Patent ID: 8582925

Claim:
A method for displaying and controlling vision system operating parameters comprising the steps of: displaying, on a graphical user interface (GUI) operated by a processor, a plurality of captured images wherein each captured image varies slightly as a result of relative motion within a field of view of a vision system imager; defining a selected image that is one of the plurality of captured images from a window on the graphical GUI; applying an automated locator graphic image to a particular location on the selected image in response to user input of clicking on at least a portion of the selected image; applying one or more automated operating parameters to a desired orientation of the selected image; defining the automated locator graphic image by at least one user definable operating parameter of the one or more automated operating parameters located in a separate control box displayed on the GUI, the at least one user definable operating parameter being in a non-numeric graphical format that includes a scale having a predetermined area and a user-movable setting graphic having a distinct appearance with respect to the scale; and setting the user-movable setting graphic of the locator graphic image in response to the user moving the user-movable setting graphic to a desired level of the operating parameter, the user movable setting graphic located with respect to the predetermined area of the scale.