Patent ID: 6525746
Filing Date: 2003-02-25
Classification: G06F,G11B,H04N

Abstract:
A method for interactively processing a video sequence on a system having a display, a pointing device, and a processor, the method comprising the steps of:displaying a video frame in a first display window; displaying an enlarged portion of the video frame in a second display window, the second display window active concurrently with the first display window; moving the pointing device, wherein a cursor corresponding to a location of the pointing device is concurrently displayed and tracked in both the first display window and the second display window; automatically scrolling the second display window to maintain the cursor within a viewing area; selecting a semantically meaningful video object portion of an image by using the pointing device to identify a boundary along the selected semantically meaningful video object within the video frame wherein an outline of the boundary is displayed at least temporarily and wherein the boundary distinguishes a semantically meaningful portion from a background around said semantically meaningful portion; and displaying the video object in the first display window in a manner which distinguishes the video object from a remaining portion of the video frame.