Patent ID: 9615006
Date: 2017-04-04
CPC Classifications: B60R,G08B,H04N

Claim:
1. A system, comprising: a fixed mount camera subsystem comprising a camera, a first target position finder, and a camera positioner, the first target position finder being configured to determine at least a heading and a range from the fixed mount camera subsystem to a first target being imaged by the camera; a portable imaging/viewing subsystem configured to be manually pointed to a chosen direction by a user to image and/or view a second target, the portable imaging/viewing subsystem comprising a second target position finder configured to determine at least a heading and a range from the portable imaging/viewing subsystem to the second target being imaged/viewed; a controller configured to determine a position of the first target based at least on the heading and the range to the first target from the fixed mount camera subsystem and to determine a position of the second target based at least on the heading and the range to the second target from the portable imaging/viewing subsystem, wherein the controller is implemented in the portable imaging/viewing subsystem, the fixed mount camera subsystem, a remote computer system, or any combination thereof; wherein the fixed mount camera subsystem further comprises a first communication interface configured to receive, over a wired or wireless communication link, a first signal representing the position of the second target determined by the controller or the heading and the range to the second target from the portable imaging/viewing subsystem determined by the second target position finder; wherein the fixed mount camera subsystem is configured to aim the camera using the camera positioner toward the second target in response to the determined position of the second target; and wherein the portable imaging/viewing subsystem further comprises: