Recording images together with link information
First Claim
1. Image signal apparatus for providing a composite signal comprising an image signal together with a link information signal providing additional link information, the apparatus comprising an image signal generator including a camera for providing an image signal from a viewed scene, a link signal generator responsive to the viewed scene or its immediate environment for generating a said link information signal, and a signal combiner for combining the image and link information signals to provide a said composite signal, wherein the link information signal is associated with a selected portion only of the image represented by the image signal.
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Abstract
Apparatus for providing composite electronic image of a scene including at least one link to other information comprises a camera 1 for providing an image signal, link generating means responsive to the scene or the immediate environment for generating a link signal, and means for combining the image and link signals to provide said electronic image. As shown, the viewed scene includes a zoo information display 7 with a barcode which is read by the camera to provide the final part of the link information for concatenation onto a first part which loaded into the camera at entry to the zoo (or preloaded if the camera belongs to the zoo). Clicking on the display 7 on the viewed image provides a link to a zoo web page associated with the enclosure 4.
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- 1. Image signal apparatus for providing a composite signal comprising an image signal together with a link information signal providing additional link information, the apparatus comprising an image signal generator including a camera for providing an image signal from a viewed scene, a link signal generator responsive to the viewed scene or its immediate environment for generating a said link information signal, and a signal combiner for combining the image and link information signals to provide a said composite signal, wherein the link information signal is associated with a selected portion only of the image represented by the image signal.
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16. Apparatus for providing a composite signal comprising an image signal together with a link information signal providing additional link information, the apparatus comprising an image signal generator including a camera for providing an image signal from a viewed scene, a link signal generator responsive to a feature in the viewed scene or its immediate environment for generating a said link information signal, and a signal combiner for combining the image and link information signals to provide a said composite signal, wherein the image signal generator and the link signal generator can operate independently of each other at different times and the signal combiner is arranged to coordinate the combining of the image and link information signals.
- 31. Apparatus for providing a composite signal comprising an image signal together with a link information signal providing additional link information, the apparatus comprising an image signal generator including a camera for providing an image signal from a viewed scene, a link signal generator responsive to an optical feature in the viewed scene or its immediate environment for generating a said link information signal, and a signal combiner for combining the image and link information signals to provide a said composite signal.
- 50. A method of generating a composite signal including the steps of generating an image signal corresponding to a scene, generating a link information signal providing a director to additional information in response to the scene or the immediate environment, and combining the image and a link information signal to provide said composite signal, wherein the link information signal is associated with a selected portion only of the image represented by the image signal.
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56. A method of generating a composite signal including the steps of generating an image signal corresponding to a scene, generating a link information signal providing a director to additional information in response to the scene or the immediate environment, and combining the image and a link information signal to provide said composite signal, wherein the image signal generating means and the link signal means can operate independently of each other at different times and the combining means is arranged to coordinate the combining of the image and link information signals.
- 62. A method of generating a composite signal including the steps of generating an image signal corresponding to a scene, generating a link information signal providing a director to additional information in response to an optical feature in the scene or the immediate environment, and combining the image and link information signal to provide said composite signal.
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