Interactive video display system and a method thereof

• US 20080022348A1
• Filed: 11/07/2006
• Published: 01/24/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 07/03/2006
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Samoa Opulence Investment, Inc.
• Original Assignee: Samoa Opulence Investment, Inc.
• Inventors: Shen, Liyu
• Application Number:
  US11/593,761
• Publication Number:
  US 20080022348A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 725/135
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/00 Video games, i.e. games using an electronically generated display having two or more dimensions gaming systems which provide a financial reward G07F17/32
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/213 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. cameras, photodiodes or infrared cells A63F13/219, A63F13/655 take precedence
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 13/54 involving acoustic signals, e.g. for simulating revolutions per minute [RPM] dependent engine sounds in a driving game or reverberation against a virtual wall
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1081 Input via voice recognition
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/1087 comprising photodetecting means, e.g. a camera
• CPC Class Codes: A63F 2300/6607 for animating game characters, e.g. skeleton kinematics
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/011 Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality blind teaching G09B21/00
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/76 Television signal recording
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/8205 involving the multiplexing of an additional signal and the colour video signal

Abstract

The present invention provides an interactive video display system and a method thereof for displaying video clips with a plurality of marks thereon. The present invention utilizes the sound, movements of a moving object, various movement directions or acting signals generated from a computer to produce a plurality of acting signals for controlling the display of the video clips incorporated with the sound effect to increase the reality of the image display. Marks are provided on the vide clip to indicates the movements or the exercising frequencies or the directions of the movements. The present invention provides a method and a system that can directly interact the user with the visual images in the video screen.

Claims

1. An interactive video displaying system, comprising:

a video displaying device for displaying video data;

a data storage device having at least one video clip comprising a plurality of marks, wherein two of the marks are arranged respectively at a beginning part and an ending part of the video clip;

an acting signal producing unit for producing and transmitting an acting signal; and

a control device for setting a mark pointer on one of the marks of the video clip according to the acting signal produced by the acting signal producing unit, wherein a position of the mark pointer on the mark of the video clip is utilized as a display starting point to display the video data of the video clip in respect to the mark pointer.

2. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the system further comprises an audio displaying device and an audio data producing unit, the audio data producing unit produces an audio signal and transmits it to the audio player for displaying.

3. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 2, wherein at least one audio signal is prerecorded and stored in the data storage device, and the control device retrieves at least one audio signal that is prerecorded and stored in the data storage device in order to replace the audio data producing unit.

4. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 2, wherein the audio data producing unit can be a user.

5. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 2, wherein the audio data producing unit is an external electric device.

6. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 2, wherein the acting signal producing unit further comprises a detecting device for detecting any variation of a movement direction of a moving object, when the detecting device detects the movement of the moving object, a starting point of movement and a turning point of a changing movement direction of the moving object, an acting signal is produced.

7. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 6, wherein the detecting device further comprises a functional key, when the functional key is triggered, the mark pointer will be moved to a next mark of the video clip immediately.

8. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the acting signal producing unit is an external electric device which produces the acting signal according to a predetermined program.

9. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the acting signal producing unit utilizes a microphone to receive an audio signal and transfers this audio signal into an acting signal.

10. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the acting signal producing unit is an external electric device displays an audio signal, and transfers the audio signal into an acting signal.

11. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the video displaying device is a computer monitor.

12. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the video displaying device is a television or a portable electric device with a monitor.

13. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein a manual method is utilized to preset every mark on the video clip via an image processing apparatus, and those data are stored in the data storage device.

14. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein a detecting device is provided in the system to record a moving object in such that the video clip comprises a plurality of marks, and data is stored in the data storage device.

15. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the acting signal producing unit transmits the acting signal to the control device via a wire connection, or a wireless connection or an internet transmission.

16. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 1, wherein the control device utilizes a transmission method, either a wire connection, a wireless connection or an internet transmission, for transferring the video data from the data storage device to the video displaying device.

17. The interactive video displaying system according to claim 2, wherein the audio data producing unit transfers the audio data to the audio displaying device utilizing a method of a wire connection, or a wireless connection or an internet transmission.

33. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 1, wherein the acting signal producing unit is utilized a video camera to retrieve image signals of a moving body by recording movements of the moving body, and through analyzing, the retrieved image signals can be generated into acting signals.

18. An interactive video displaying method, comprising:

(a) producing a video clip with a plurality of marks;

(b) setting a mark pointer on one of the marks located on the video clip;

(c) receiving an acting signal in order to perform the next step;

(d) moving the mark pointer from a current position towards an ending part of the video clip, and transferring corresponding video data of the video clip to a video displaying device in respect to the position of the mark pointer during the moving process. When the mark pointer is moved through a first quantity of marks or to the ending part of the video clip, then the mark pointer will be stopped, and the step (c) will be repeated, wherein when the acting signal is received during the proceeding of the step (d), the mark pointer will be moved to the next mark and the step (d) will be repeated.

19. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 18, the method further comprising:

producing an audio data when the mark pointer reaches one of the marks, and

transferring the audio data to an audio player for displaying.

20. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 18, wherein the first quantity is a positive integer.

21. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 18, the method further comprising:

relocating the mark pointer at a beginning part of the video clip when the mark pointer arrives the ending part of the video clip, and the method continues to proceed.

22. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 19, wherein the method comprises of equipping a detecting unit onto a body or arms or legs of a user, when the user starts to move, the detecting unit detects the movement of the user and the changing points of indicating changes in movement direction in order to produce acing signals, and when the mark pointer arrives one of the marks, the audio data stored in the data storage device will be displayed.

23. An interactive video displaying method, comprising:

(a) producing a video clip with a plurality of marks thereon;

(b) locating a mark pointer on one of the marks positioned on the video clip, setting a counter, and repeating a following step;

(c) calculating a second quantity according to the value stored in the counter, retrieving a predetermined time unit, and proceeding the following steps within the predetermined time unit;

(c1) moving the mark pointer towards an ending part of the video clip from a present position, and arriving at a mark that is located right after passing through the second quantity of marks, wherein the video data of the video clip corresponding to the mark pointer is transmitted fast-forwardly, or slowly or normally to a video displaying device for displaying in such that the display can be performed exactly within the predetermined time unit; and

(c2) receiving a first quantity of acting signals, and saving the data of such first quantity in the counter.

24. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 23, wherein the step (c) further comprises of producing an audio data and transferring it to an audio player for displaying when the mark pointer arrives one of the marks.

25. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 23, wherein the step (b) further comprises of setting a zero value in the counter.

26. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 23, wherein the step (c) further comprises of relocating the mark pointer at a beginning part of the video clip when the mark pointer reaches the ending part of the video clip and the method continues to proceed.

27. An interactive video displaying method, comprises:

(a) producing a video clip with a plurality of video segments, wherein each video segment comprises a plurality of marks and is corresponding to different moving frequency, and the video segments have the same video time;

(b) setting a counter and executing the next step repeatedly;

(c) calculating a second quantity according to the data stored in the counter;

selecting the video segment with corresponding moving frequency in accordance with the second quantity;

retrieving a predetermined unit time that is equal to the video time of each video segment, and proceeding the following steps within the same predetermined time unit;

(c1) retrieving the video data of the video segment and displaying it with normal speed; and

(c2) receiving a first quantity of acting signals, and saving the data of such first quantity in the counter.

28. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 27, wherein the step (c) further comprises of producing an audio data and transferring it to an audio player for displaying when the mark pointer arrives one of the marks.

29. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 27, wherein the step (b) further comprises of setting a zero value in the counter.

30. An interactive video displaying method, comprising:

(a) producing a video clip with a plurality of marks thereon;

(b) setting a mark pointer on one of the marks located on the video clip;

(c) receiving two acting signals to proceed the following step;

(d) calculating a time interval between the two acting signals; and

(e) moving the mark pointer towards an ending part of the video clip from a present position, wherein when the mark pointer reaches the next mark, it will stop, corresponding video data are transferred to a video displaying device to display either fast forwardly or slowly or normally in such that the display will be performed exactly within the time interval.

31. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 30, wherein the step (e) further comprises of relocating the mark pointer at a beginning part of the video clip when the mark pointer arrives at the ending part of the video clip, the method will then proceed the rest of steps.

32. The interactive video displaying method according to claim 30, wherein the step (e) further comprises of producing an audio data and transferring it to an audio player for displaying when the mark pointer arrives at one of the marks.