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US 6,437,819 B1Granted
Automated video person tracking system
OwnerRohan Christopher Lovelandinventor
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An automated system for controlling multiple pan/tilt/zoom video cameras in such a way as to allow a person to be initially designated and tracked thereafter as he/she moves through the various camera fields of view. Tracking is initiated either by manual selection of the designated person on the system monitor (82) through the usage of a pointing device (83), or by automated selection of the designated person using software. The computation of the motion control signal is performed on a computer (81) through software using information derived from the cameras connected to the system, and is configured in such a way as to allow the system to pass tracking control from one camera to the next, as the designated person moves from one region to another. The system self-configuration is accomplished by the user's performance of a specific procedure involving the movement and tracking of a marker throughout the facility.
A system for automated tracking of persons with pan/tilt/zoom cameras, comprising:
A method for producing camera motion control signals from a computer system in such a manner as to keep a designated person tracked in the view of a camera as that designated person moves about, comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.