US 12,205,328 B2
System for tracking camera and control method thereof
Hsing-Hung Chen, Taoyuan (TW); and Hsu-Feng Lee, Taoyuan (TW)
Assigned to HTC Corporation, Taoyuan (TW)
Filed by HTC Corporation, Taoyuan (TW)
Filed on Jun. 22, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/808,109.
Claims priority of provisional application 63/226,184, filed on Jul. 28, 2021.
Prior Publication US 2023/0031480 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. G06T 7/80 (2017.01); G06T 7/70 (2017.01)
CPC G06T 7/80 (2017.01) [G06T 7/70 (2017.01); G06T 2207/30208 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A control method, comprising:
capturing at least one image involving a calibration chart by a camera, wherein a first trackable device is physically attached to the camera, a second trackable device is physically attached to the calibration chart;
tracking the first trackable device and the second trackable device by a tracking station, to generate a first rotation-translation matrix, between the first trackable device and the tracking station, and a second rotation-translation matrix, between the second trackable device and the tracking station;
generating a third rotation-translation matrix, between a camera coordinate system of the camera and the calibration chart according to the calibration chart appeared in the at least one image; and
calculating a fourth rotation-translation matrix, between the camera coordinate system and the first trackable device, according to the first rotation-translation matrix, the second rotation-translation matrix and the third rotation-translation matrix, wherein the fourth rotation-translation matrix is utilized to track the camera.