Electric and electronic sensor means, connected to an interface device for an appliance for processing a plurality of high resolution operative programs and functions for different types of media, integrated with a television receiver screen, for setting and performing the operative programs and functions for different types of media and displaying the same on the television receiver screen

• US 8,958,020 B2
• Filed: 07/12/2012
• Issued: 02/17/2015
• Est. Priority Date: 01/10/2008
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Claudio Nori
• Original Assignee: Claudio Nori
• Inventors: Nori, Claudio
• Primary Examiner(s): Natnael, Paulos M
• Application Number:
  US14/232,959
• Publication Number:
  US 20140152903A1
• Time in Patent Office: 950 Days
• Field of Search: 348/739, 348/790, 348/791, 348/725, 348/552, 348/553, 725/9, 725/37, 725/38, 725/40
• US Class Current: 348/739
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/422 Input-only peripherals , i.e. input devices connected to specially adapted client devices, e.g. global positioning system [GPS] input devices also receiving signals from specially adapted client devices H04N21/4104
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42201 biosensors, e.g. heat sensor for presence detection, EEG sensors or any limb activity sensors worn by the user input arrangements for interaction with the human body based on nervous system activity detection G06F3/015
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42202 environmental sensors, e.g. for detecting temperature, luminosity, pressure, earthquakes
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42203 sound input device, e.g. microphone
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42206 characterized by hardware details
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/42222 Additional components integrated in the remote control device, e.g. timer, speaker, sensors for detecting position, direction or movement of the remote control, microphone or battery charging device
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4223 Cameras H04N23/00 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/4415 using biometric characteristics of the user, e.g. by voice recognition or fingerprint scanning cryptography using biological data H04L9/3231; authentication in networks using biometric H04L63/0861
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 21/44218 Detecting physical presence or behaviour of the user, e.g. using sensors to detect if the user is leaving the room or changes his face expression during a TV program methods or arrangements for recognising human body or animal bodies or body parts G06V40/10; methods or arrangements for acquiring or recognising human faces, facial parts, facial sketches, facial expressions G06V40/16; methods or arrangements for recognising movements or behaviour G06V40/20; arrangements for identifying users in broadcast systems H04H60/45
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 5/66 Transforming electric information into light information scanning details H04N3/00

Abstract

An electric and electronic sensor for selecting high resolution operative programs and functions of different types of media, connected to an interface device (2) for an appliance for processing a plurality of high resolution operative programs and functions of different types of media, integrated with a television receiver screen (7), for setting and performing the operative programs and functions of different types of media for personal computers and television receivers, and displaying them on the television receiver screen (7). The sensor includes a set of sensors (12-18) connected to a microprocessor (1) of the interface device (2) and adapted to select the operative programs and functions.

Claims

1. Electric and electronic sensor means for selecting high resolution operative functions and programs of different types of media, connected to an interface device (2) for an appliance for processing a plurality of high resolution operative programs and functions of different types of media, integrated with a television receiver screen (7), for setting and performing said operative programs and functions and displaying them on said television receiver screen (7), said appliance comprising a first main master microprocessor (5) for controlling and managing informatics analog and digital data in general, and also comprising an electronic block (8) for reproducing the sounds of said operative programs and functions connected to said master microprocessor (5) and to said television receiver screen (7), said interface device (2) comprising a second main microprocessor (1) connected to said first microprocessor (5) and to first (12), second (13), third (14), fourth (15), fifth (16), sixth (17) and seventh (18) sensor means, adapted to select the operative programs and functions of said appliance, said appliance and said interface device (2) being connected to a system for processing in a real time the human voice for processing and controlling said plurality of operative programs and functions of different types of media, comprising a third microprocessor (11) adapted to be activated and de-activated by the human voice and connected to said first (5) and second (1) main microprocessors, for effecting an exchange of informatics data coded in a digital mode, wherein the operative programs and functions selected by said first, second, third, fourth, fifth, sixth and seventh sensor means, which are controlled and managed by said first main microprocessor (5), comprise also data of operative programs and functions for personal computers and television receivers of various kind;

said first sensor means (12) comprising monoscopic video sensors, said second sensor means (13) comprising monoscopic video sensors with dichroic systems for stereoscopy, said third sensor means (14) comprising stereoscopic video sensors, said fourth sensor means (15) comprising movement sensors, said fifth sensor means (16) comprising multi-channel audio sensors, said sixth sensor means (17) comprising passive infrared sensors, and said seventh sensor means (18) comprising ambient brightness sensors, the operative programs of said second main microprocessor (1) being also set in advance for effecting an exchange of coded digital data among said sensors and each one of said sensors, so as to set each sensor to operate from time to time with a determinate configuration, depending on the different parameters to be detected, and for checking the operative state of each sensor as well as the exchange of the coded digital data among said second main microprocessor (1) and the different sensor means during the carrying out of the different operative programs and functions, and for effecting also an exchange of coded digital data between either one or both said first (5) and second (1) main microprocessors and also for setting each one or both said first (5) and second (1) main microprocessors to operate from time to time with a determinate configuration, depending on the different parameters to be processed, as well as for recognizing all the codes of the controls of the operative programs and functions which have been selected, and for checking also the operative state of each one of said first (5) and second (1) main microprocessors and the exchange of the coded digital data among them during the carrying out of the different operative programs and functions, said second main microprocessor (1) being further set with operative programs adapted to transmit the information received from said first through seventh sensor means to other external processors for a possible pre-processing thereof, wherein said external processors may be constituted by said first main microprocessor (5) or, through them, by other processing systems provided in the network, in a manner that the so processed data are then returned to said first main microprocessor (5) for the final processing and the recognizing of the given controls.

2. Electric and electronic sensor means according to claim 1, wherein said monoscopic video sensors of said first sensor means (12) comprise at least a color television camera, adapted to shoot moving color images of a space in front of the sensor, which color images have a middle and a high resolution, said monoscopic video sensors being color television cameras with CMOS sensors with 2 MPixel and over, interfacing said second main microprocessor (1) via a USB line, a line Ethernet with IP protocol or via composite video signals.

3. Electric and electronic sensor means according to claim 1, wherein said monoscopic video sensors with dichroic systems for stereoscopy of said second sensor means (13) comprise at least a monoscopic color television camera, integrated with a dichroic system for stereoscopy, adapted to shoot moving stereoscopic color images in a space in front of the sensor, which color images have a middle and a high resolution, said monoscopic video sensors with dichroic systems for stereoscopy being monoscopic color television cameras with CMOS sensors with 2 MPixel and over, integrated with a dichroic system for stereoscopy, interfacing said second main microprocessor (1) via a USB line, a line Ethernet with IP protocol, or via composite video signals.

4. Electric and electronic sensor means according to claim 1, wherein said stereoscopic video sensors of said third sensor means (14) comprise a stereoscopic color television camera, composed of an assembly of two monoscopic color television cameras, mechanically linked and synchronized to each other, adapted to shoot moving stereoscopic images of a space in front of the sensor, which color images have a middle and a high resolution, said stereoscopic video sensors being stereoscopic television cameras with CMOS sensors with 2 MPixel and over, interfacing said second main microprocessor (1) via a USB line, a line Ethernet with IP Protocol, or via composite video signals.

5. Electric and electronic sensor means according to claim 1, wherein said movement sensors of said fourth sensor means (15) comprise sensors adapted to detect the presence of moving objects within their operative range, which include sensors with microwave or ultrasound based active technology, integrated with passive infrared sensors, adapted to detect moving objects within a space of 1-5 meters, said movement sensors being sensors normally used in household alarm systems.

6. Electric and electronic sensor means according to claim 1, wherein said multichannel audio sensors of said fifth sensor means (16) comprise sensors adapted to receive sounds, adequately spaced and oriented, for receiving sounds coming from different areas of a space in front of the sensors, said multichannel audio sensors being directional microphones, mounted in such a position as to cover distinct and partially overlapped areas of the space in front of the sensors.