System, method, and computer software code for mimic training

• US 8,953,909 B2
• Filed: 04/20/2011
• Issued: 02/10/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/21/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Elizabeth T. Guckenberger, Ronald J. Guckenberger, VR Rehab Incorporated
• Original Assignee: Advanced Anti-Terror Technologies
• Inventors: Guckenberger, Elizabeth T., Guckenberger, Ronald J.
• Primary Examiner(s): TSAI, TSUNG YIN
• Application Number:
  US13/066,707
• Publication Number:
  US 20120206577A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,392 Days
• Field of Search: None
• US Class Current: 382/305
• CPC Class Codes: G06T 11/00 2D [Two Dimensional] image generation
• CPC Class Codes: G09B 19/003 Repetitive work cycles; Sequence of movements

Abstract

A system for visually superimposing a first image that may be in motion over and/or under a second image that may be in motion, the system including at least one generating device to provide a first image and a second image, a display device to display the first image and second image superimposed with each other, and an adjustment device for reconfiguring the first image and/or the second image to a size in agreement with a non-adjusted first image and/or second image, to a size in agreement with the display device, and/or to a size acceptable by a user. The first image or the second image is displayed in a different media than the other image to allow for a distinction to be made between movements occurring in both images. A method for visually superimposing a first image that may be in motion over and/or under a second image that may be in motion is further disclosed.

Claims

1. A system for visually superimposing a first image that may be in motion over and/or under a second image that may be in motion, the system comprising:

at least one generating device to provide a first image and a second image

a display device to display the first image and second image superimposed with each other; and

an adjustment device for reconfiguring the first image and/or the second image to a size in agreement with a non-adjusted first image and/or second image, to a size in agreement with the display device, and/or to a size acceptable by a user;

a processing means which uses cameras, virtual reality generators, augmented reality generators, and/or mixed reality image generators, along with hyper-spectral sensors, 3D stereoscopic sensors, and/or hyper-stereoscopic sensors;

wherein the first image or the second image is displayed in a different media than the other image to allow for a distinction to be made between movements occurring in both images.

2. The system according to claim 1, wherein the first image is an image of the user and the display device is configured for the user to use mirror mimicking training to learn the motion illustrated with the second image.

3. The system according to claim 1, wherein the different media comprise semi-transparent media, opaque media, superimposed visualization surface, tinting changes, alpha changes, color changes, intensity changes, temporal changes (flashing, blinking, special textures, etc.), lighting changes, texture or pattern changes, sharpness changes, contrast changes associated look-up lists of modifiers, and/or other differential semi-transparency and imagery mixing means.

4. The system according to claim 3, wherein the selection device may determine the media ranging from a fully opaque media to a fully transparent media, calculated as a function a best image based brightness, contrast, and gain.

5. The system according to claim 3, wherein the selection device may determine the media based on alpha channels, GPU lighting and shadowing automation means, CPU lighting and shadowing automation means, frame-buffer utilities, network utilities, pre or post processing of imagery.

6. The system according to claim 4, wherein the pre or post processing imagery comprises image generation for virtual reality or augmented reality and/or from an image input device.

7. The system according to claim 5, wherein the image input device comprises a camera capture device.

8. The system according to claim 1, further comprises a selection device for the user to determine the media being used for the first image and/or the second image.

9. The system according to claim 1, wherein the display device comprises a processor configured to select from the displaying the first image and/or the second image opaque, semi-transparent, fading, morphing, blinking, overlapping, mirroring, adjacent, superimposing, time-sequencing, warping, distorting, scaling, coloring, and/or highlighting.

10. The system according to claim 1, further comprises a processing means to perform alpha channel changes by layer, by color, by region, by date-time tag and/or other tagging means, wherein the processing means comprises central processing unit processing, graphics processing unit processing, and specialized algorithms (AND, OR, NOR, NAND logical operational sequences, bitwise register shifts).

11. The system according to claim 1, wherein the at least one generator and/or the display provide for the first image and the second image appearing in a three dimensional format.

12. A method for visually superimposing a first image that may be in motion over and/or under a second image that may be in motion, the method comprising:

generating a first image and a second image;

displaying a first image superimposed with a second image;

reconfiguring the first image and/or the second image to a size in agreement with a non-adjusted first image and/or second image, to a size in agreement with a device used to display the superimposed images, and/or to a size acceptable by a user;

processing the first image and/or second image which uses cameras, virtual reality generators, augmented reality generators, and/or mixed reality image generators, along with hyper-spectral sensors, 3D stereoscopic sensors, and/or hyper-stereoscopic sensors;

displaying the first image and/or the second image in a different media to allow for a distinction to be made between movements occurring in both images.

13. The method according to claim 12, further comprises determining the media being used for the first image and/or the second image.

14. The method according to claim 12, further comprises providing a processing means which uses cameras, virtual reality generators, augmented reality generators, and/or mixed reality image generators, along with hyper-spectral sensors, 3D stereoscopic sensors, and/or hyper-stereoscopic sensors.

15. The method according to claim 12, further comprises providing a processing means to perform alpha channel changes by layer, by color, by region, by date-time tag and/or other tagging means, wherein the processing means comprises central processing unit processing, graphics processing unit processing, and specialized algorithms (AND, OR, NOR, NAND logical operational sequences, bitwise register shifts).

16. A non-transitory computer readable media executable with a processor for visually superimposing a first image that may be in motion over and/or under a second image that may be in motion, the computer software code comprising:

a computer software module for generating a first image and a second image;

a computer software module for displaying a first image superimposed with a second image;

a computer software module for reconfiguring the first image and/or the second image to a size in agreement with a non-adjusted first image and/or second image, to a size in agreement with a device used to display the superimposed images, and/or to a size acceptable by a user;

a computer software module for processing the first image and/or second image which uses cameras, virtual reality generators, augmented reality generators, and/or mixed reality image generators, along with hyper-spectral sensors, 3D stereoscopic sensors, and/or hyper-stereoscopic sensors;

a computer software module for displaying the first image and/or the second image in a different media to allow for a distinction to be made between movements occurring in both images.

17. The non-transitory computer readable media executable with a processor according to claim 16, further comprises a computer software module for determining the media being used for the first image and/or the second image.

18. The non-transitory computer readable media executable with a processor according to claim 16, further comprises a computer software module for providing a processing means which uses cameras, virtual reality generators, augmented reality generators, and/or mixed reality image generators, along with hyper-spectral sensors, 3D stereoscopic sensors, and/or hyper-stereoscopic sensors.

19. The non-transitory computer readable media executable with a processor according to claim 16, further comprises a computer software module for providing a processing means to perform alpha channel changes by layer, by color, by region, by date-time tag and/or other tagging means, wherein the processing means comprises central processing unit processing, graphics processing unit processing, and specialized algorithms (AND, OR, NOR, NAND logical operational sequences, bitwise register shifts).