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Video user interface system and method

  • US 9,955,073 B2
  • Filed: 07/19/2013
  • Issued: 04/24/2018
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/12/2003
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A system providing a graphical user interface, the system comprising:

  • a first camera configured to capture fisheye image data using a fisheye lens;

    a buffer configured to receive the fisheye image data corresponding to a monitored area; and

    a processor in communication with the buffer, the processor configured to;

    transform the fisheye image data into panoramic view data corresponding to an undistorted panoramic view of the monitored area using a panoramic transformation process;

    transform the fisheye image data into virtual view data corresponding to a partial view of the panoramic view using a virtual view transformation process different from the panoramic view transformation process;

    encode the panoramic view data and the virtual view data for display in the graphical user interface;

    determine reference data corresponding to an area in the panoramic view represented by a virtual view, the virtual view corresponding to the virtual view data; and

    overlay a reference window over the area in the panoramic view represented by the virtual view based on the reference data.

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