Remote servo-control apparatus for a camera
CA 2285897 A1 · Owner: Schneider, Philippe · Inventors: Schneider, Philippe
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The present invention relates to an apparatus for remotely servo-controlling a camera, in particular of the video camera type, connected to a display screen. The apparatus essentially comprises means for picking up the three-dimensional position of the head and/or the eyes of a user relative to the display screen to determine automatically the position in rotation about two axes that are substantially mutually orthogonal e.g. a, vertical axis and a horizontal axis and to adjust the, focal length of said camera any modification in the, three-dimensional position of the head or the eyes of the user relative to said display screen giving rise automatically and in real time to a similar …
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- Filed October 15, 1999. No grant is recorded for it in Canada; had it been granted, its 20-year term would have ended October 15, 2019.
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