TRACKING ERROR DETECTOR

Abstract

INVESTIGATIONS WERE MADE OF CLOSED CIRCUIT TELEVISION TRACKING SYSTEMS. A tracking error detector was developed as a method of automatically tracking a moving object by optical means. An automatic system of this sort permits automatic recording of tracking data in numerical form, suitable for rapid data processing in standard digital computing equipment. The equipment produces a tracking rectangle which follows the target as long as it remains within the field of view of the television camera. It also supplies dc voltages proportional to the distance from the center of the rectangle to the center of the screen, to be used to drive a tracking mount which continually corrects the pointing of the television camera. (Author)

Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Sep 01, 1961
Accession Number
AD0272345

Entities

People

  • Gerald O. Olson

Organizations

  • Denver Research Institute

Tags

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Automatic
  • Cameras
  • Closed Circuit Television
  • Data Processing
  • Detectors
  • Optical Tracking
  • Processing Equipment
  • Standards
  • Television Cameras

Fields of Study

  • Physics

Readers

  • Computer Science/Computer Engineering/Data Science/Digital Signal Processing.
  • Electrical Engineering
  • Radar Systems Engineering.