Patent ID: 8836730

Claim:
A method comprising: receiving information associated with a field of view of a robotic device, wherein the robotic device is in motion; determining a distance of the robotic device to an object in the field of view of the robotic device, wherein the distance changes over time as the robotic device is in motion; determining a speed of movement of the robotic device; generating a display of the field of view of the robotic device; as the distance to the object in the field of view decreases in the field of view, determining a modified display of the field of view of the robotic device that includes a zoomed-in view of the object based on the distance to the object in the field of view and further based on the speed of movement of the robotic device; and as the distance to the object in the field of view increases in the field of view, determining a modified display of the field of view of the robotic device that includes a zoomed-out view of the object based on the distance to the object in the field of view and further based on the speed of movement of the robotic device, wherein an amount of zoom of the object is inversely proportional to the distance, such that as the distance decreases the zoom increases, and as the distance increases the zoom decreases.