Patent ID: 7173666

Claim:
A method of displaying a portion of a captured non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene, comprising: generating a non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene with a non-standard aspect ratio digital imager; displaying, using electronic panning, an electronic panned portion of the non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene using a standard-aspect ratio monitor by sequentially displaying a plurality of panned portions of the non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene at a frame rate to electronically pan across the non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene, wherein the frame rate is determined automatically or manually; detecting motion in the generated non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene; and displaying, in response to the detection of motion in the generated non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene, a motion responsive portion of the non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene using the standard aspect ratio monitor, the motion responsive portion of the non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene corresponding to a window of the generated non-standard aspect ratio imaged scene having motion detected therein.