System and method for providing ceremonial occasion services
First Claim
1. System for providing ceremonial occasion services enabling to attend a ceremony via online by using an online terminal unit having a videophone function, characterized by that it comprises:
- a hall image and sound acquisition means for obtaining image and sound of a hall in which said ceremony is held, a hall display means for displaying image and sound of an online guest who attends said ceremony via online to the hall, a guest acceptance means for accepting the attendance of an online guest who wants to attend the ceremony via online, and a communication means having a function of connecting as an online guest an online terminal used by the online guest who has been accepted by said guest acceptance means, a function of receiving the image and sound of each online guest transmitted from each online terminal connected as said online guest, a first-synthesis function of synthesizing the above received image and sound of each online guest, a function of transmitting the image and sound synthesized by the above first-synthesis function onto said hall display means, a function of receiving the image and sound of the hall transmitted from said hall image and sound acquisition means, a second-synthesis function of synthesizing the above received image and sound of hall and the above received image and sound of each online guest, a function of allotting the image and sound synthesized by the above second-synthesis function onto each online terminal connected as an online guest.
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Abstract
To provide ceremonial occasion services which enables for guests present in the hall to visually recognize each online guest, and simultaneously, for each online guest to visually recognize the hall and other online guest, and thus to provide a similar sensation to the case where each online guest attends and seats together with them at the hall.
Web server (20), mail server (22), communication server (24), hall terminal (30), MC terminal (40), front desk terminal (50), waiting room terminal (60) etc. are connected via network and connected with Internet (1) through a router (28). By accessing the above by using online guest terminals (81), (82), . . . having a videophone function, it is possible to attend a ceremony via online. In the hall, since display (32) and speaker (34) are provided, the image and sound of each online guest are displayed.
In addition, the image and sound within the hall are collected by multiple cameras (36) and microphones (38), synthesized with the image and sound of each online terminal and then allotted onto each online terminal.
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Citations
40 Claims
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1. System for providing ceremonial occasion services enabling to attend a ceremony via online by using an online terminal unit having a videophone function, characterized by that it comprises:
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a hall image and sound acquisition means for obtaining image and sound of a hall in which said ceremony is held, a hall display means for displaying image and sound of an online guest who attends said ceremony via online to the hall, a guest acceptance means for accepting the attendance of an online guest who wants to attend the ceremony via online, and a communication means having a function of connecting as an online guest an online terminal used by the online guest who has been accepted by said guest acceptance means, a function of receiving the image and sound of each online guest transmitted from each online terminal connected as said online guest, a first-synthesis function of synthesizing the above received image and sound of each online guest, a function of transmitting the image and sound synthesized by the above first-synthesis function onto said hall display means, a function of receiving the image and sound of the hall transmitted from said hall image and sound acquisition means, a second-synthesis function of synthesizing the above received image and sound of hall and the above received image and sound of each online guest, a function of allotting the image and sound synthesized by the above second-synthesis function onto each online terminal connected as an online guest. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38)
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4. System for providing ceremonial occasion services enabling to attend at a ceremony via online by using an online terminal unit having a videophone function, characterized by that it comprises:
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a hall image and sound acquisition means for obtaining image and sound of a hall in which said ceremony is held, a hall display means for displaying, at the hall, image and sound of a person who attends said ceremony via online, an guest acceptance means for accepting the attendance of an online guest who want to attend the ceremony via online, and a communication means having a function of connecting as an online guest each online terminal used by each online guest who has been accepted by said guest acceptance means, a function of receiving the image and sound of each online guest transmitted from each online terminal connected as said online guest, a function of transmitting the above received image and sound of each online guest onto said hall display means, a function of receiving the image and sound of the hall transmitted from said hall image and sound acquisition means, a function of allotting the above received image and sound onto each online terminal connected as an online guest, and a function of allotting the above allotted image and sound of each online guest onto other online terminal connected as an online guest, wherein said hall display means has a first-synthesis function of synthesizing the image and sound of each online guest transmitted from said communication means, and wherein the online terminal connected as said online guest has a second synthesis function of synthesizing the image and sound of the hall transmitted from said communication means and the image and sound of other online guest transmitted from said communication means. - View Dependent Claims (5, 6)
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39. Method for providing ceremonial occasion services enabling to attend at a ceremony via online by using an online terminal unit having a videophone function, characterized by that it comprises:
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a step of accepting an online guest who attends said ceremony via online, a step of connecting, as online guest, each online terminal used by the above accepted online guest, a step of receiving image and sound of each online guest transmitted from each online terminal which has been connected as said online guest, a first-synthesis step of synthesizing the above received image and sound of each online guest, a step of displaying the image and sound synthesized by the above first-synthesis step function within a hall in which said ceremony is held, a step of obtaining image and sound of the hall, a second-synthesis step of synthesizing the above obtained image and sound of the hall and the above received image and sound of each online guest, a step of allotting the image and sound synthesized by the above second-synthesis step onto each online terminal connected as an online guest.
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40. Method for providing ceremonial occasion services enabling to attend at a ceremony via online by using an online terminal unit having a videophone function, characterized by that it comprises:
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a step of accepting an online guest who attends said ceremony via online, a step of connecting, as online guest, each online terminal used by the above accepted online guest, a step of receiving image and sound of each online guest transmitted from each online terminal which has been connected as said online guest, a first-synthesis step of synthesizing the above received image and sound of each online guest, a step of displaying the image and sound synthesized by the above first-synthesis step function within a hall in which said ceremony is held, a step of obtaining image and sound of the hall, a step of allotting the above obtained image and sound of the hall onto each online terminal connected as an online guest, and a step of allotting the received image and sound of each online guest onto other online terminal connected as the above online guest, wherein each online terminal connected as said online guest has a second-synthesis step of synthesizing the above allotted image and sound of the hall and the above allotted image and sound of other online guest.
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