Patent ID: 7184093

Claim:
A method for establishing a pan and scan pixel coordinate (P) that defines an image capture window useful for formatting an image having a first aspect ratio to yield an image having a second aspect ratio, comprising the steps of: examining an incoming image frame by examining video, audio and image data associated with the image frame to ascertain a location therein of most pertinent activity; and establishing the pan and scan pixel coordinate in accordance with the location in the incoming image frame of the most pertinent activity in accordance with a predetermined combination of the video, audio and image data wherein the pan and scan pixel coordinate (P) is determined from the video, audio, and image data in accordance with the relationship: P=X 1 *F ( V )+ X 2 *F ( A )+ X 3 *F ( D ) where X1=weighting factor assigned to the video data (0<X1<1); X2=weighting factor assigned to the audio data (0<X2<1); X3=weighting factor assigned to the image data (0<X3<1); F(V)=coordinate predicted using video data; F(A)=coordinate predicted using audio data; F(D)=coordinate predicted using image data; with X1+X2+X3=1.