A High-Accuracy Image Composition System Using a Mobile Robotic Camera

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Publisher: SMPTE — White Plains, NY, USA
Doc Type: Journal Article
Content Type: Original Research
Abbreviated Title: SMPTE Mot. Imag. J
Volume: 117, No. 2, pp. 30–37
Abstract: The use of robotic cameras in program production was originally limited to applications in which it was too difficult or time-consuming for humans to do the job, such as filming from high places outdoors, or for long continuous periods from a fixed location. Developments in the field of robotic technology, as well as the improved availability of high-speed camera platforms and precise sensors have resulted in advanced robotic cameras. Even today, cameras for visual effects1,2 and robotic cameras capable of imaging fast-moving subjects3 are used in broadcast productions. Meanwhile, television program producers continue to look for efficient ways of making their programs more appealing, with limited time, human resources, and budgets. The production of programs using robotic technology allows for the creation of appealing content, however, with the use special camera equipment, an engineer with expert knowledge of such a system and a camera operator experienced in its operation are needed when creating new video effects. To address these problems and to implement a system capable of efficiently capturing a more diverse range of pictures, a mobile robotic camera with a motorized pedestal as well as a motorized camera platform has been developed. All of the motor axes (pan, tilt, zoom, focus, and movement) can be driven simultaneously and accurately; thus it is capable of moving in a similar manner to a real camera operator.4–6
Publication Date: 2008-03-01
DOI: 10.5594/J16001
ISSN: Print: 1545-0279 | Electronic: 2160-2492
Link: https://doi.org/10.5594/J16001
Author(s): Takao TsudaBroadcast Engineering department at NHK.
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Takao Tsuda received a master's degree in electrical engineering from Osaka University in 1996. He researched the robotic camera for ten years in NHK's Science and Technical Research Laboratories. He is currently a video engineer in the Broadcast Engineering department at NHK.
Makoto OkudaHuman and Information Science department of NHK's Science & Technical Research Laboratories in Tokyo.
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Makoto Okuda received a master's degree in electrical and electronics engineering from Kobe University in 2000. He is now working in the Human and Information Science department of NHK's Science & Technical Research Laboratories in Tokyo. His research interests are in the study of intelligent information processing, especially robotic cameras that shoot TV programs automatically.
Kazutoshi MutouHuman and Information Science department of NHK's Science & Technical Research Laboratories in Tokyo.
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Kazutoshi Mutou graduated from Karasuyama Industrial High School in 1980. He works in the Human and Information Science department of NHK's Science & Technical Research Laboratories in Tokyo. Mutou's research interests are in the study of intelligent robotic cameras that automatically create TV programs.
Hitoshi YanagisawaHuman and Information Science department of NHK's Science & Technical Research Laboratories in Tokyo.
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Hitoshi Yanagisawa received a master's degree in science and engineering from Waseda University in 1987. He works in the Human and Information Science department of NHK's Science & Technical Research Laboratories. Yanagisawa's research interests are in the study of intelligent robotic cameras that automatically create TV programs.
Noriyoshi KuboContent Production Engineering Center of the Broadcast Engineering Department at NHK.
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Noriyoshi Kubo graduated from Niihama National College of Technology and joined NHK in 1987. He is now a principal engineer in the Content Production Engineering Center of the Broadcast Engineering Department at NHK.
Yoshikatsu DateContent Production Engineering Center in the Broadcast Engineering department at NHK.
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Yoshikatsu Date joined in NHK in 1987. He is a VFX supervisor in the Content Production Engineering Center in the Broadcast Engineering department at NHK.
Copyright: © 2008 Society of Motion Picture and Television Engineers, Inc.

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