Virtual flip chart method and apparatus
First Claim
1. A presentation system for presenting information to an audience within a space, the system comprising:
- a control interface;
a master presentation unit including a flat panel display screen and a processor, the screen including a master space; and
a slave presentation assembly including a slave presentation surface and a first projector for projecting images on the slave presentation surface, the master unit processor linkable to the interface to receive commands therefrom, the processor programmed to monitor for a command from the interface to flip an image from the master space to the slave space and, when a command to flip an image is received, causing the image from the master space to be presented in the slave space.
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Abstract
A presentation system for presenting information to an audience within a space, the system comprising a control interface, a master presentation unit including a flat panel display screen and a processor, the screen including a master space and a slave presentation assembly including a slave presentation surface and a first projector for projecting images on the slave presentation surface, the master unit processor linkable to the interface to receive commands therefrom, the processor programmed to monitor for a command from the interface to flip an image from the master space to the slave space and, when a command to flip an image is received, causing the image from the master space to be presented in the slave space.
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52 Claims
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1. A presentation system for presenting information to an audience within a space, the system comprising:
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a control interface;
a master presentation unit including a flat panel display screen and a processor, the screen including a master space; and
a slave presentation assembly including a slave presentation surface and a first projector for projecting images on the slave presentation surface, the master unit processor linkable to the interface to receive commands therefrom, the processor programmed to monitor for a command from the interface to flip an image from the master space to the slave space and, when a command to flip an image is received, causing the image from the master space to be presented in the slave space. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A presentation system for presenting information to an audience within a space, the system comprising:
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a display screen including a master presentation space;
a slave presentation surface including at least first and second slave spaces;
at least one projector for projecting first and second separate images onto the first and second slave spaces; and
a control interface for receiving control commands and controlling images presented via the master and slave presentation spaces wherein, when a command is received that indicates that an image presented via the master presentation space should be displayed via one of the first and second slave spaces, the image presented via the master presentation space is displayed via the one of the slave presentation spaces. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A method for configuring electronic presentation units for cooperative activities, the method comprising the steps of:
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providing a plurality of presentation units in a conferencing space including a master unit and other units;
electronically identifying the other units present in the conferencing space;
enabling a configuration interface for identifying a sub-set of the other units as slave units;
receiving input via the configuration interface identifying the slave unit sub-set; and
enabling a control interface for transferring images from the master unit to each of the slave units in the selected sub-set. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39)
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40. A presentation system for presenting information to first and second audiences located within first and second different spaces, the system comprising:
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a first sub-system including;
a first master presentation unit including a first master display screen juxtaposed within the first space so as to be viewable by the first audience within the first space;
at least a first slave presentation unit including a first slave image presenter operable to present images to the audience within the first space;
a control interface;
a second sub-system including a second master presentation unit including a second master display screen juxtaposed within the second space so as to be viewable by the second audience within the second space;
at least a second slave presentation unit including a second slave image presenter operable to present images to the audience within the second space;
at least one processor;
an interface operable to cause the processor to manipulate images displayed via the first master and first slave presentation units; and
a network linked to the processor, the first and second master presentation units, the first and second slave presentation units and the interface;
wherein, the processor is programmed to replicate the first master and first slave presentation unit images on the second master and second slave presentation units, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46)
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47. An apparatus for displaying information, the apparatus comprising:
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a master presentation unit including a display screen having a height dimension that is greater than a width dimension, the master unit mounted for rotation between portrait and landscape orientations wherein the height dimension is vertical and horizontal, respectively;
a slave presentation unit that includes a slave presentation space and a slave image presenter wherein the slave image presenter is capable of presenting images in one of landscape and portrait formats wherein images in the portrait format have a height dimension that is greater than a width dimension and images in the landscape format have a width dimension that is greater than the height dimension; and
an interface that enables transfer of images between the master unit and the slave space;
wherein, when the master presentation unit is in the portrait orientation, the slave presenter presents slave images in the portrait format and when the master presentation unit is in the landscape orientation, the slave presenter presents slave images in the landscape format. - View Dependent Claims (48, 49)
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50. A presentation system for presenting information to an audience located within a space, the system comprising:
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a master presentation unit including a master display screen juxtaposed within the space so as to be viewable by the audience within the space;
at least a first slave presentation unit including a first slave image presenter operable to present images to the audience within the space;
at least one processor;
an interface operable to cause the processor to transmit an image displayed via the master display screen to the slave presenter; and
a network linked to the processor, the master presentation unit, the first slave presentation unit and the interface;
wherein, the slave presentation unit displays images received from the processor. - View Dependent Claims (51, 52)
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Specification