Inventors:
Samuel F. Haffey - New York NY
Jad Nehme - New York NY
Kathleen Cunningham - New York NY
Assignee:
Sony Corporation
Sony Electronics Inc. - Park Ridge NJ
International Classification:
G06K 948
US Classification:
382298, 382299, 382295, 345660, 345661, 348561
Abstract:
A method for transforming a video file provided to a computer into an object in a zooming universe established in such computer, which zooming object may be enlarged and panned by manipulation by a user via a computer input device. At the time a video file is opened in a video player library on such a computer, a zooming engine is enabled on the computer and a zooming universe is enabled therefrom. Frames of the video file being played on the computer video player library are copied to a video object in the zooming universe and displayed there. By manipulation of the parameters of the bounding box enclosing the zooming video object, through use of a computer input device, the user is able to scale and pan the video image in the zooming universe display up (or down) to a desired viewing size and perspective.