Digital mirror system with advanced imaging features and hands-free control
First Claim
1. A digital mirror system, comprising:
- a digital mirror display screen;
a digital camera affixed to the digital mirror display screen at a location and orientation such that the digital camera captures real-time video imagery of a user positioned proximally before a display surface of the digital mirror display screen;
a microphone for capturing voice input from the user proximal to the digital mirror display screen;
a processor connected to the digital mirror display screen, the digital camera, and the microphone, wherein the processor is operative to cause a representation of the real-time video imagery captured by the digital camera to be displayed upon the digital mirror display screen, the processor being programmed to enable a plurality of selectively enabled digital mirror display modes, the digital mirror display modes comprising;
a traditional mirror emulation mode, wherein the traditional mirror emulation mode is generated by streaming a left-right inverted representation of the real-time video imagery to the digital mirror display screen, the traditional mirror emulation mode providing the user with a mirror-image view of the user;
a third person mirror mode, wherein the third person mirror mode is generated by streaming a non-inverted representation of the real-time video image to the digital mirror display screen, the third person mirror mode providing the user with a third-person view of the user;
a hands-free mirror-control routine implemented by the processor that switches from the traditional mirror emulation mode to the third person mirror mode in response to certain verbal input being issued to the microphone by the user.
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Abstract
A digital mirror system is provided that emulates a traditional mirror by displaying real-time video imagery of a user who stands before it. The digital mirror system provides a plurality of digital mirror modes, including a traditional mirror mode and a third person mirror mode. The digital mirror system provides a plurality of digital mirroring features including an image freeze feature, an image zoom feature, and an image buffering feature. The digital mirror system provides a plurality of operational states including a digital mirroring state and an alternate state, the alternate state including a power-conservation state and/or a digital picture frame state. The digital mirror system provides a user sensor that automatically transitions between operational states in response to whether or not a user is detected before the digital mirror display screen for a period of time. The digital mirror system provides for hands-free user control using speech recognition, the speech recognition being employed to enable a user to selectively access one or more of the digital mirror modes or features in response to verbal commands relationally associated with those modes or features.
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26 Claims
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1. A digital mirror system, comprising:
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a digital mirror display screen;
a digital camera affixed to the digital mirror display screen at a location and orientation such that the digital camera captures real-time video imagery of a user positioned proximally before a display surface of the digital mirror display screen;
a microphone for capturing voice input from the user proximal to the digital mirror display screen;
a processor connected to the digital mirror display screen, the digital camera, and the microphone, wherein the processor is operative to cause a representation of the real-time video imagery captured by the digital camera to be displayed upon the digital mirror display screen, the processor being programmed to enable a plurality of selectively enabled digital mirror display modes, the digital mirror display modes comprising;
a traditional mirror emulation mode, wherein the traditional mirror emulation mode is generated by streaming a left-right inverted representation of the real-time video imagery to the digital mirror display screen, the traditional mirror emulation mode providing the user with a mirror-image view of the user;
a third person mirror mode, wherein the third person mirror mode is generated by streaming a non-inverted representation of the real-time video image to the digital mirror display screen, the third person mirror mode providing the user with a third-person view of the user;
a hands-free mirror-control routine implemented by the processor that switches from the traditional mirror emulation mode to the third person mirror mode in response to certain verbal input being issued to the microphone by the user. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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19. A method of implementing a digital mirror, comprising:
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accessing a real-time video image of a user positioned proximally in front of a display screen, the real-time video image being provided by a camera affixed to the display screen;
inverting the real-time video image prior to displaying the inverted real-time video image upon the display screen, the inverting being performed such that the displayed inverted real-time video image is a left-right mirror image of the real-time video image captured by the camera;
receiving verbal input from the user, the verbal input being captured by a microphone;
controlling a processor in communication with each of the display screen, the camera, and the microphone, the processor being operative to freeze the displaying of the inverted real-time video image in response to a certain verbal input being detected, wherein the processor causes a display of a still image of the user when the inverted real-time video image has been frozen, the still image being derived from the real-time video image. - View Dependent Claims (20, 21, 22)
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23. A digital mirror system, comprising:
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a digital mirror display to display substantially real-time video of a user standing in front of the digital mirror display;
a camera to capture the real-time video, wherein the camera is positioned within an area of the digital mirror display such that the camera captures a substantially frontal image of the user;
a processor in communication with the digital mirror display and the camera, the processor being operative to cause a representation of the real-time video captured by the camera to be displayed upon the digital mirror display, the processor being programmed to allow a plurality of selectively enabled operational states including a digital mirroring state and an alternate operational state, wherein the processor is programmed to automatically engage the alternate operational state in response to the user not being detected in front of the display screen for at least a threshold period of time. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26)
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