Apparatus with moveable headrest for viewing images from a changing direction-of-view
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1. Apparatus for assisting a user in viewing images in a standing, seated, or reclining posture, comprising:
- a moveable headrest mounted on or with respect to a body support for supporting a body of said user, said moveable headrest attitudinally moveable with respect to said body support for supporting a head of said user in executing attitudinal head movements from a changing direction with respect to said body of said user supported on said body support;
a light source, responsive to a light control signal, for providing light for image viewing by an eye in a said head of the said user acting as a passive viewer; and
an actuator, responsive to a headrest control signal, for causing the said moveable headrest to execute attitudinal movements for emulution by with respect to said body support in urging said attitudinal head movements of said the head of the said user acting as a passive viewer in emulation of said attitudinal movements of said moveable headrest when said head of said user is coupled to said moveable headrest.
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A head guide with a display is attitudinally controlled for guiding the head of a passive viewer wherein the display is for viewing images that are emulative of images viewed by a cameraman with head mounted cameras whose head attitude is monitored for controlling the head guide in synchronism with the images gathered by the cameras. Additionally, the viewer'"'"'s eyes may be induced to follow a sequence of visual fixations at the same time as the passive viewer'"'"'s head is induced to execute attitudinal movements consistent therewith.
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1. Apparatus for assisting a user in viewing images in a standing, seated, or reclining posture, comprising:
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a moveable headrest mounted on or with respect to a body support for supporting a body of said user, said moveable headrest attitudinally moveable with respect to said body support for supporting a head of said user in executing attitudinal head movements from a changing direction with respect to said body of said user supported on said body support; a light source, responsive to a light control signal, for providing light for image viewing by an eye in a said head of the said user acting as a passive viewer; and an actuator, responsive to a headrest control signal, for causing the said moveable headrest to execute attitudinal movements for emulution by with respect to said body support in urging said attitudinal head movements of said the head of the said user acting as a passive viewer in emulation of said attitudinal movements of said moveable headrest when said head of said user is coupled to said moveable headrest. - View Dependent Claims (2)
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3. Apparatus, comprising:
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a support for supporting a body of a user in viewing images in a standing, seated, or reclining posture; and a moveable headrest mounted on or with respect to said support, for moving with rotational movements with respect to said support and supporting a head of said user in executing said rotational movements with respect to said body of said user while viewing said images from a changing direction. - View Dependent Claims (4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 15)
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- 9. Apparatus, comprising a headrest for supporting a head of a user and a support for supporting a body of said user viewing images in a reclining posture with said head of said user resting on said headrest mounted on or with respect to said support, said headrest comprising a movable headrest for supporting said head of said user in executing head movements in a changing direction of said head of said user while viewing images provided from a correspondingly changing direction of view, said head and said headrest moving together in said changing direction with respect to said body and said support.
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