US 11,882,362 B2
Camera system
Jeff Peel, Decorah, IA (US); Benjamin Stern, Holmen, WI (US); and Eduardo Lorenzo Gracia Elizondo, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to TACTACAM LLC, Caledonia, MN (US)
Filed by TACTACAM, LLC, Caledonia, MN (US)
Filed on Mar. 21, 2022, as Appl. No. 17/699,858.
Application 17/699,858 is a continuation of application No. 16/366,760, filed on Mar. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,284,007.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,763, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2022/0210333 A1, Jun. 30, 2022
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/69 (2023.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)
CPC H04N 23/69 (2023.01) [G03B 17/56 (2013.01); H04N 5/33 (2013.01); H04N 23/56 (2023.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a camera that includes a processor and a sensor;
a positioning device comprising an electromagnetic source configured to emit a beam of electromagnetic radiation in an aim direction and adjust the aim direction of the beam such that the beam remains aimed at a target as the target moves from a first position to a second position;
wherein the positioning device is configured to send target position information to the camera;
wherein the sensor is configured to sense electromagnetic radiation of the beam reflected or scattered by the target as the target moves from the first position to the second position and provide the processor with information indicative of the sensed electromagnetic radiation; and
wherein the processor, based on a comparison of the information indicative of the sensed electromagnetic radiation and the target position information, causes the camera to track the target from the first position to the second position and adjust one or more of a focus, a zoom, and an angle of a field of view of the camera to account for movement of the target as the target moves from the first position to the second position.