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Display system and method with multi-person presentation function

  • US 20050195330A1
  • Filed: 03/04/2004
  • Published: 09/08/2005
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/04/2004
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A control system for a display, the control system comprising:

  • a presentation space monitoring system sampling a presentation space within which images presented by the display can be observed, and generating monitoring signals from which the location of people in the presentation space can be determined;

    an image modulator positioned between the display and the presentation space with the image modulator adapted to control the spatial distribution of image light emitted by the display so that light that is emitted by particular portions of the display travel to particular areas in the presentation space;

    a controller adapted to determine the location of each person in the presentation space based upon the monitoring signal, to determine an individual viewing area for each located person, and to obtain at least one channel of content for presentation to each person; and

    wherein the controller is further adapted to cause the display to present a combination image with images from each channel of content obtained for each person arranged in the form of a pattern of light that is spatially distributed by the image modulator to the viewing area determined for that person.

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