Interactive guest image capture using video wall/floor/ceiling displays for selections of background scenes, and selection/distribution of customized
First Claim
1. A method of creating and distributing professional quality pictorial souvenirs giving the illusion that guests at a facility were imaged at other locations, comprising:
- interacting with the guests to initiate transactions and provide guest information to a computer system;
supplying chroma key images and background scene video images to a video display surface at a location where guests pose for imaging against the video surface;
taking key guest images at the location in synch with chroma key images flashing on the video display surface at times interspersed with frames or fields of the background scene images;
computer-processing with said computer system the key guest images to extract guest image content;
computer-merging with said computer system the extracted guest image content into the background scene images to form merged images;
generating preview versions of the merged images;
responding to guest interaction to select some or all of the preview merged images; and
assembling customized souvenir portfolios that include merged images related to the selected preview images, charging guests for the souvenirs portfolios, and delivering the souvenir portfolios to the guests or designees thereof.
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Abstract
Systems and methods for creating and distributing professional quality pictorial souvenirs giving the illusion that guests of a facility were imaged at other locations, including making initial arrangements with guests, showing selections of background scene images at video displays and flashing chroma key images interspersed with frames of the scene images, taking key guest images in synch with the flashed key images, extracting guest image content from the key guest images and merging into selecting scene images, showing initial merges images for guest selection and providing souvenir portfolios that include merged images to guests or designees after making financial arrangements, including for payment to third parties for copyright content included in the souvenirs and with advertisers for promotional material included in the souvenirs.
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21 Claims
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1. A method of creating and distributing professional quality pictorial souvenirs giving the illusion that guests at a facility were imaged at other locations, comprising:
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interacting with the guests to initiate transactions and provide guest information to a computer system; supplying chroma key images and background scene video images to a video display surface at a location where guests pose for imaging against the video surface; taking key guest images at the location in synch with chroma key images flashing on the video display surface at times interspersed with frames or fields of the background scene images; computer-processing with said computer system the key guest images to extract guest image content; computer-merging with said computer system the extracted guest image content into the background scene images to form merged images; generating preview versions of the merged images; responding to guest interaction to select some or all of the preview merged images; and assembling customized souvenir portfolios that include merged images related to the selected preview images, charging guests for the souvenirs portfolios, and delivering the souvenir portfolios to the guests or designees thereof. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A automated system configured to create professional quality pictorial souvenirs giving the illusion that a guest is imaged at another location, comprising:
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a guest facility that comprises a video display surface serving as background for taking one or more images of the guest and an automated camera system configured to take images of the guest at the facility; a video image source of scene and key image frames; a system control computer configured to direct the image source to supply selected scene image and key image frames or fields to the video display surface and to direct the video display surface to display the supplied frames or fields at alternate times; the system control computer being further configured to direct the camera system to take one or more images of the guest when the video display surface is displaying key frames or fields, thereby producing one or more key guest images; an image processing computer configured to receive the key guest images, extract images of guests therein, and merge the extracted images with respective selected scene images, thereby forming merged images of guests inserted into selected scene image backgrounds; a payment and delivery computer configured to respond to guest orders for merged images by charging customers and delivering paid-for merged images to customers. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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