Predictive camera control for tracking an object in motion
AssigneeTopgolf Sweden AB
InventorsLudvig Wilhelm Jansson, Daniel Forsgren
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Abstract
Methods, systems, and apparatus, including medium-encoded computer program products, for tracking an object in motion includes, in at least one aspect, a method including: detecting a launch of a ball based on initial data obtained by one or more sensors, sending initial control signals that begin changing at least one of pan, tilt, or zoom for a camera based on a predicted future position of the ball, determining a trajectory of the ball in three-dimensional space based on additional data obtained by the one or more sensors after the launch, and sending additional control signals that control each of the pan, tilt, and zoom for the camera based on an expected future position of the ball along the trajectory.
Claims39
A method comprising:
- predicting future positions of a ball based on data from one or more sensors;
- and
- controlling a camera based on the predicted future positions of the ball, including using initial control signals upon launch of the ball and using additional control signals upon determination of a trajectory for the ball using the data from the one or more sensors, such that the camera stays on or ahead of the ball in flight along the trajectory.
A system comprising:
- a camera configured to produce video image data;
- one or more sensors;
- and
- one or more data processing apparatus communicatively coupled with the camera and the one or more sensors, the one or more data processing apparatus being configured to
- predict future positions of a ball based on data from the one or more sensors, and
- control the camera based on the predicted future positions of the ball, including using initial control signals upon launch of the ball and using additional control signals upon determination of a trajectory for the ball using the data from the one or more sensors, such that the camera stays on or ahead of the ball in flight along the trajectory.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.