INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM

• US 20080055730A1
• Filed: 08/29/2006
• Published: 03/06/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Sen, Lin, Ying-Tzu, Hsiao, Yung-Chin, Yang, Bou-Chih, Chen, Yu-Kai
• Granted Patent: US 7,916,129 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 359/602
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking

Abstract

An interactive display system is introduced herein. The interactive display system includes a mirror and a display unit. The display unit is built in the mirror, for providing auxiliary showing an image of an user in front of the display system. The image of the user can be automatically enlarged or shrunk and displayed on the display unit when the user moves forward to or away from the interactive display system.

Claims

1. An interactive display system, comprising:

a mirror; and

a display unit, built in the mirror, for providing auxiliary showing of an image of an user in front of the interactive display system;

an image capature device for capaturing the image of the user;

a distance sensor for sensing a distance variation between the user and the interactive dispaly system, and

an image processing unit, connected to the image capture device and the distply unit, for conducting an image data processing operation on the captured image for enlarging or shrinking the captured image according to the movement of the user sensed by the distance sensor, and the display unit displays the processed image.

2. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, the image capature device further comprising an image capature unit disposed behind the user.

3. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control device for receiving commands given by the user to enlarge or shrink the image displayed on the display unit, or to show a rear view of the user, or to change the ratio of enlarging or shrinking.

4. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control device for receiving commands given by the user to determine the portion of the user'"'"'s body to be enlarged and displayed on the display unit.

5. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control device for receiving commands given by the user to change light sources for simulating a scene selected by the user.

6. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a pair of distance sensors disposed on a left side and a right side of the mirror, for sensing a distance variation between the user and the interactive dispaly system.