multiple clusters during the predefined second period of time;
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• joining captured images from the first cluster during the predefined first period of time to captured images from the second cluster during the predefined second period of time to generate a composite video of the dynamic event having the moving point of attraction.