Interactive video playback system
First Claim
1. An interactive video training and amusement system, comprising:
- a video playback source of video signals of a television format for providing both pictorial training or amusement information to be displayed on the screen of a cathode ray tube display and digital data pertaining to said pictorial training or amusement information, said digital data being related to said pictorial training or amusement information on a field-by-field basis and identifies position and/or the nature of a video object in the pictorial portion of the video signals;
means for generating signals which when coupled to a cathode ray tube display will cause display thereon of symbols distinct from the pictorial training or amusement information provided by the video signals from the video playback source;
means for receiving said digital data for providing an input to said means for generating signals for influencing the signals generated thereby so as to alter the display on the cathode ray tube display; and
means for coupling said video playback source of video signals and said means for generating signals to a cathode ray tube display.
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Abstract
Video images derived from a video recording medium (such as a video disc or tape) using a video playback unit are displayed on the screen of a cathode ray tube display simultaneously with video images generated from a microprocessor-controlled video game. The video game permits a user to manually control the position of some of the generated video images displayed. Signals in the horizontal interval portion of each field from the video playback unit are related to the video images in the pictorial portion of each such field and identify certain characteristics of the video images such as the location of the video images. This information is used in such a manner that the video images from the video playback unit can interact with the video images from the video game.
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20 Claims
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1. An interactive video training and amusement system, comprising:
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a video playback source of video signals of a television format for providing both pictorial training or amusement information to be displayed on the screen of a cathode ray tube display and digital data pertaining to said pictorial training or amusement information, said digital data being related to said pictorial training or amusement information on a field-by-field basis and identifies position and/or the nature of a video object in the pictorial portion of the video signals; means for generating signals which when coupled to a cathode ray tube display will cause display thereon of symbols distinct from the pictorial training or amusement information provided by the video signals from the video playback source; means for receiving said digital data for providing an input to said means for generating signals for influencing the signals generated thereby so as to alter the display on the cathode ray tube display; and means for coupling said video playback source of video signals and said means for generating signals to a cathode ray tube display. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. An interactive video training and amusement system, comprising:
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a first source of signals which when coupled to a television receiver will occasion the display of pictorial training or amusement information on the screen thereof; a second source of signals recorded on a video playback medium, said signals including signals which when coupled to a television receiver will occasion display of pictorial training or amusement information on the screen thereof and digital data signals related to said recorded pictorial training or amusement information signals and identifying position and/or the nature of a video object in the pictorial portion of the signals, said pictorial training or amusement information being distinct from the pictorial training or amusement information provided by the first source of signals; means for coupling the digital data signals from said second source of signals to said first source of signals to cause a change in the signals generated by said first source; and means for coupling said first and second sources of signals to a television receiver. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20)
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Specification