Method and device for interactive operation of television
First Claim
1. A method and device to operate interactive television comprisinga control unit that connects the shooting apparatus to a television,virtual shooting apparatus,a means to choose at least one effect to appear on the screen when the said shooting apparatus is fired at an object on the television screen,a means to make the said chosen effect move with the said object on the said screen,whereby the viewer can actively cause effects to occur on the television screen and see those effects move with objects on the screen as if they were part of the original recording.
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Abstract
Image processing or image analysis to produce real time effects on images on a screen. The user shoots an imaginary gun, points a wooden stick, points his finger that has a colored paper attached etc, at the screen and effects happen to the images on the screen. The effects could be bullet holes, arrows, clothes, a raw egg, dripping blood, band-aids, etc. The effects move with the image on the screen as if the effect was really physically on the body. When the image leaves the screen temporarily and returns, the effect could still be in place on the image and move with the image. The identifying camera could be on the gun, stick and the like facing the images on the screen or the identifying camera could be on the screen of the TV, computer and the like facing the user with his stick or colored finger.
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1. A method and device to operate interactive television comprising
a control unit that connects the shooting apparatus to a television, virtual shooting apparatus, a means to choose at least one effect to appear on the screen when the said shooting apparatus is fired at an object on the television screen, a means to make the said chosen effect move with the said object on the said screen, whereby the viewer can actively cause effects to occur on the television screen and see those effects move with objects on the screen as if they were part of the original recording.
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12. A method and device to operate interactive television comprising
a) an object with an identifying feature, b) a camera in a place other than the said object, c) a means to choose at least one effect to appear on a screen when the said object is moved in front of an image on the television screen, d) a means to make the said chosen effect move with the said image on the said screen, whereby the viewer can actively cause effects to occur on the television screen and see those effects move with images on the said screen as if they were part of the original recording.
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