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Drawing trajectory of moving object

asked 2017-01-12 11:02:11 -0600

bloodkid gravatar image

Hi! I have a question about making a trajectory of moving object. It would by easy if camera is attached and can't move, but what about drawing trajectory when camera is following an object? I have to do tilt&pan camera with drawing trajectory of moving object. In tilt&pan the camera is always trying to have an object in center, so i can't draw trajectory by using coordinates. Camera is following an object so i have no idea how to do it. I have got camera attached to 2 servos (X axis and Y axis) and a program to follow an object. How to draw trajectory of an object while camera is moving? Have you any ideas? Please reply. Best regards, Patryk.

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so, question rephrased, might be: "how do i seperate camera & object movement" ?

berak gravatar imageberak ( 2017-01-13 02:23:03 -0600 )edit

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answered 2017-01-12 11:58:38 -0600

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You need to know the field of view (FOV) of the camera; the rest is simple.

Let's say, the vertical FOV is 40° and the horizontal and vertical resolution is 200px. That means an angular resolution of 5 pixels/degree.

The object is at (X=100,Y=110) pixels in moment T, that means 2° below the center. You move the camera 3° downwards in moment T+1, and the object is at (100,105) (1° below the center). That means, you have to draw a line from (100,105) (actual position) to (100,95) (the old position + the 3°movement).

The easiest way to implement this is to add at each iteration the position of the object to a vector, then change every element in the vector by the movement of the camera X angular resolution. Then draw the polyline over the image.

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But when the object is moving constantly? For example as a sinusoid, so the program will see only beginning and the end so will draw straight line. Am I wrong? Can you show me and example of code?

bloodkid gravatar imagebloodkid ( 2017-01-12 12:12:47 -0600 )edit

Even if the object and the camera are moving continuously, you'll only have its position in discrete moments (the acquisition frequency of the camera).

If you want a smoother trajectory, you can draw a Bezier spline instead of a polyline.

kbarni gravatar imagekbarni ( 2017-01-13 03:11:10 -0600 )edit

kbarni can you write an example code? I do not know how to do it.

bloodkid gravatar imagebloodkid ( 2017-01-16 11:29:15 -0600 )edit
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Read the FAQ: Please do not beg for code, instead try some tutorials and tell us what is going wrong.

I'm here to help you, but I don't have time to write code instead of you!

kbarni gravatar imagekbarni ( 2017-01-17 05:01:38 -0600 )edit

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