Recording, transmission and/or playback of data representing an airflow
First Claim
1. Apparatus, comprising:
- means for acquiring airflow data representing a characteristic of a measured airflow that occurs at a first location;
means for effecting transmission of the airflow data via a video-conferencing network from the first location to a second location that is remote from the first location; and
means for producing a display airflow at the second location, wherein the characteristic of the measured airflow is reproduced in the display airflow in accordance with the airflow data.
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Abstract
Data representing one or more characteristics of an input airflow (e.g., an airflow associated with a human being, such as breath or an airflow resulting from motion of the human being, or a wind tunnel airflow) is acquired and, if necessary or desirable, processed, then stored, transmitted to a remote location, and/or played back. Playback of acquired airflow data entails generating a display airflow corresponding to the input airflow. The characteristic of an airflow regarding which data is acquired is often the velocity of the airflow, though data regarding other airflow characteristics (e.g., direction, temperature, humidity, odor) can also be acquired in addition to, or instead of, airflow velocity.
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55 Claims
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1. Apparatus, comprising:
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means for acquiring airflow data representing a characteristic of a measured airflow that occurs at a first location;
means for effecting transmission of the airflow data via a video-conferencing network from the first location to a second location that is remote from the first location; and
means for producing a display airflow at the second location, wherein the characteristic of the measured airflow is reproduced in the display airflow in accordance with the airflow data. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18)
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2. Apparatus, comprising:
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means, located at a first location, for acquiring a first set of airflow data representing a characteristic of a first measured airflow that occurs at the first location;
means, located at a second location that is remote from the first location, for acquiring a second set of airflow data representing a characteristic of a second measured airflow that occurs at the second location;
means for effecting transmission of airflow data between the first and second locations, thus enabling the first set of airflow data to be transmitted from the first location to the second location and the second set of airflow data to be transmitted from the second location to the first location;
means, located at the second location, for producing a first display airflow in which the characteristic of the first measured airflow is reproduced in the first display airflow in accordance with the first set of airflow data; and
means, located at the first location, for producing a second display airflow in which the characteristic of the second measured airflow is reproduced in the second display airflow in accordance with the second set of airflow data. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35)
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3. Apparatus, comprising:
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means for acquiring airflow data representing the velocity of a measured airflow;
means for producing a display airflow in which the velocity of the measured airflow is reproduced in the display airflow in accordance with the airflow data; and
means for modifying the airflow data so that the velocity of the display airflow is increased or decreased with respect to the velocity of the measured airflow. - View Dependent Claims (36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48, 49, 50, 51, 52, 53)
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4. A method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring airflow data representing the velocity of a measured airflow;
producing a display airflow in which the velocity of the measured airflow is reproduced in the display airflow in accordance with the airflow data; and
modifying the airflow data so that the velocity of the display airflow is increased or decreased with respect to the velocity of the measured airflow. - View Dependent Claims (54, 55)
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5. A method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring a first set of airflow data representing a characteristic of a first measured airflow that occurs at a first location;
acquiring a second set of airflow data representing a characteristic of a second measured airflow that occurs at a second location that is remote from the first location;
effecting transmission of the first set of airflow data from the first location to the second location;
effecting transmission of the second set of airflow data from the second location to the first location;
producing a first display airflow at the second location, wherein the characteristic of the first measured airflow is reproduced in the first display airflow in accordance with the first set of airflow data; and
producing a second display airflow at the first location, wherein the characteristic of the second measured airflow is reproduced in the second display airflow in accordance with the second set of airflow data.
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6. A method comprising the steps of:
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acquiring airflow data representing a characteristic of a measured airflow that occurs at a first location;
effecting transmission of the airflow data via a video-conferencing network from the first location to a second location that is remote from the first location; and
producing a display airflow at the second location, wherein the characteristic of the measured airflow is reproduced in the display airflow in accordance with the airflow data.
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