Apparatus for inducing attitudinal head movements for passive virtual reality
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1. Apparatus, comprising:
- a camera for mounting on a head of a cameraman, responsive to light reflected from objects in an object space, for providing an image signal indicative of the objects viewed by the cameraman;
a head attitude monitor, responsive to an attitude of the head of the cameraman, for providing an attitude signal indicative of attitudinal head motions of the head of the cameraman as the objects are viewed by the cameraman; and
a video and head motion signal processor, responsive to the image signal and to the attitude signal, for providing an encoded signal for decoding in an image space for controlling attitudinal head motions of a passive viewer in the image space corresponding to the attitudinal head motions of the head of the cameraman and for providing images of the objects to the passive viewer corresponding to the objects viewed by the cameraman.
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Abstract
A helmet with a helmet mounted display (HMD) is attitudinally controlled in a framework for moving the head of a passive viewer wherein the helmet mounted display is for viewing images that are emulative of images viewed by a cameraman with head mounted cameras whose head attitude is monitored for controlling the helmet. Additionally, the viewer'"'"'s eyes may be induced to follow a sequence of visual fixations at the same time as the passive viewer'"'"'s head is induced to execute attitudinal movements consistent therewith.
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1. Apparatus, comprising:
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a camera for mounting on a head of a cameraman, responsive to light reflected from objects in an object space, for providing an image signal indicative of the objects viewed by the cameraman; a head attitude monitor, responsive to an attitude of the head of the cameraman, for providing an attitude signal indicative of attitudinal head motions of the head of the cameraman as the objects are viewed by the cameraman; and a video and head motion signal processor, responsive to the image signal and to the attitude signal, for providing an encoded signal for decoding in an image space for controlling attitudinal head motions of a passive viewer in the image space corresponding to the attitudinal head motions of the head of the cameraman and for providing images of the objects to the passive viewer corresponding to the objects viewed by the cameraman. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. Apparatus, comprising:
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a video and head motion control decoder, responsive to an encoded video and head motion signal, for providing a decoded helmet control signal and a decoded video signal; a helmet connected to a helmet actuator, wherein the actuator is responsive to the decoded helmet control signal, for causing the helmet to execute attitudinal movements; and a display, responsive to the decoded video signal, for providing images for viewing from the helmet. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. Apparatus, comprising:
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a head motion and video control decoder, responsive to an encoded signal, for providing a decoded helmet control signal and a decoded video signal; a viewer helmet connected to a helmet actuator, wherein the actuator is responsive to the decoded helmet control signal, for causing the helmet to execute movements; and a display, responsive to the decoded video signal, for providing images for viewing from the helmet. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12)
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