OVERLAYING CAMERA-DERIVED VIEWER EMOTION INDICATION ON VIDEO DISPLAY
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1. Audio video apparatus, comprising:
- video display;
processor controlling the display to present video;
computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to;
receive a viewer selection of actual image or emoticon;
responsive to a viewer selection of actual image, generate an actual image of a viewer of the display and overlay the image on the video; and
responsive to a viewer selection of emoticon, correlate the image to an emoticon and overlay the emoticon on the video.
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Abstract
A method whereby an actual image of a TV viewer as captured by a camera housed in the TV, or an emoticon selected by the processor of the TV through the use of facial recognition method, can be displayed on the viewer'"'"'s display or a friend'"'"'s display along with title of video, audio captured by a microphone also housed in the viewer'"'"'s TV, and text inputted by the viewer.
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1. Audio video apparatus, comprising:
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video display; processor controlling the display to present video; computer readable storage medium accessible to the processor and bearing instructions executable by the processor to; receive a viewer selection of actual image or emoticon; responsive to a viewer selection of actual image, generate an actual image of a viewer of the display and overlay the image on the video; and responsive to a viewer selection of emoticon, correlate the image to an emoticon and overlay the emoticon on the video. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. System comprising:
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a viewer video display; a processor coupled to the viewer video display; a camera communicating with the processor; the processor executing logic on a computer readable storage medium to facilitate a viewer of the viewer video display selecting to have an image of the viewer derived from the camera to be overlaid onto video being presented on a presentation video display. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12)
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13. Method comprising:
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capturing an image of a viewer of a first audio video display using a camera associated with the first audio video display; based on the image, selecting an emoticon using a processor associated with the first audio video display; and displaying the emoticon on the first audio video display and/or on a second audio video display. - View Dependent Claims (14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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