A method includes one or more processors of a payload releasably coupled to a carrier detecting a deviation of a target from an expected target position within an image captured by an image sensor of the payload, and generating one or more control signals for the carrier based at least in part on the detected deviation of the target. The one or more control signals cause the carrier to change a pose of the payload so as to reduce the detected deviation in a subsequent image captured by the image sensor.

A method and system including a camera adapted to capture frame image data, an orientation detector adapted to sense an orientation of the camera relative to an inertial frame of reference, a GPS receiver adapted to generate location data indicative of a velocity vector of the system relative to the inertial frame of reference, and a processor adapted to: upon receiving a frame image data, identify reference objects in the frame image data, calculate an orientation of the camera relative to the velocity vector based on a displacement of the reference object between at least two frames, predict an orientation of the camera relative to the velocity vector based on the sensed orientation by the detector, calculate a correction for the sensed orientation by comparing the calculated orientation to the predicted orientation, and upon receiving a sensed orientation, use the orientation correction for calculating a corrected orientation.

Disclosed is a target tracking method, applicable to an electronic device, the electronic device being provided with a camera and an ultra wideband module, the method comprising: determining, by the ultra wideband module, first relative position information of a tracked target with respect to the electronic device; determining, by the camera, second relative position information of the tracked target with respect to the electronic device; determining third relative position information of the tracked target with respect to the electronic device on the basis of the first relative position information and the second relative position information; and controlling, on the basis of the third relative position information, the electronic device to track the movement of the target. The present invention realizes the technical effect of improving stability and robustness of a target tracking method. Also disclosed are a target tracking apparatus and a storage medium.

An object detection device of an object detection system includes an object detection determination unit including a bird candidate determination unit for determining, from an image acquired by imaging a moving object, whether or not the moving object is a specific detection subject (bird in this case), and a bird type/attitude estimation unit for estimating, based on a contour of the moving object determined to be the bird by the bird candidate determination unit and a WFM library storing contour shape information, which is a contour prepared for each of types of the specific detection subject (types of the bird in this case), a type of the moving object out of the types of the specific detection subject.

Methods and systems for real-time object tracking and data aggregation in panoramic video are disclosed. An example system provides a panoramic video camera that produces panoramic video data of an area; a plurality of radio frequency tags producing tracking data; and at least one of the radio frequency tags being co-located with the panoramic video camera, producing tracking data for the panoramic video camera; at least another of the radio frequency tags being co-located with at least one object within the area, producing tracking data for the at least one object; a computing device, wherein the computing device receives the panoramic video data and further receives the tracking data from the plurality of radio frequency tags; the computing device generating a video stream by augmenting the panoramic video data with the tracking data; the computing device sending the video stream to at least one remote system. Other methods and systems are disclosed.

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.

Among other things, one or more techniques and/or systems are disclosed for rendering imagery that compensates for parallax. Image data may comprise a sequence of images of a location, collected at known intervals (e.g., distances), such as along a path. The image data can comprise a first layer comprising a first depth, and a second layer comprising a second depth, that is different from the first depth. The image data can be composed into resulting imagery, where the first layer is composed at the first depth and the second layer is composed at the second depth. The resulting imagery can be rendered to compensate for, or rather make use of, parallax, such that the first layer is rendered at a first movement speed, based at least upon the first depth, and the second layer is rendered at a second movement speed, based at least upon the second depth.

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.

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.