Patent ID: 7411610

Claim:
A method for generating a presentation of a region-of-interest in an image of a scene comprising the steps of: capturing said image of said scene with a first camera and displaying said image of said scene on a display screen; selecting said region-of-interest within said image of said scene with a cursor and a pointing device; controlling a second camera to capture an image of a region of said scene corresponding to said region-of-interest; inserting said image of said region into said region-of-interest in said image of said scene to generate said presentation; and, displaying said presentation on said display screen; wherein said step of controlling further includes the steps of: displaying a graphical user interface (“GUI”) over said region-of-interest on said display screen, wherein said GUI includes magnify, resize, and move areas; zooming said second camera when said magnify area is selected and repositioned by said pointing device; adjusting said second camera's field of view when said resize area is selected and repositioned by said pointing device; and, panning and/or tilting said second camera when said move area is selected and repositioned by said pointing device; wherein said region-of-interest has a focal region and a shoulder region surrounding said focal region; wherein said resize area includes a first bounding shape surrounding said focal region, said first bounding shape having at least two active areas, said active areas for resizing said focal region by repositioning at least one of said active areas with said pointing device; and, wherein said resize area further includes a second bounding shape surrounding said shoulder region, said second bounding shape having at least two active areas, said active areas for resizing said shoulder region by repositioning at least one of said active areas with said pointing device.