Methods and computer-readable medium for navigating between a plurality of discrete images

• US 6,975,748 B2
• Filed: 08/13/2004
• Issued: 12/13/2005
• Est. Priority Date: 01/25/2003
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Mostert Group
• Original Assignee: The Mostert Group
• Inventors: Jaynes, Christopher O., Webb, Stephen B., Mostert, Paul S., Seales, William B., Steele, R. Matt
• Primary Examiner(s): Miriam, Daniel
• Application Number:
  US10/918,821
• Publication Number:
  US 20050018880A1
• Time in Patent Office: 487 Days
• Field of Search: 382/103, 382/107, 382/305, 382/311, 382/312, 348/155, 348/157, 348/169, 358/403
• US Class Current: 382/103
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/04855 Interaction with scrollbars
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2200/24 involving graphical user interfaces [GUIs]
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30221 Sports video; Sports image
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 2207/30241 Trajectory
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 7/20 Analysis of motion motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51

Abstract

In a computer system, methods and computer-readable medium are disclosed for tracking motion of a subject in an activity captured by camera. The camera supplies pluralities of discrete images of the subject to a computing system environment. An event window, displayed on a monitor, has at least two cells for receiving a user input pertaining to an action of the subject in the activity. In a first of the two cells, the user indicates a specific image number corresponding to one of the plurality of discrete images and an estimate of a fractional percent thereof. In the second cell, the user indicates another specific image number and estimate of a fractional percentage thereof. Software calculates a delta between the specific image numbers and their corresponding estimated fractions. Scroll and position bars provide user-aid for navigating between discrete images. Example subjects include horses in a horse race activity while an action includes a horse stride length.

Claims

1. In a computer system, a method for navigating between a plurality of discrete images, comprising:

receiving a plurality of discrete images from a camera having captured a subject in an activity;

providing an image window for displaying at least one of said plurality of discrete images;

providing a graphic window having at least one plot of a motion tracking curve of said subject in said activity versus a range of specific image numbers;

setting an optional field corresponding to a desired number in said range of specific image numbers;

on a scroll bar, indicating a user selection between a slide and a directional adjustment arrow of the scroll bar; and

one of advancing and retarding a display of said image window by a number of said plurality of discrete images corresponding exactly to said desired number.

2. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for performing the steps of claim 1.

3. In a computer system, a method for navigating between a plurality of discrete images, comprising:

receiving a plurality of discrete images from a camera having captured a subject in an activity;

providing an image window for displaying at least one of said plurality of discrete images;

on a scroll bar, indicating a user selection between a slide and a directional adjustment arrow of the scroll bar;

setting a range of specific image numbers viewable by said scroll bar; and

providing a graphic window showing at least one plot of a motion tracking curve versus said range of specific image numbers.

4. The method of claim 3, further including providing first and second flags for said setting said range of said specific numbers viewable by said scroll bar.

5. The method of claim 4, further including hooking and dragging said first flag to an upper specific image number and hooking and dragging said second flag to a lower specific image number.

6. The method of claim 3, further including providing said graphic window with a position bar indicating a specific image number in said range of specific numbers.

7. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for performing the steps of claim 3.

8. In a computer system, a method for navigating between a plurality of discrete images, comprising:

receiving a plurality of discrete images from a camera having captured a subject in an activity;

providing an image window for displaying at least one of said plurality of discrete images;

providing a graphic window having at least one plot of a motion tracking curve of said subject versus a range of specific image numbers and a position bar indicating a specific image number in said range corresponding to said at least one of said plurality of discrete images;

one of (i) hooking and dragging said position bar to another position in said graphic window corresponding to another specific image number; and

(ii) pointing and clicking a pointing device at another position in said graphic window corresponding to another specific image number; and

thereafter, displaying an image corresponding to said another specific image number.

9. A computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for performing the steps of claim 8.

10. In a computing system environment having access to a plurality of discrete images obtained from a camera having captured a subject in an activity, a computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for performing steps comprising:

causing a display of at least one of said plurality of discrete images in an image window;

causing a display of a graphic window having a plot of a motion tracking curve of said subject in said activity versus a range of specific image numbers corresponding to said plurality of discrete images;

receiving a first user input indicative of setting an optional field corresponding to a desired number of specific image numbers in said range;

causing the display of a scroll bar in association with said image window, said scroll bar having a first and second directional adjustment arrow and a slide;

receiving a second user input indicative of a user selection between said slide and one of said first and second directional adjustment arrows; and

thereafter, causing another display of another of said plurality of discrete images in said image window, the another of said plurality of discrete images associated with said at least one of said plurality of discrete images advanced or retarded by said desired number.

11. In a computing system environment having access to a plurality of discrete images obtained from a camera having captured a subject in an activity, a computer-readable medium having computer executable instructions stored thereon for performing steps comprising:

causing a display of at least one of said plurality of discrete images in an image window;

causing the display of a graphic window having at least one plot of a motion tracking curve of said subject versus a range of specific image numbers and a position bar indicating a specific image number in said range corresponding to said at least one of said plurality of discrete images;

receiving a user input of either (i) hooking and dragging said position bar to another position in said graphic window corresponding to another specific image umber; and

(ii) pointing and clicking a pointing device at another position in said graphic window corresponding to another specific image number; and

thereafter, causing the display of an image corresponding to said another specific image number.