Camera system automatically keeps fast-moving subjects centered in the shot
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A diagram of the 1ms Auto Pan-Tilt system
A table tennis game, and the 1ms Auto Pan-Tilt system's shot of the ball
A diagram of the Saccade mirror setup used in the 1ms Auto Pan-Tilt system
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A friend of mine who works in television once told me how he was shooting a hockey game, and was impressed with his uncanny ability to keep the puck centered in the shot at all times ... it turns out that the “puck” he was following was actually a speck of dirt on his viewfinder. A new system from the University of Tokyo, however, can automatically follow moving objects such as pucks with amazing accuracy.
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