264 results about "Close-up" patented technology

A close up tracking and monitoring method of video movement object based on linkage structure of double camera shooting heads includes using a overall view monitor camera shooting head to carry out identification on object in monitoring region to confirm position and direction as well as movement speed of object, sending object information to close up tracking camera shooting head with direction being controlled by rotary table after tracking object is locked out, obtaining more information of locked object by utilizing close up tracking camera shooting head to display close up picture of locked object.

The invention provides a video monitoring system, which comprises a first image pick-up system, a second image pick-up system and a control system. The first image pick-up system comprises one or more cameras for shooting a wide-angle video within a large-scene vision field; the second image pick-up system comprises one or more pan / tilt / zoom (PTZ) cameras for shooting a local video within the large-scene vision field; and the control system comprises an image acquisition module, a foreground extraction module and a coordinate conversion module. The image acquisition module is used for receiving the wide-angle video shot by the first image pick-up system; the foreground extraction module is used for extracting a target of interest from the wide-angle video; and the coordinate conversion module is used for converting a two-dimensional coordinate (x, y) of the projection of an arbitrary point shot by the first image pick-up system in the large-scene vision field on an image plane of the wide-angle video shot by the first image pick-up system into a vertical altitude angle theta and a horizontal azimuth angle phi when one selected PTZ camera in the second image pick-up system is aligned with the arbitrary point in a picture center by a coordinate conversion mechanism, wherein the coordinate conversion mechanism is established by at least three arbitrary points selected randomly in the large-scene vision field.

The invention relates to a video monitoring device and a tracking and recording method based on a linkage camera. The monitoring device comprises a linkage camera device and a computer, wherein the linkage camera comprises a first camera arranged on a first movement control platform and a second camera arranged on a second movement control platform, and the second movement control platform is fixedly connected with the first camera to follow the first camera to synchronously move; and the computer is connected with the two cameras through a data communication interface and the two movement control platforms, controls the first camera to track and position a target entering a monitored area, controls the second camera to align the target and to capture the close-up details of the tracked target, and achieves video monitoring and intelligent recording of the target. The device not only can track and record a movement process of the target in the monitored area and the close-up details of the target, but also can normally work on a mobile carrier, track and record the target which enters the monitored area and keeps stationary for a long time, save memory space and reduce hardware cost.

The present invention intends to provide a classification apparatus for broadcasted sport videos for classifying various scenes constituting a sport video, depending on the importance level without being limited to any particular sport video by using visual and audio features. A sport video classification processing portion determines and classifies a play scene, a close-up shot and the like using an audio and a color feature extracted from motion picture data. Because the determination of the most frequent color can be changed adaptively for each inputted sport video, it is not necessary to determine any particular color to the most frequent color previously.

This invention is related to a remote and digital data transmission system and satellite location from mobile or fixed terminals with urban surveillance cameras for facial recognition, detector of gunshots, data collection of public security personnel and missing or kidnapped individuals, city alarms and vehicles control collecting traffic violations and detection of stolen vehicles, all modules communicated to a command center comprising the combination of a close-up camera placed on a post or structure, camera by means of which a photograph is taken, said photograph is sent to the command center (2) by means of a data link providing the photograph (3), in real time, said photograph is sent to a global module (4) which transmits it to a security filter (5) for its analysis and once the information is confirmed it sends it back to the module (4), and from here it is sent to the individuals identification module (6), and it edits the photograph or card with all data (7) with an arrangement of a series of microphones (8) coupled to a structure and an electronic switchboard (9), said arrangements enable the recognition of sound signatures such as gunshots in different noise intensities, and said command center acts as an information CPU to register the payment of fines by means of automatic traffic violations and different public services addressed to the corresponding individuals by means of a control system of sole identity with capacity in addition for application of payments.

A system for capturing and retrieving a collection of video image data captures video image data from a live scene with still cameras and PTZ cameras, and automatically detects an object of interest entering or moving in the live scene. The system automatically controls the PTZ camera to enable close-up real time video capture of the object of interest. The system automatically tracks the object of interest in the captured video image data and analyses features of the object of interest.

The invention discloses a double video camera interactive intelligent tracking teaching system. The double video camera interactive intelligent tracking teaching system comprises an image collecting module, a video camera control module, a user interface interaction module, a thread interaction module, a teacher tracking module, a student testing module and a student tracking module. During the teaching process, a control main engine obtains images which are photographed by teachers and students in real time through a dual image acquisition card. A tracing algorithm and a detecting algorithm based on an image processing technique are used for calculating the results and choosing appropriate control strategies. Mutual change among signals are reasonably arranged, functions of the live video camera including swaying, pitching, zooming and focusing can be rapidly, flexibly and accurately achieved. Teachers are capable of locating a proper position in the shooting picture, and functions like teachers' automatic tracing and positioning, students' video mapping and offering a close-up view while questioning testing and writing on the blackboard are achieved. In the end, the automatic intelligent tracing teaching system of tracing the external disturbance, no specific behavior limits and shooting without specially-assigned person on guard is achieved.

The invention discloses a video identification-based detection apparatus and a method thereof of vehicles against regulations. The detection system comprises an upper supervisor, a control and transmission device, an infrared ray panoramic camera and a high speed close-up camera. The control and transmission device includes a video acquisition and conversion module, a rule arrangement module, a vehicle detection module, a peccancy analysis module, a camera control module, and a data wireless transmission module. According to the detection method, an image identification technology and a videotracking technology are applied, so that a problem of multi-target detection on vehicles against regulations is effectively solved and misjudgment on normal lane changing behaviors can be avoided; moreover, vehicles against regulations can be detected on the night condition and the condition of bad weather, wherein the vehicles are at the far distance. According to the invention, utilized equipment is perfect and the employed technology is mature; detection efficiency is high; detection cost is substantially reduced; and an efficiency and an intelligent level of traffic management are improved.

The present invention provides a fixed bayonet electron police shoot device, including a CCD close-up vidicon, a panoramic camera, an embedded industrial personal computer, a topomorph floor sensing detector, a L type fixing support, a speed detecting radar for police; the floor sensing coil couples the coil signal in the topomorph floor sensing detector; the topomorph floor sensing detector analyzes the coil sensing signal changes and informs the embedded industrial personal computer by signal; the detecting radar for police real-time detects the vehicle speed, and informs the speed to the embedded industrial personal computer; the embedded industrial personal computer controls the detecting radar for police and detects the speed of the vehicle, when overspeed signal is present, and the vehicle detector acquires processed signal, the embedded industrial personal computer controls CCD close-up vidicon to collect close-up picture, and controls the panoramic camera to collect panoramic picture. The invention greatly improves detecting ratio of the violation of laws of the overspeed vehicle, and processing real-time violation of laws detection, real-time shoot to the bayonet vehicle, no laborer required.

Devices and methods may be used for close-up imaging, such as positioning devices and methods configured to position an object to be photographed at a particular distance from an onboard camera of a mobile electronic device, and / or light-modifying devices and methods configured to generate, direct or redirect, attenuate, filter, diffuse, diminish and / or otherwise modify light that will be impinging on the object to be photographed and / or that will reflect from the object to be photographed onto the onboard camera of the mobile electronic device.

The prevention of counterfeiting labels for various products is addressed by introducing counterfeit-proof labels having an optically concealed, invisible universal product code.The label is printed on a high-resolution micro optic photo chromogenic material. The color bars of the code are optically split and compressed in high resolution image elements and arranged at the pre-calculated optical blind angles in relation to the optical center of the lenticule and the viewing distance of the label, and due to the optical effect of the micro lenticule, the complete color product code is not visible when viewing at a normal viewing distance.The camera of a mobile phone photographs the label at a close-up distance, with the lens of the camera regrouping the split image elements of all the color bars to reconstruct the product code that will be displayed on the screen of the mobile phone. The consumer can match the printed reference code on the label or the product with the product code displayed on the screen for visual identification, or the color photo of the universal product code can be sent by the mobile phone installed with a related software to an Anti-counterfeiting Control Center for computer matching and verification and the consumer will be advised of the result in a matter of seconds.

An automatic ball tracking camera for taking video images of a ball game includes a two-stage video camera unit including two sets of camera modules arranged on top of each other, each camera module including a video camera, a zoom lens, and a pan-tilt pod. A video switcher selects one video camera as output and an image processor analyzes an video image currently in use for output and determines whether a ball position moves out from a preset area defined on that video image. A controller determines a target viewing direction to recapture the ball within the preset area in a close-up mode, adjusts the video camera currently not in use for output to achieve the target viewing direction, and switches the output to the video camera adjusted when determined that the ball position moves out from the preset area.

A motor controlled rail assembly is provided which simplifies and automates the process of taking focus-stacked pictures. This device can be used to incrementally move a camera or other photographic device a programmable distance forward or backward in precise steps relative to an external object to facilitate focus-stacked photography. The device may include a motor-driven macro rail assembly, a controller assembly and a camera, which, generally speaking, are configured as follows: a camera is attached to a macro rail carriage which is driven by the motor and controller. The device may have different modes of operation (an automatic step mode, an automatic distance mode, a total distance mode, a distance per step mode, a continuous mode and a manual mode) to yield improved results in different situations.

The invention provides a method for classifying sports video based on a key frame of a main scene lens. The method only adopts the main scene to perform sports classification rather than classification by frames of the whole video to represent the sports video so as to effectively reduce the calculation amount of video classification. The method comprises the following steps that: firstly, the video is automatically divided into a plurality of fragments according to the lens, key frames of all the fragments are classified into a plurality of types including long shot, medium shot and close-up after subjected to adaptive threshold cluster based on graph theory, wherein the medium shot type is used as the main scene lens of the sports video, main scene information of the sports video, namely the medium shot, can be automatically and effectively extracted without depending on any prior information in the process; multiple interferences (such as judges, close-up of spectators, broadcasting effects, advertisement and other lens) in the sports video are removed; and finally, the key frame of the main scene lens is classified by an SVM classifier. The method has high accuracy for classifying the sports video.

The invention discloses intelligent three-dimensional (3D) video camera equipment based on an all-around vision sensor. The intelligent 3D video camera equipment comprises the all-around vision sensor, a group of 3D video camera devices consisting of two high-resolution cameras, and a computer by which a cameraman clicks a 3D video close-up image to be shot on a panoramic image displayed on a display by using a mouse and which can automatically control a focusing direction and regulate a shooting direction, a shooting angle and a 3D depth of the 3D video camera devices, wherein the all-around vision sensor is connected with the 3D video camera devices through a supporting rod; the all-around vision sensor is fixed on the upper part of the supporting rod; the 3D video camera devices are fixed in the middle of the supporting rod; the central shaft of the all-around vision sensor is overlapped with the central shafts of the 3D video camera devices; the all-around vision sensor is connected with the computer; and the two high-resolution cameras of the 3D video camera devices are connected with the computer through an image acquisition unit. The focal length, the shooting direction, the shooting angle and the 3D depth consistency of the intelligent 3D video camera equipment are convenient to regulate; the intelligent 3D video camera equipment is convenient to operate and has higher shooting quality.

Disclosed is an automatic shooting parameter adjusting system of a three dimensional (3D) camera device. Hardware of the system comprises a 3D panorama three-dimensional photographic device, the 3D camera device and a computer, the system is composed of four integrated omnibearing photographic devices with the same imaging parameters, the 3D panorama three-dimensional photographic device provides information of various shooting parameters such as a shooting angle alpha R, an azimuth angle phi R, a horizontal opening angle theta, a focal length f1 and an aperture value F for the 3D three-dimensional camera device, and movements of an electrical motor such as horizontal rotating, vertical rotating, focusing and adjusting of the horizontal opening angle and the 3D depth of the 3D three-dimensional photographic device are controlled automatically based on parameter values and a PELCO-D control protocol, so that a three-dimensional projection device can display an overall 3D panorama video image and a 3D video image and can be used for browsing local close-up, a high-quality 3D panorama and a 3D video image can be shot without aid of three-dimensional photographic professionals, and the system can be widely applied to various application fields such as great sports event, artistic performance, animation and films and games.

The present invention overcomes deficiencies of existing line-calling devices by leveraging a single fixed-location camera to identify object state conditions that resolve object-tracking problems that otherwise require multi-camera or moving-camera solutions. Though described in the context of an automated tennis line-calling device, the invention is equally applicable to other object-tracking problems that can be resolved by identifying object state conditions without employing moving or multiple cameras. The tennis line-calling device is attached to (or at least located in proximity to) the net post of a tennis court, thereby enabling a “close-up” view of both static (court lines) and moving (ball, players, etc.) objects. In one embodiment, integration of a video camera system with line-calling functionality provides additional benefits, including attachment of a single turnkey device to any tennis net post so as to provide automated line-calling functionality without the need for any external video cameras or processing functionality.

An improved cinematographic system and method for multiple compositing, within a virtual studio, of an image frame or image sequence of a real / action image of an action sequence of a puppet, with another image frame or image sequence of a real / action image of the same or another puppet, within a given virtual studio space. This system and method have application to the compositing of a master camera angle image and a close-up image of the same puppet character; and, to the compositing of a master camera angle image of one action puppet character with a second image from another camera angle of another puppet action character, so as to provide an interactive image sequence of each of the characters of each image within the same image frame.

A multi-resolution foveated laparoscope (MRFL) addresses a number of the clinical limitations described in the background section. The MRFL technology can (1) simultaneously obtain both wide-angle- and high-magnification images of a surgical area in real-time in a single, fully integrated scope, (2) yield ultra-high spatial resolution which is over 3 times better than a standard laparoscope (SL) at a close-up working distance, (3) automatically scan and engage the high-magnification imaging probe to any sub-region of the surgical field through region-of-interest (ROI) tracking capabilities, (4) vary the optical magnification of the high-resolution imaging probe without the need of physically advancing or withdrawing the scope, (5) maintain a low-length profile, optimized for operating at a long working distance (WD), providing both superb spatial awareness and high-magnification views simultaneously. It allows the scope to be secured to the camera port with reduced conflicts with other surgical instruments in single port access procedures (SPA).

The invention relates to an intelligent panoramic monitoring and hotspot close-up monitoring system and method. The intelligent panoramic monitoring and hotspot close-up monitoring system comprises a panoramic photographing module, a video infusion module, a video storage and display module, a video hotspot detection module, a hotspot information processing module and a close-up photographing module. The panoramic photographing module conducts panoramic monitoring photographing on scenes to generate a panoramic monitoring video. The video infusion module infuses the panoramic monitoring video and a close-up monitoring video to generate an infused monitoring video; the video storage and display module stores and displays the infused monitoring video. The video hotspot detection module conducts hotspot detection on the panoramic monitoring video to generate a hotspot coordinate signal and a serial number signal. The hotspot information processing module generates a rotating angle signal and a zoom signal. The close-up photographing module conducts rotation and zoom, and close-up monitoring is conducted on local hotspots. Compared with the prior art, by means of the system and method, panoramic monitoring can be achieved, hotspot close-up photographing can be achieved as well, the hotspots can be accurately detected through a mode identification method, the monitoring video is clear, and the storage capacity is small.

The invention provides an imaging device, display control method, and program for enabling the user to instinctively confirm all the selectable setting values used as setting for imaging and the operation to select a target set value. Each time a toggle button is pressed down, an image (51) indicating a ''macro mode'' (set value) which is one of close-up imaging modes, an image (52) indicating a ''magnifier mode'' (set value), and an image (53) indicating OFF (set value) of a close-up imaging mode are sequentially displayed in order of attention each time the toggle button is pressed down. An outline arrow indicating the order of attention is also shown each time the toggle button is pressed down between two of the images (51 to 53). When the user presses down the toggle button once, the positions of all the images are changed. With this the image given attention is changed. The present invention can be applied to a device having an imaging function.

The invention relates to an application of a close-up view in a VR environment and display method and device. The method comprises the following steps: adding a shooting position of the close-up view in a live site, compressing and encoding the spliced VR panoramic video signal and a close-up view signal at the same time, and then living and publishing; a remote receiving server decoding two paths of live contents, rendering and synthesizing with the previously introduced 3D large-size screen, and then playing through a dedicated VR player. Besides the all-directional panoramic video picture at 360 DEG on site, the live content watched by an experiencer further comprises the virtually embedded close-up view, the detail picture at the importation region is captured, the site immersion is guaranteed, and the comprehensive experience of the VR live is promoted.

Disclosed herein is an object image capture apparatus. The object image capture apparatus includes a first camera unit, a second camera unit, and a control unit. The first camera unit obtains a wide-area view image by capturing a wide-area view region. The second camera unit obtains a close-up view image by capturing the close-up view region of the wide-area view region. The control unit controls the second camera unit by dividing the wide-area view image into a plurality of blocks, analyzing the resulting blocks, and defining a target block, in which a moving object is detected, as a close-up view region from among the plurality of blocks.

A method and apparatus for providing multi-resolution video to multiple users under hybrid human and automatic control. Initial environment and close-up images are captured using a first camera and a PTZ camera. The initial images are then stored in memory. Current environment and close-up images are captured and the an estimated difference between the initial and current images and the true image is determined. The estimated differences are weighted and compared and the stored images are updated. A close-up image is then provided to each user of the system. The close-up camera is then directed to a portion of the environment image having high distortion, and current environment and close-up images are captured again.

The invention discloses a method for controlling a camera lens based on pattern recognition. The method for controlling the camera lens based on the pattern recognition is applied to education field. The method for controlling the camera lens comprises the following steps that images are captured, wherein a panoramic picture of each student is captured through a camera and the panoramic picture is input to a monitor; (2) speaker standing actions are detected, wherein when a student rises to speak, the position of the speaker is detected by a detection module according to the standing action of the speaker; (3) a camera pan-tilt rotates to a relative position and camera focal length is calculated; (4) the camera is rotate and the focal length is adjusted, and the camera is made to aim at the speaker so that closeup shoot is conducted on the speaker. The method for controlling the camera lens based on the pattern recognition eliminates tedious presetting position setting, directly recognizes the position where the student stands through the standing action of a moving image, directly controls operation of the camera head according to the recognized position, achieves closeup when the student speaks, and greatly reduces early workload of setting of the presetting position.

The invention relates to method for adjusting the display effect of a video device according to the position of the viewer and the video device. The method for adjusting the display effect of a video device according to the position of the viewer pre-builds complex in front of video device and the relative position and not far from the same close-up view of the regional coordinate data coordinates of the location of the viewing area table in the video device, receiving a remote control and remote control signals, respectively, and measured the distance between the remote control by the device according to the second video from the distance between the sensor as well as the measured distance with the remote control, get the remote control where the coordinates of the location of the viewing area by the coordinates of the location of the table to find the coordinates of the location of their viewing area, and regional settings should be viewing the video display device at least one parameter, the output of video devices audio and video signals for the coordinates of the location of their viewing area showed a better effect.

In one embodiment, the present invention is a t-commerce platform, which is linked to the content from a video signal that the user is currently watching. At some point during the broadcast of the content, a close-up of the product is shown. Simultaneous with this, a VBI-based trigger is added to the video signal of the broadcast. This trigger causes the television, a set-top box, or a similar device to capture in a memory, a “freeze-frame” of the image being shown. This action is transparent to the user while the video being displayed on the television is continuing normally. If the user chooses to perform an interactive “buy” transaction the saved image data is used as part of the interactive screen display.

A technique by which whole and close-up high-quality moving pictures can be easily photographed, recorded and reproduced. An imaging unit picks up an image at a higher resolution than a resolution of pixels for moving picture recording. An image processing unit converts the resolution of an original image obtained by picking up the image into a whole image of the pixels for moving picture recording, while generating a partial image of the pixels for moving picture recording from a part of the original image. A whole moving picture comprising the whole images and a partial moving picture composed of the partial images are recorded in association with each other.