Method for arranging cameras and mirrors to allow panoramic visualization

• US 20040101298A1
• Filed: 10/17/2003
• Published: 05/27/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 10/18/2002
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation (SRI International, Inc.)
• Original Assignee: Sarnoff Corporation (SRI International, Inc.)
• Inventors: Mandelbaum, Robert, Riddle, George Herbert Needham
• Application Number:
  US10/688,436
• Publication Number:
  US 20040101298A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 396/322
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/254 Management at additional data server, e.g. shopping server, rights management server arrangements for maintenance or administration in data networks H04L41/00; network services using third party service providers H04L67/53
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/41407 embedded in a portable device, e.g. video client on a mobile phone, PDA, laptop constructional details of equipment or arrangements specially adapted for portable computer application G06F1/1626; arrangements specially adapted for mobile receivers in broadcast systems H04H20/57
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4316 for displaying supplemental content in a region of the screen, e.g. an advertisement in a separate window
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/443 OS processes, e.g. booting an STB, implementing a Java virtual machine in an STB or power management in an STB
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/478 Supplemental services, e.g. displaying phone caller identification, shopping application
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/17318 Direct or substantially direct transmission and handling of requests
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 7/181 for receiving images from a plurality of remote sources

Abstract

The invention is an apparatus for providing X-server interface to a Unix server using any television from any location that has a connection between them. Providing flexible and economical computer access to the users. This connection can be achieved using standard telephone lines, local area network, Wireless connection, an Internet Service Provider or any other communication system that can get the connection in operational status.

Claims

1. An x-portable workstation running an X server program enables remote computer sessions to servers with x protocol, using a television device.

2. An x-portable workstation comprising:

(a) A connection using any data communications medium to a remote server with x protocol.

(b) Outputs ports for the television devices.

(c) Input ports for general input devices.

(d) Optional output port for computer monitors.

(e) An electronic embedded system running any operating system with x protocol that allows the operation of the x terminal server program referred as Linux embedded system.

3. An x-Portable workstation can use the effect of picture in picture on the television display, giving the user the ability to interact with at least two different video signals, simultaneously. One of this video signal is coming from the remote server with x protocol, and the other signal is coming from a television video source.