SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR MERGING VIRTUAL REALITY AND REALITY TO PROVIDE AN ENHANCED SENSORY EXPERIENCE
First Claim
1. A system of merging virtual reality sensory detail into a room environment at a local site the system comprising:
- at least one image server;
a plurality of image collection devices;
a display system, the display system comprising;
one or more display devices;
a control unit,a digital processor; and
a viewer position detector, the viewer position detector configured to determine a position of an occupant at the local site relative to the one or more display devices, and to electronically communicate the viewer position information to the control unit;
wherein the control unit is configured to receive the viewer position information and transmit instructions to the digital processor in accordance with a predetermined display scheme;
the digital processor is configured to receive the instructions from the control unit, and to receive, from the image server, source data representing an aggregated field of view captured by the plurality of image capturing devices, and the digital processor is further configured to process the source data in accordance with the instructions received from the control unit and to output refined data representing a desired display view and the one or more display devices are configured to receive the refined data, and display the desired display view; and
wherein the viewer position detector dynamically determines the position of the viewer in the room environment and, upon transmission of the viewer position information to the control unit, the control unit instructs the digital processor to process the source data to produce refined data that represents changes to the desired display view corresponding to position changes of the viewer.
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Abstract
A system and method of merging virtual reality sensory detail from a remote site into a room environment at a local site. The system preferably includes at least one image server; a plurality of image collection devices; a display system, comprising display devices, a control unit, digital processor and a viewer position detector. The control unit preferably receives the viewer position information and transmits instructions to the digital processor. The digital processor preferably processes source data representing an aggregated field of view from the image capturing devices in accordance with the instructions received from the control unit and outputs refined data representing a desired display view to be displayed on the one or more display devices wherein the viewer position detector dynamically determines the position of the viewer in the room environment and changes the desired display view corresponding to position changes of the viewer.
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19 Claims
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1. A system of merging virtual reality sensory detail into a room environment at a local site the system comprising:
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at least one image server; a plurality of image collection devices; a display system, the display system comprising; one or more display devices; a control unit, a digital processor; and a viewer position detector, the viewer position detector configured to determine a position of an occupant at the local site relative to the one or more display devices, and to electronically communicate the viewer position information to the control unit; wherein the control unit is configured to receive the viewer position information and transmit instructions to the digital processor in accordance with a predetermined display scheme;
the digital processor is configured to receive the instructions from the control unit, and to receive, from the image server, source data representing an aggregated field of view captured by the plurality of image capturing devices, and the digital processor is further configured to process the source data in accordance with the instructions received from the control unit and to output refined data representing a desired display view and the one or more display devices are configured to receive the refined data, and display the desired display view; andwherein the viewer position detector dynamically determines the position of the viewer in the room environment and, upon transmission of the viewer position information to the control unit, the control unit instructs the digital processor to process the source data to produce refined data that represents changes to the desired display view corresponding to position changes of the viewer. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system of merging virtual reality sensory detail from a remote site into a room environment at a local site, the system comprising:
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at least one image collection device configured to collect a plurality of image streams from a remote site, the image streams comprising images and related data; a processor configured to receive the image streams via a communications link from the at least one image collection device and processing said related data; a viewer position detecting device; a display controller configured to receive data from the viewer position detecting device, and the processed data from the processor; a first display device located at the local site; and wherein the display controller causes the first display device to show images from a particular image stream from the plurality of image streams based upon the data received from the occupant position sensing device and the processed data. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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18. A method of merging virtual reality sensory detail from a remote site into a room environment at a local site, the method comprising:
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collecting a plurality of image streams from a remote site; sending the plurality of images and related data to a processor via a communications link; processing the related data to represent an aggregated field of view of at least a portion of the remote site; receiving the processed data from the processor via a communications link at a display controller device; monitoring a viewer position detector to track the location of an occupant at the local site; transmitting data related to the location of the occupant to the display controller device; determining an appropriate image stream based on the processed data and the transmitted data; transmitting instructions to a digital processor to output refined data from the plurality of image streams representing a desired display view; and displaying the desired display view on one or more display devices at the local site. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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