Interactive video window
First Claim
1. An interactive video window display system, comprising:
- means for projecting a visual image;
means for displaying the visual image, the means for displaying located behind a window having a front side, wherein the visual image is projected onto a back side of the means for displaying and is configured for viewing on a front side of the means for displaying, wherein an angle between the projected visual image and the means for displaying is oblique and the means for projecting is configured to adjust the visual image such that the visual image is substantially rectangular on the means for displaying;
means for detecting interaction of an object on the front side of the window with the visual image, wherein the means for displaying is at least partially transparent to light detectable by the means for detecting and the means for detecting may detect the object through the means for displaying; and
a computing device configured to cause the means for projecting to change the visual image in response to the interaction of the object with the visual image, wherein the means for projecting and means for detecting are located on a same side of the window.
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Abstract
An interactive video window display system. A projector projects a visual image. A screen displays the visual image, wherein the projector projects the visual image onto a back side of the screen for presentation to a user on a front side of the screen, and wherein the screen is adjacent to a window. An illuminator illuminates an object on a front side of the window. A camera detects interaction of an illuminated object with the visual image, wherein the screen is at least partially transparent to light detectable by the camera, allowing the camera to detect the illuminated object through the screen. A computer system directs the projector to change the visual image in response to the interaction. The projector, the camera, the illuminator, and the computer system are located on the same side of the window.
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29 Claims
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1. An interactive video window display system, comprising:
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means for projecting a visual image; means for displaying the visual image, the means for displaying located behind a window having a front side, wherein the visual image is projected onto a back side of the means for displaying and is configured for viewing on a front side of the means for displaying, wherein an angle between the projected visual image and the means for displaying is oblique and the means for projecting is configured to adjust the visual image such that the visual image is substantially rectangular on the means for displaying; means for detecting interaction of an object on the front side of the window with the visual image, wherein the means for displaying is at least partially transparent to light detectable by the means for detecting and the means for detecting may detect the object through the means for displaying; and a computing device configured to cause the means for projecting to change the visual image in response to the interaction of the object with the visual image, wherein the means for projecting and means for detecting are located on a same side of the window. - View Dependent Claims (3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17)
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2. An interactive video window display system, comprising:
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an off-axis projector configured to project a visual image; a screen having a front side and a back side, the screen configured to depict the visual image, wherein the visual image is projected onto the back side of the screen for presentation to a user on the front side of the screen; a camera positioned behind a lower portion of the screen and angled upward, or positioned behind an upper portion of the screen and angled downward, in order to detect only objects that are near the screen, wherein the screen is partially transparent to light detectable by the camera; and a computing device configured to detect interactions between the visual image and the detected objects and to direct the projector to change the visual image in response to the interactions, wherein the projector and camera, are located on a same side of the screen. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A method comprising:
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projecting a visual image on a back side of a screen, wherein the visual image is visible to a user on a front side of the screen; emitting light to illuminate an object in front of the screen, wherein the screen is partially transparent to the emitted light; capturing images of the object by a camera positioned behind a lower portion of the screen and angled upward or positioned behind an upper portion of the screen and angled downward; detecting, by a computing device, an interaction of the illuminated object with the visual image based at least on the captured images; and initiating change, by the computing device, of the visual image, in response to the interaction of the illuminated object with the visual image. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29)
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