Multi-angle mirror

• US 20080129689A1
• Filed: 10/31/2007
• Published: 06/05/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 09/15/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Ventrk LLC
• Original Assignee: Searete LLC A Limited Liability Corporation of The State of Delaware
• Inventors: Rinaldo, John D., Jung, Edward K.Y., Levien, Royce A., Malamud, Mark A.
• Granted Patent: US 7,705,800 B2
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2340/045 Zooming at least part of an image, i.e. enlarging it or shrinking it
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2360/18 Use of a frame buffer in a display terminal, inclusive of the display panel
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 2380/16 Digital picture frames
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/20 for presentation of an assembly of a number of characters, e.g. a page, by composing the assembly by combination of individual elements arranged in a matrix no fixed position being assigned to or needed to be assigned to the individual characters or partial characters
• CPC Class Codes: G09G 3/346 based on modulation of the reflection angle, e.g. micromirrors micromirrors devices per se G02B26/0833
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 23/90 Arrangement of cameras or camera modules, e.g. multiple cameras in TV studios or sports stadiums

Abstract

Multi-angle mirror methods and related systems.

Claims

1. A system comprising:

at least one digital mirror;

a data presentation device proximate to said at least one digital mirror; and

a multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable to said data presentation device.

2. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

at least one of a Liquid Crystal display device, a plasma display device, or a laser-diode display device.

3. The system of claim 1, wherein said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

a microelectrical mechanical system display device.

9. The system of claim 1, wherein said data presentation device further comprises:

an image representation presentation device.

11. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image storage device operably couplable with said data presentation device.

12. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image recall engine operably couplable with said data presentation device.

13. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image capture device operably couplable with said multi-angle view/registration engine.

14. The system of claim 13, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

15. The system of claim 14, wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

16. The system of claim 15, wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view rotated substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

17. The system of claim 15, wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

18. The system of claim 17, wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one digital mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view rotated between zero and plus or minus substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

19. The system of claim 13, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

20. The system of claim 13, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

21. The system of claim 13, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least two image representation capture devices alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one digital mirror.

22. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one input capture device operably couplable with said data presentation device.

23. The system of claim 1, further comprising:

at least one image sequencing/presentation engine operably couplable with said data presentation device.

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24. A system comprising:

a digital mirror; and

an offset-view image representation capture device having an image field different from an image field corresponding to said digital mirror.

25. The system of claim 24, further comprising:

at least one multi-angle view/registration engine operably couplable with said offset-view image representation capture device.

26. The system of claim 24, further comprising:

at least one data presentation device operably couplable with said offset-view image representation capture device.

27. The system of claim 24, wherein said digital mirror further comprises:

at least one of a Liquid Crystal display device, a plasma display device, or a laser-diode display device.

28. The system of claim 24, wherein said digital mirror further comprises:

a microelectrical mechanical system display device.

29. A method comprising:

accepting input related to an image of a digital mirror; and

presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror.

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44. A system comprising:

means for accepting input related to an image of a digital mirror; and

means for presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror.

45. The system of claim 44, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image of a digital mirror further comprises:

means for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the digital mirror.

46. The system of claim 45, wherein said means for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the digital mirror further comprises:

means for detecting input to a touch sensitive device associated with the digital mirror.

47. The system of claim 45, wherein said means for accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the digital mirror further comprises:

means for detecting input to a mouse associated with the digital mirror

48. The system of claim 44, wherein said means for accepting input related to an image of a digital mirror further comprises:

means for accepting input of at least one of a user touching herself, a user gesturing, or a user speaking in relation to the at least a part of the image of the digital mirror.

49. The system of claim 44, wherein said means for presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror further comprises:

means for obtaining one or more images having the at least a part of the image of the digital mirror.

50. The system of claim 44, wherein said means for presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the digital mirror further comprises:

means for identifying one or more reference points demarcating the at least a part of the image of the digital mirror;

means for retrieving at least a part of one or more alternate-view images; and

means for presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images.

51. The system of claim 50, wherein said means for presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

means for registering at least a portion of the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images with the image of the digital mirror.

52. The system of claim 50, wherein said means for presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

means for indicating in the digital mirror an extent of a field of view of an image capture device.

53. The system of claim 50, wherein said means for presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

means for at least one of sequencing or presenting at least a portion of the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images.

54. The system of claim 53, wherein said means for at least one of sequencing or presenting at least a portion of the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

means for at least one of sequencing at least two view-shifted images captured substantially contemporaneously or sequencing at least two view-shifted images captured at substantially different instances in time.

57. The system of claim 50, wherein said means for retrieving at least a part of one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

means for retrieving from a storage associated with the one or more view-shifted images.

58. The system of claim 57, wherein said means for retrieving from a storage associated with the one or more view-shifted images further comprises:

means for retrieving from a storage associated with at least one alternate view angle of the one or more view-shifted images.

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59. A system comprising:

a digital mirror;

a data presentation device proximate to said digital mirror; and

a multi-angle view engine operably couplable to said data presentation device.