A low latency zoom tracking shooting system for high-speed flying objects

Abstract

A zoom-tracking system for capturing images of fast-moving flying objects was developed synchronizing a low-latency wide-angle high-speed camera with a zoom camera with a high-speed pan/tilt mechanism. When a target is lost within the angle of the zoom camera, it can be simultaneously tracked again once the target is captured within the angle of view of the wide-angle camera. The effectiveness of this system was demonstrated by shooting a bird drone in real time to tradict with video stabilization even when threre is occlusion with a obstade. And we also confirmed that offline image stabilization can be used for blur-free shooting.