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Method for automatically adjusting a videoconferencing system camera to center an object

  • US 5,528,289 A
  • Filed: 01/17/1995
  • Issued: 06/18/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/20/1993
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for adjusting a camera, comprising the steps of:

  • providing a picture;

    providing a pointer at a first location within said picture;

    monitoring an output of a control device for an indication by a user to draw an area of interest, said area of interest defining a vertical dimension and a horizontal dimension;

    drawing said area of interest on said picture in response to said indication;

    monitoring said output of said control device for an indication by said user that said area of interest is completed;

    moving said camera so that said area of interest is centered within said picture;

    selecting a predetermined one of;

    the larger of said vertical and horizontal dimensions, or the smaller of said vertical and horizontal dimensions; and

    zooming said camera so that said predetermined dimension of said area of interest fills at least a predetermined portion of said picture.

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