Techniques for improving the quality of images captured by a remote sensing overhead platform such as a satellite. Sensor shifting is employed in an open-loop fashion to compensate for relative motion of the remote sensing overhead platform to the Earth. Control signals are generated for the sensor shift mechanism by an orbital motion compensation calculation that uses the predicted ephemeris (including orbit dynamics) and image geometry (overhead platform to target). Optionally, the calculation may use attitude and rate errors that are determined from on-board sensors.

A first imaging unit according to the present embodiment acquires a wide angle image. A second imaging unit according to the present embodiment captures a part of a capturing range of the first imaging unit and comprises a drive mechanism capable of changing a capturing direction. A control unit controls a frequency of acquiring the wide angle image based on at least one of a state of the second imaging unit and information included in a detail image captured by the second imaging unit.

A first camera and a second camera are installed in a facility. An analyzing apparatus detects the same person from a first captured image generated by the first camera and a second captured image generated by the second camera. The analyzing apparatus computes a movement time which is required for the detected person to move between a captured area of the first camera and a captured area of the second camera. The analyzing apparatus determines an attributed of the person using at least one of the first captured image and the second captured image. The analyzing apparatus acquires a reference value corresponding to the determined attribute, compares the computed movement time with the acquired reference value, and outputs output information based on a result of the comparison.

A moving object imaging device is provided in which an optical axis of a camera is changed by a plurality of movable mirrors having different sizes, and which not only improves image quality but also maintains tracking performance. The invention is directed to a moving object imaging device for tracking and imaging a moving object crossing an approximately horizontal direction, including: a camera configured to capture an image of the moving object sequentially reflected by a plurality of movable mirrors; a mirror movable in a gravity direction configured to define a gravity direction of the captured image of the camera as a scanning direction; a first motor configured to change an angle of the mirror movable in the gravity direction; a mirror movable in a left-and-right direction configured to define a left-and-right direction of the captured image of the camera as a scanning direction; a second motor configured to change an angle of the mirror movable in the left-and-right direction; and a controller configured to control the camera, the first motor, and the second motor, the camera capturing the image of the moving object that is sequentially reflected by the mirror movable in the gravity direction and the mirror movable in the left-and-right direction.

A camera for facilitating autonomous picture production includes an imager for capturing an image stream, a signal processor for processing the image stream into a plurality of image data paths, at least one image stream output, and a memory for cyclically buffering images of at least two of the plurality of image data paths, into separate circular buffers, respectively, and for buffering one or more output image streams of the camera. A camera for facilitating autonomous picture production produces a standard resolution and rate image stream and a slow-motion image stream of an action of interest.

An autonomous picture production system for automatically capturing an image of a location within a spectator seating area of a stadium upon request of a spectator includes one or more motorized cameras, an external interaction device for receiving an external request from the spectator, a camera control device for determining an optimal camera from the one or more motorized cameras for capturing the image, the camera control device controlling the optimal camera to capture the image, and a database for storing the image, wherein the external interaction device informs the spectator how to retrieve the image from the database.

A camera for facilitating autonomous picture production includes an imager for capturing an image stream, a signal processor for processing the image stream into a plurality of image data paths, at least one image stream output, and a memory for cyclically buffering images of at least two of the plurality of image data paths, into separate circular buffers, respectively, and for buffering one or more output image streams of the camera. A camera for facilitating autonomous picture production produces a standard resolution and rate image stream and a slow-motion image stream of an action of interest.

The present invention relates to a method for readjusting a parallactic or azimuthal mounting, comprising a device which is intended for positioning and moving a telescope with a camera and can be aligned and readjusted by means of at least one image sensor and an electromotorized controller, characterized in that the image sensor acts as a main recording sensor of the camera and at the same time as an alignment sensor and readjustment control sensor, wherein before and after a main image is taken at least one control image is taken with a shorter exposure time and these control images are compared with one another, or at least a main image itself acts as a control image and is compared with at least one previous main image, or a short-exposed control image is compared with the main image itself and the correction values for the readjustment of the mounting are determined by the image offset and the time difference of the images taken. The method is the prerequisite for easy, error-free operation of an astronomical mounting for the purpose of long-exposure astronomical photography.

Automatic tracking by a camera of an object such as on-air talent appearing in a television show commences by first determining whether the object lies within the camera field of view matches a reference object. If so, tracking of the object then occurs to maintain the object in fixed relationship to a pre-set location in the camera's field of view, provided the designated object has moved more than a threshold distance from the pre-set location.

Disclosed is a method, including, but not limited to, receiving at least one panoramic video including a panoramic space having at least one object; receiving an environmental map, wherein the environmental map comprises an association of the at least one real object to at least one virtual object; augmenting, using the environmental map, the panoramic video, wherein the augmenting includes: rendering a plurality of real objects contained within the panoramic space; and embedding metadata associated with the virtual object into the panoramic video. Other aspects are described and claimed.