ANIMATED DOCUMENT USING AN INTEGRATED PROJECTOR
First Claim
1. A document, comprising:
- a front cover and a back cover;
at least one translucent page between the front and back covers and containing printed text; and
a projector mounted between the front and back covers, the projector is configured to transmit an image onto a rear side of the translucent page that is opposite a front side of the translucent page being viewed by a user, the translucent page being adapted to allow the image to pass through the translucent page and be displayed on the front side of the translucent page.
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Abstract
The embodiments presented herein describe integrating a projector in a book to display images or animations on one or more pages of the book. Specifically, the book may include a projector that is arranged in the form factor of the book. The book may also contain one or more mirrors that reflect an image from the projector onto a desired location on a page in the book. In one embodiment, the image is projected from the rear of the book onto a back side of the page that is opposite the front side of the page facing the user. So long as the material of the page is sufficiently translucent, the image projected on the back side of the page will be visible to the user looking at the front side of the page.
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20 Claims
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1. A document, comprising:
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a front cover and a back cover; at least one translucent page between the front and back covers and containing printed text; and a projector mounted between the front and back covers, the projector is configured to transmit an image onto a rear side of the translucent page that is opposite a front side of the translucent page being viewed by a user, the translucent page being adapted to allow the image to pass through the translucent page and be displayed on the front side of the translucent page. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7)
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8. A system, comprising:
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a document, comprising; a front cover and a back cover, at least one translucent page between the front and back covers and containing printed text, a projector mounted between the front and back covers, the projector is configured to transmit an image onto a rear side of the translucent page that is opposite of a front side of the translucent page being viewed by a user, the translucent page being adapted to allow the image to pass through the translucent page and be displayed on the front side of the translucent page, and a communication adapter; and an external environmental altering device configured to receive an instruction via the communication adapter and alter a physical environment that includes the document. - View Dependent Claims (9, 10, 11)
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12. A method for displaying an image on a translucent page of a document, the method comprising:
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instructing a projector integrated into the document to emit the image, wherein the projector is mounted between a front cover and a back cover of the document; and emitting the image from the projector onto a rear side of the translucent page of the document that is opposite a front side of the translucent page being viewed by a user such that the image passes through the translucent page and is displayed on the front side of the translucent page. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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