Patent ID: 8872944

Claim:
A method of centering an object in the field of view of a camera during zooming, the method comprising: setting a camera zoom to a first magnification factor to configure the camera to have a first field of view; positioning the camera to have an object in a first position in the first field of view; capturing a first image with the camera at the first magnification factor; setting the camera zoom to a second magnification factor to configure the camera to have a second field of view with the second magnification factor being greater than the first magnification factor; capturing a second image with the camera at the second magnification factor; digitally altering a portion of the first image to create a third image with a magnification factor equivalent to the second magnification factor; comparing the third image with the second image to determine an offset of the object from the first position of the object to the position of the object in the third image; and adjusting the camera to be centered to an optical center of the camera during zooming based on the determined offset.