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Introduction
This document describes the categorization of tracking systems based on the type of data they provide.
We provide detailed, customized documentation for each of the 3 types detailed below.
NOTE: To learn more about supported tracking systems, please refer to the following document:
Tracking Systems
PTZ
PTZ cameras are compact cameras with built-in zoom lenses and built-in encoders.
They can report rotation, zoom, and focus data.
They can not report position data.
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PTZ Tracking Systems
PTZ Cameras
Camera Tracking Systems
Camera tracking systems are also known as 6DoF tracking systems. 6DoF is derived from 6 Degree-of-Freedom. These are the 3 positions (X, Y, Z axes) and 3 rotations (rX, rY, rZ) data the tracking system can provide.
They can not report zoom and focus data.
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Camera Tracking Systems
Camera Tracking Systems with Lens Encoders
This configuration contains a camera tracking system completed with one or more lens encoders. Encoders are used to get position data from lens rings, such as zoom, focus, and/or iris data. Most lenses and cameras do not provide these data by themselves, so encoders are needed to generate and transfer them. The encoder transforms the movement of the lens rings into numeric values and provides these numeric values to Aximmetry.
They can report position, rotation, zoom, and focus data.
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Camera Tracking Systems Completed with Lens Encoders
NOTE: As described above, lens encoders can even be used to report iris data, though this is an extremely rare use case for them.
NOTE: Some camera systems (camera body and camera lens) can also provide lens data (zoom and focus) by using their built-in servo engines/encoders.
