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US 8,015,507 B2Granted
Graphical user interface for a remote operated vehicle
AssigneeH2EYE (International) Limited
InventorsSteve Madsen, Tracy Currer, Graham Michael Pullin
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AssigneeH2EYE (International) Limited
InventorsSteve Madsen, Tracy Currer, Graham Michael Pullin
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A graphical user interface (GUI) for a remote operated vehicle (ROV) with an onboard video camera with pan-and-tilt mechanism. A broad translucent compass bearing icon is arranged horizontally with scrolling compass bearing marks that give the user visual feedback for steering the ROV as well as hard information relating to the bearing. A long translucent depth icon is arranged vertically with depth reading marks that scroll up and down as the ROV moves down and up respectively. A pan-and-tilt icon at the top center of the screen gives user feedback as to the direction in which the ROV camera is pointing relative to the ROV. Status indicator icons and the other icons are inserted and removed by special burn-in and fade-out processes to provide good visibility at the same time as continuity of viewing.
An icon fade-out process for a graphical user interface of a remote operated vehicle for leisure use, comprising:
A computer program product, stored on a computer-readable medium, for implementing an icon fade-out process for a graphical user interface of a remote operated vehicle for leisure use, the product bearing instructions that, responsive to receipt of a command signal to remove an icon presented on real-time video footage from a camera on the remote operated vehicle, progressively decrease opacity of the icon presented on the video footage to change it from a normal representation to a faded representation during further frames of the video footage, wherein the icon is progressively blurred simultaneously with progressively decreasing its opacity.
A controller for a remote operated vehicle for leisure use comprising a graphical user interface operable, responsive to receipt of a command signal to remove an icon presented on real-time video footage from a camera on the remote operated vehicle, to progressively decrease opacity of the icon presented on the video footage to change it from a normal representation to a faded representation during further frames of the video footage, wherein the icon is progressively blurred simultaneously with progressively decreasing its opacity.
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