Patent ID: 8200078
Filing Date: 2012-06-12
Classification: F16M,G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for controlling the motion of a camera using a computer and a control screen, comprising: (1) displaying an image from the camera on the control screen; (2) in response to the selection of an initial point on the control screen by a user using a pointing device, designating the initial point as a center of motion control; and (3) in response to the user moving the pointing device from the initial point to a second point on the control screen; (a) displaying on the control screen a dynamic vector line between the initial point and the second point; and (b) moving the camera from an initial position to a second position, wherein the distance from the initial point to the second point on the control screen determines the speed at which the camera moves from the initial position to the second position and wherein the direction from the initial point to the second point on the control screen determines the direction in which the camera moves; and (c) slowing the camera movement as the pointing device is moved from the second point back to the initial point.