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US 6,618,075 B2Granted
Amusement ride camera system for shooting pictures
AssigneeSony Corporation
InventorSeijiro Tomita
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Abstract
A moving object detecting sensor and a speed sensor for measuring the running speed of a moving object are provided, and a shooting timing is decided based on the outputs of these detecting sensor and speed sensor. Thus, since the shooting timing is decided considering the speed of the moving object, even if the speed of the moving object changes, it can be prevented that the center of camera angle deviates from a predetermined shooting position.
Claims6
A moving object picture shooting system comprising:
- a shooting means for shooting a picture of a passenger in a moving object disposed at a desired shooting position of said moving object along a running path of said moving object;
- a moving object detecting sensor disposed along said running path to detect the approaching side of said moving object;
- a speed sensor for measuring a running speed of said moving object;
- a timing control means for deciding on a transit time of said moving object for shooting a picture based on outputs of said detecting sensor and speed sensor,
- wherein said transit time is determined from a distance between said moving object detecting sensor that detects a front part of said moving object and a center of a field of view of a camera angle of a video camera;
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- a field selecting means for selecting a respective field from among a first field and a second field in a frame signal which is generated within said video camera,
- wherein said timing control means controls the operation timing of a shutter and a strobe on the basis of a vertically synchronized pulse signal generated in accordance with at least field information set by said field selecting means.
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