Patent ID: 6685366
Filing Date: 2004-02-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A camera positioning system for positioning a camera with an adjustable field of view, which camera positioning system minimizes the inclusion of a bounding area within said field of view, said bounding area having a bounding edge,said camera having a line of sight and an angle of view, said line of sight and angle of view defining said camera's field of view, said field of view having a definable perimeter having at least one perimeter edge, said camera positioning system comprising: means for adjusting said camera's angle of view, means for adjusting said camera's line of sight, said camera's line of sight being limited at a predetermined stop, and means for determining said predetermined stop, said predetermined stop being determined in dependence upon said angle of view, such that at said predetermined stop, said perimeter edge of said field of view coincides with said bounding edge within said field of view.