Patent attributes
The apparatus and methods for providing automatic and focused camera view over objects in motion. Camera view stream from a camera system is displayed on a user's mobile device. The invented system recognizes and highlights candidate objects in the camera view. After a user selects one or multiple candidate objects as the target object for view following, the system continuously computes the position and motion of the target object and it controls the camera orientation motion such that the aimpoint of the camera system follows the target object closely and at substantially the same velocity. The system also controls the camera zoom to achieve a reference object presentation ratio during view following. Meanwhile, the camera view stream is transferred to connected mobile devices and display devices. The camera view stream can also be recorded in video file for playback review and for video sharing through internet.
