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Portable motion sensor and video glasses system for displaying a real time video display to a user while exercising

  • US 8,717,254 B1
  • Filed: 07/07/2010
  • Issued: 05/06/2014
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/07/2009
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A portable system for displaying a real time video of a scene to a user wearing video glasses and while engaging in exercise, comprising:

  • (a)) a motion sensor for attachment to the body of the user, said sensor comprising;

    a gyroscope for generating a plurality of consecutive signals based upon the motion of the user'"'"'s bodya controller for receiving and processing the consecutive signals; and

    a first device for receiving the consecutive signals from the controller;

    (b) the video glasses comprising;

    a post-production video frame sequence having a plurality of production frames with a predetermined number of post-production frames associated with a corresponding production frame, with said post-production video frame sequence stored in a memory within the video glasses;

    a second device for receiving the consecutive signals from the first device;

    a programmed video processor for receiving the consecutive signals from the second device and determining how many of the post-production frames are to be displayed with a corresponding production frame as function of the difference in magnitude between consecutive signals; and

    viewing screens for displaying a modified post production video frame sequence, with the modified post-production video frame sequence consisting of the production frames and the corresponding number of post-production frames that the video processor determined are to be displayed with each production frame, with the display of the video frame sequence changing as a function of the body motion of the user;

    whereby the video glasses can present the scene to the user that appears to be moving in relation to the body motion of the user.

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