Patent ID: 9008487
Filing Date: 2015-04-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method comprising: performing an action at a near location to specify an angular range of motion of a video camera platform and a number of divisions within the angular range of motion; performing an action at the near location which causes at least one spatial bookmark, each comprising a spatial bearing parameter, corresponding to a real-time video image captured by the video-camera platform at a remote location, to be stored in a computer-readable memory, the video-camera platform having a controllable line-of-sight (LOS), wherein the at least one spatial bookmark is automatically created by the video-camera platform based on a scan of the specified angular range of motion and the specified number of divisions to provide a spatial bookmark for each of the divisions; performing an action at the near location that designates to a computer an image displayed on a screen, wherein the image is representative of the real-time video image, thereby causing the computer to retrieve one of the at least one spatial bookmark from the computer-readable memory; and performing an action causing the computer to aim the video-camera platform along a LOS corresponding to the one of the at least one spatial bookmark, wherein the video-camera platform captures a real-time video image that is received at a screen for display at the near location.