METHOD FOR CONTROLLING INTERACTIVE DISPLAY SYSTEM
First Claim
1. A method for interactively controlling a multi-user interactive display system having a soft-copy display including at least an information display region and a command control region, and a digital image capture system positioned to capture a time sequence images of users located in a field-of-view of the soft-copy display, comprising:
- receiving a time sequence of images captured by the digital image capture system;
using a data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a plurality of users in the field-of-view of the soft-copy display who are viewing the soft copy display;
designating at least one of the detected plurality of users to be a controlling user;
displaying the captured time sequence of images in the command control region, wherein the detected users are demarked using graphical elements, and wherein the graphical element associated with the at least one controlling user is differentiated from the graphical elements associated with the other detected users to provide an indication of which of the plurality of users is the controlling user; and
using the data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a gesture made by the controlling user and updating content displayed in the information display region in response to the detected gesture.
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Abstract
A method for controlling a multi-user interactive display system including a soft-copy display including at least an information display region and a command control region, and a digital image capture system positioned to capture a time sequence of images of users located in a field-of-view of the soft-copy display. A time sequence of images is analyzed to detect a plurality of users, and at least one of the users is designated to be a controlling user. The captured images are displayed in the command control region, wherein the detected users are demarked using graphical elements. The captured time sequence of images is analyzed to detect a gesture made by the controlling user and content displayed in the information display region is updated accordingly.
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1. A method for interactively controlling a multi-user interactive display system having a soft-copy display including at least an information display region and a command control region, and a digital image capture system positioned to capture a time sequence images of users located in a field-of-view of the soft-copy display, comprising:
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receiving a time sequence of images captured by the digital image capture system; using a data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a plurality of users in the field-of-view of the soft-copy display who are viewing the soft copy display; designating at least one of the detected plurality of users to be a controlling user; displaying the captured time sequence of images in the command control region, wherein the detected users are demarked using graphical elements, and wherein the graphical element associated with the at least one controlling user is differentiated from the graphical elements associated with the other detected users to provide an indication of which of the plurality of users is the controlling user; and using the data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a gesture made by the controlling user and updating content displayed in the information display region in response to the detected gesture. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
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28. A computer program product for interactively controlling a multi-user interactive display system having a soft-copy display including at least an information display region and a command control region, and a digital image capture system positioned to capture a time sequence images of users located in a field-of-view of the soft-copy display, comprising a non-transitory tangible computer readable storage medium storing an executable software application for causing a data processing system to perform the steps of:
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receiving a time sequence of images captured by the digital image capture system; using a data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a plurality of users in the field-of-view of the soft-copy display who are viewing the soft copy display; designating at least one of the detected plurality of users to be a controlling user; displaying the captured time sequence of images in the command control region, wherein the detected users are demarked using graphical elements, and wherein the graphical element associated with the at least one controlling user is differentiated from the graphical elements associated with the other detected users to provide an indication of which of the plurality of users is the controlling user; and using a data processing system to analyze the captured time sequence of images to detect a gesture made by the controlling user and updating content displayed in the information display region in response to the detected gesture.
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