Patent ID: 6593962
Filing Date: 2003-07-15
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for setting up and adjusting computer controlled video camera equipment used to take a picture of a person that will be positioned before a colored backdrop in front of the camera, the backdrop having left and right borders of one color and a known width, and a central area of another color and a known width, the camera having a tilt mechanism for pointing said camera vertically and having zoom, focus and brightness adjustments that may be adjusted responsive to signals from a computer, said method comprising the steps of:locating the position of the borders and using that information and the known width of the central area of the backdrop to locate the vertical center of the backdrop; taking a picture of a person in front of the backdrop; and horizontally centering the image of the person in the picture by adding and subtracting the another color to either side of the image of the person to substantially have an equal amount of the another color on the left and right side of the image of said person in the picture.