Visual tracking system and method
Assignee3D Stage Tracker Limited
InventorLiam Feeney
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Abstract
The present invention is directed to a user-operated spotlight system and method for lighting a performer on a stage or performance space; the user-operated spotlight system comprising a screen which displays an image of the stage and a cursor, a screen cursor positioner adapted to be operated to move the cursor on the screen, a processor connected to the screen, and, a plurality of controllable spotlights which are connected to the processor and which plurality of controllable spotlights can be moved by a user moving the cursor on the screen. The advantage of providing such a user-operated spotlight system is that a single user can operate a plurality of spotlights.
Claims1
A spotlight system for tracking a performer in a performance space, comprising:
- a pointing device operable to move a cursor displayed on a display system;
- and
- a controller configured to:
- cause the display system to display an image of the performance space provided by one or more cameras;
- move one or more controllable spotlights or at least one camera in correspondence with movement of the pointing device or movement of the cursor displayed on the display system;
- and
- calibrate the spotlight system by linking one or more cursor positions on the image of the performance space with one or more corresponding physical locations on the performance space.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.