Patent ID: 6856935

Claim:
A camera tracking system for a virtual television or video studio for determining the position and/or orientation of a recording camera, comprising: at least three emitter devices for emitting electromagnetic radiation, the emitter devices being adapted to be mechanically coupled with the recording camera; at least two detector devices for detecting the position of the emitter devices based upon the electromagnetic radiation emitted by the emitter devices, each detector device being adapted to detect plurality of emitter devices; a computer unit for calculating detected values based on an evaluation of the electromagnetic radiation detected by the detector devices and emitted by the emitter devices ;and a gyroscope adapted to be coupled to the emitter devices and supplying measured values pertaining to an orientation of the emitter devices, the gyroscope being connected to the computer unit, the computer unit processing the measured values from the gyroscope and the detected values for the determination of the position and/or the orientation of the emitter devices.