Patent ID: 8115814
Filing Date: 2012-02-14
Classification: G08B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A mobile tracking system for tracking a mobile by cooperation of multiple cameras, in which each camera comprises: an autonomic photographic device which photographs and recognizes the mobile object; a position deriving device which derives a position of the camera; an obtaining device which obtains moving direction information of the mobile object; a communication device which transmits an identifier of the camera, position information of the camera, and moving direction information of the mobile object to another camera and receives an identifier of the another camera, position information of the another camera, and moving direction information of the mobile object from the another camera; a judgment device which judges whether the camera moves based on the information obtained by the camera and the information from the another camera; and a changing device configured to change a translational position of the camera so that the camera can photograph a moving mobile object, when the judgment device judges that the camera moves, wherein the changing device comprises: a setting device which sets a destination to which the respective camera moves so that the camera can photograph the moving mobile object based on the position information of the camera and the moving direction information when the judgment device judges that the camera moves; and a moving device which moves the camera to the set destination upon the setting device setting the set destination.