Multi-angle mirror

• US 7,714,804 B2
• Filed: 09/15/2004
• Issued: 05/11/2010
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ventrk LLC
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Levien, Royce A., Jung, Edward K. Y., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): Osorio; Ricardo L
• Application Number:
  US10/941,803
• Publication Number:
  US 20060055809A1
• Time in Patent Office: 2,064 Days
• Field of Search: 345/8, 345/32, 345/156, 132/301, 434/371, D28/64.1
• US Class Current: 345/32
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums

Abstract

Multi-angle mirror methods and related systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one mirror;

a data presentation device proximate to said at least one mirror;

a multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device; and

at least one image capture device operably couplable with said multi-angle view/registration engine, wherein said at least one image capture device includes;

[I] at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one mirror;

[II] at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one mirror;

[III] at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view of said at least one mirror;

or

[IV] at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view of said at least one mirror.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one mirror further comprises:

at least one of a plane mirror, a convex mirror, or a concave mirror.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one mirror further comprises:

a partially silvered mirror.

4. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said at least one mirror further comprises:

said data presentation device integral with said at least one mirror.

5. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said at least one mirror further comprises:

said data presentation device operably coupled with said at least one mirror.

6. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device proximate to said at least one mirror further comprises:

said data presentation device in physical communication with said at least one mirror.

7. The system of claim 6, wherein said data presentation device in physical communication with said at least one mirror further comprises:

said data presentation device connected with a housing connected with said at least one mirror.

8. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device further comprises:

a light generation device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device further comprises:

an image representation presentation device.

10. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device further comprises:

a laser-diode device.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image storage device operably couplable with said data presentation device.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image recall engine operably couplable with said data presentation device.

13. The system of claim 1, comprising:

said [I] at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one mirror including;

[A] at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror;

or

said [II] at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one mirror including;

[A] at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror.

14. The system of claim 13, comprising:

said at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror including;

(1) at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view rotated substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror;

or

said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror including;

(1) at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view rotated substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror.

15. The system of claim 13, comprising:

said at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror including;

(1) at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror;

or

said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror including;

(1) at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror.

16. The system of claim 15, comprising:

said at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror including;

(a) at least one image representation capture device and at least one indication that said at least one image representation capture device is to be located to capture a field of view rotated between zero and plus or minus substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror;

or

said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror including;

(a) at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view rotated between zero and plus or minus substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror.

17. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one mirror.

18. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least two image representation capture devices alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one mirror.

19. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one input capture device operably couplable with said data presentation device.

20. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image sequencing/presentation engine operably couplable with said data presentation device.

21. The system of claim 1, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device comprises:

a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to multi-angle view data.

22. The system of claim 21, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to multi-angle view data comprises:

a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to an image other than a zero degree view image.

23. The system of claim 22, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to an image other than a zero degree view image comprises:

a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to an image captured with a device having a field of view different from that of the at least one mirror.

24. The system of claim 22, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to an image other than a zero degree view image comprises:

a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to at least one of a forty-five degree view image, a ninety-degree view image, a one-hundred-thirty-five degree view image, a minus-forty-five degree view image, a minus-ninety-degree view image, or a minus-one-hundred-thirty-five degree view image.

25. The system of claim 24, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to at least one of a forty-five degree view image, a ninety-degree view image, a one-hundred-thirty-five degree view image, a minus-forty-five degree view image, a minus-ninety-degree view image, or a minus-one-hundred-thirty-five degree view image comprises:

a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to at least one of (i) an image associated with an image capture device oriented substantially forty-five degrees relative to a substantially zero degree axis associated with a light reflecting structure, (ii) an image associated with an image capture device oriented substantially ninety degrees relative to a substantially zero degree axis associated with a light reflecting structure, (iii) an image associated with an image capture device oriented substantially one-hundred-thirty-five degrees relative to a substantially zero degree axis associated with a light reflecting structure, (iv) an image associated with an image capture device oriented substantially minus-forty-five degrees relative to a substantially zero degree axis associated with a light reflecting structure, (v) an image associated with an image capture device oriented substantially minus-ninety degrees relative to a substantially zero degree axis associated with a light reflecting structure, or (vi) an image associated with an image capture device oriented substantially minus-one-hundred-thirty-five degrees relative to a substantially zero degree axis associated with a light reflecting structure.

26. The system of claim 1, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device comprises:

a data presentation device component (i) configured responsive to at least one of weight data or height data and (ii) operably couplable with a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to an image other than a zero degree view image.

27. The system of claim 1, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device comprises:

a data presentation device component (i) configured responsive to at least time lapse information and (ii) operably couplable with a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to an image other than a zero degree view image.

28. The system of claim 1, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device comprises:

a data presentation device component (i) configured to present data in a visual form including but not limited to at least one of a graphical form, a tabular form, a textual form, a picture form, or a drawing form and (ii) operably couplable with a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured responsive to an image other than a zero degree view image.

29. The system of claim 1, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device comprises:

a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured to present data in an audible form including but not limited to at least one of a music form, a speech form, or a sound form.

30. The system of claim 1, wherein said multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device comprises:

a multi-angle view/registration engine component configured to present data in store-and-forward formats including but not limited to at least one of an email format, a voicemail format, a simple message system format, a digest format, or a database format.