US 12,316,971 B2
Camera system
Jeff Peel, Decorah, IA (US); Benjamin Stern, Holmen, WI (US); and Eduardo Lorenzo Gracia Elizondo, Cypress, TX (US)
Assigned to MAXVIEW HOLDINGS, LLC, Frankenmuth, MI (US)
Filed by TACTACAM, LLC, Caledonia, MN (US)
Filed on Jan. 19, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/417,031.
Application 18/417,031 is a continuation of application No. 17/699,858, filed on Mar. 21, 2022, granted, now 11,882,362.
Application 17/699,858 is a continuation of application No. 16/366,760, filed on Mar. 27, 2019, granted, now 11,284,007, issued on Mar. 22, 2022.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/648,763, filed on Mar. 27, 2018.
Prior Publication US 2024/0314438 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
This patent is subject to a terminal disclaimer.
Int. Cl. H04N 23/69 (2023.01); G03B 17/56 (2021.01); H04N 5/33 (2023.01); 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)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A system, comprising:
a camera that includes a processor;
a camera mount comprising one or more motors; and
a handheld positioning device separate from the camera and the camera mount;
wherein the handheld positioning device is configured to send target position information to the camera as a user aims the handheld positioning device at a target and tracks the target with the handheld positioning device as the target moves from a first position to a second position; and
wherein the processor of the camera, based on the target position information received from the handheld positioning device, activates the one or more motors such that the camera tracks the target from the first position to the second position and changes 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.