Devices and methods for providing a distributed manifestation in an environment
First Claim
1. A method for producing a distributed manifestation, the method comprising acts of:
- (A) projecting at least one electromagnetic signal for receipt by a plurality of physically separate receiving units, each of the receiving units being at a respective location within an environment, the at least one electromagnetic signal comprising state data;
(B) receiving, by the receiving units, the at least one electromagnetic signal;
(C) processing, by each one of the receiving units, at least one received electromagnetic signal so as to express a state according to the state data in the received electromagnetic signal(s), as a result of the one receiving unit being at the respective location when the electromagnetic signal(s) are received.
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Abstract
The present invention concerns a projection system for providing a distributed manifestation within an environment. The projection system includes a data generator for generating a plurality of data sets of associated state data and spatial coordinate data. The projection system also includes a projector in communication with the data generator for receiving the data sets. The projector is provided with a signal generating module for generating a plurality of electromagnetic signals, and a projecting module for projecting each of the electromagnetic signals towards a target location within the environment. The projection system also includes a plurality of receiving units distributed within the environment, each receiving unit having a receiver for receiving one of the electromagnetic signals when the receiving unit is positioned in the corresponding target location, each receiving unit being adapted to perform a change of state in response to the state data.
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1. A method for producing a distributed manifestation, the method comprising acts of:
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(A) projecting at least one electromagnetic signal for receipt by a plurality of physically separate receiving units, each of the receiving units being at a respective location within an environment, the at least one electromagnetic signal comprising state data; (B) receiving, by the receiving units, the at least one electromagnetic signal; (C) processing, by each one of the receiving units, at least one received electromagnetic signal so as to express a state according to the state data in the received electromagnetic signal(s), as a result of the one receiving unit being at the respective location when the electromagnetic signal(s) are received. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A system for producing a distributed manifestation within an environment, the system comprising:
a plurality of physically separate receiving units, each of the receiving units being at a respective location within an environment and configured to receive at least one electromagnetic signal comprising state data, and to process at least one received electromagnetic signal and to express a state according to the state data in the received electromagnetic signal(s) as a result of being at the respective location when the electromagnetic signal(s) are received. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
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20. At least one computer-readable medium having instructions recorded thereon which, when executed in a system comprising a plurality of physically separate receiving units each located at a respective location within an environment, cause each of the plurality of receiving units to perform a method, the method comprising acts of:
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(A) receiving at least one electromagnetic signal comprising state data; and (B) processing the at least one received electromagnetic signal so as to express a state according to the state data in the received at least one electromagnetic signal.
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