Calibrating of interactive touch system for image compositing
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1. A method of calibrating a touch system comprising a matte/chroma-key blue-screen composite imaging processing system and touch input device having an active touch area which comprises:
- positioning the touch input device on a matte/chroma-key backdrop such that the active touch area of the touch input device is in a known location with reference to an imaging camera and composite image field of view,illuminating a fiducial perimeter of the active touch area by a synchronized pulsed light emission of four laser sources for a time duration of less than one frame exposure time long to obtain laser flash fiducial images,selecting one image frame containing a laser flash fiducial image of the touch system active touch area fiducial perimeter,subjecting the laser flash fiducial image to recognition software analysis to derive a position of the illuminated fiducial perimeter of the active touch area,retrieving appropriate calibration template files from memory, andcomparing the calibration template files to a size and position of the active touch area laser flash fiducial imageselecting and loading the calibration template file that matches the laser flash fiducial image, andcompleting the calibration.
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Abstract
A chroma-key/matte display screen system with a touch input device that allows a user to interact with the display by selecting or pointing to composite images on the display. Touch input devices include camera based, infrared, membrane, and acoustic. Displays screens include CRT, various flat screen displays such as plasma, LCD, OLED, and various projection display systems.
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1. A method of calibrating a touch system comprising a matte/chroma-key blue-screen composite imaging processing system and touch input device having an active touch area which comprises:
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positioning the touch input device on a matte/chroma-key backdrop such that the active touch area of the touch input device is in a known location with reference to an imaging camera and composite image field of view, illuminating a fiducial perimeter of the active touch area by a synchronized pulsed light emission of four laser sources for a time duration of less than one frame exposure time long to obtain laser flash fiducial images, selecting one image frame containing a laser flash fiducial image of the touch system active touch area fiducial perimeter, subjecting the laser flash fiducial image to recognition software analysis to derive a position of the illuminated fiducial perimeter of the active touch area, retrieving appropriate calibration template files from memory, and comparing the calibration template files to a size and position of the active touch area laser flash fiducial image selecting and loading the calibration template file that matches the laser flash fiducial image, and completing the calibration. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14)
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15. A method of calibrating a touch system comprising a matte/chroma-key blue-screen composite imaging processing system and a touch input device having an active touch area, which comprises:
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positioning the touch input device on a matte/chroma-key backdrop such that the active touch area input device is in a known location with reference to an imaging camera and composite field of view, matching predefined calibration factors to touch input device active area fiducial marks with respect to the camera and composite image frame field of view, wherein the matching predefined calibration factors comprises; illuminating a fiducial perimeter of the active touch area by a synchronized pulsed light emission of four laser sources for a time duration of less than one frame exposure time long to obtain laser flash fiducial images, selecting one image frame containing a laser flash fiducial image of the touch system active touch area fiducial perimeter, subjecting the laser flash fiducial image to recognition software analysis to derive a position of the illuminated fiducial perimeter of the active touch area, retrieving appropriate calibration template files from memory, and comparing calibration template files to a size and position of the active touch area laser flash fiducial image, selecting and loading the calibration template file that matches the laser flash fiducial image, and completing the calibration. - View Dependent Claims (16, 17, 18, 19)
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