US PATENT SUBCLASS 348 / 169
OBJECT TRACKING


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169OBJECT TRACKING {2}
170  DF  .~> Using tracking gate {1}
172  DF  .~> Centroidal tracking


DEFINITION

Classification: 348/169

OBJECT TRACKING:

(under the class definition) Subject matter wherein signals representative of the position of a moving object projected onto a picture signal generator viewing surface are utilized to control the generator (optically, electrically, or by reorientation) to maintain the object in the field of view of the generator.

(1) Note. Electrical control of the generator involves control of the sweep system as an example.

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208, for image stabilization.

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235, Registers,

411+, for means to determine the position of an object in ordnance control systems and not employing a particular sighting means. 250, Radiant Energy,

203.1+, for systems utilizing a photocell to follow a point.

342, Communications: Directive Radio Wave Systems and Devices (e.g., Radar, Radio Navigation),

75+, wherein the position of the object determines antenna orientation.