Multimedia projector-printer
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1. A display system comprising:
- a controller having an input coupled for receiving a multimedia document, the controller parsing the multimedia document into a first portion and a second portion, the controller translating an embedded instruction in the second portion to perform an instruction for retrieving multimedia data and executing the instruction and the controller further configured for associating the multimedia document with a presentation, wherein associating the multimedia document with the presentation comprises;
determining that the presentation is being presented;
copying the multimedia document into a data structure associated with the presentation; and
storing a time and content index for the presentation in the data structure such that the multimedia document is associated with the presentation,a converting device, coupled to the controller, for converting the first portion to a projectable image data format suitable for display; and
a display device, coupled to the converting device and the controller, for generating and projecting an image of the projectable image data and the multimedia data on a screen in a display sequence established by the embedded instruction.
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Abstract
A multimedia projector/printer system capable of displaying, printing, and controlling all multimedia content associated with a multi-media document. The multimedia projector/printer has a multimedia image generator. A print driver interface is provided that allows users to “print” a multimedia document to the projector. The multimedia driver embeds instructions and codes within a document that are retrieved and removed before the projector produces an image. The instructions and codes indicate multimedia data to be fetched over the network. The multimedia projector/printer also provides the option to display multimedia data regardless of the software application from which created it.
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1. A display system comprising:
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a controller having an input coupled for receiving a multimedia document, the controller parsing the multimedia document into a first portion and a second portion, the controller translating an embedded instruction in the second portion to perform an instruction for retrieving multimedia data and executing the instruction and the controller further configured for associating the multimedia document with a presentation, wherein associating the multimedia document with the presentation comprises; determining that the presentation is being presented; copying the multimedia document into a data structure associated with the presentation; and storing a time and content index for the presentation in the data structure such that the multimedia document is associated with the presentation, a converting device, coupled to the controller, for converting the first portion to a projectable image data format suitable for display; and a display device, coupled to the converting device and the controller, for generating and projecting an image of the projectable image data and the multimedia data on a screen in a display sequence established by the embedded instruction. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A method for outputting a multimedia document, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the multimedia document; parsing the multimedia document into a first portion and a second portion; converting the first portion of the multimedia document to projectable image data; interpreting an embedded instruction in the second portion to perform an action for retrieving multimedia data; performing the action; outputting the projectable image data and the multimedia data on a screen in a display sequence established by the embedded instruction; associating the multimedia document with a presentation, comprising; determining that the presentation is being presented; copying the multimedia document into a data structure associated with the presentation; and storing a time and content index for the presentation in the data structure such that the multimedia document is associated with the presentation. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21)
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22. A method for creating a multimedia document in a digital projection system including a personal computer and a digital projector, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating a first document in page description language at the personal computer; creating a presentation document with a presentation format at the personal computer; converting the presentation document into video data at the personal computer; embedding the video data into the first document at the personal computer; and transmitting the first document from the personal computer to an I/O controller of the digital projector for; parsing the first document, with a parsing device, the parsing device coupled to the I/O controller, into a first portion and a second portion, where the first portion contains the page description language and the second portion contains the video data; converting the first portion of the multimedia document into projectable image data suitable for display; and projecting an image of the projectable image data and the video data, in accordance with a display embedded within the presentation format. - View Dependent Claims (23, 24)
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25. A method for displaying a multimedia document using a projector, the method comprising the steps of:
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receiving the multimedia document; parsing the multimedia document into a printer format portion and a comment portion, wherein the comment portion includes an instruction to retrieve multimedia data from a remote site; converting the printer format portion of the multimedia document into projectable image data suitable for display; interpreting the comment portion of the multimedia document to control display of the projectable image data; performing the instruction in the interpreted comment portion to retrieve the multimedia data from the remote site; generating and projecting an output image from the converted projectable image data and projecting the multimedia data in a display sequence established by the comment.
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26. A method for creating a multimedia document in a digital projection system including a personal computer and a digital projector, the method comprising the steps of:
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creating a first document in page description language at the personal computer; retrieving at the personal computer a presentation in a presentation format; converting the presentation into one or more video segments at the personal computer; embedding at the personal computer the one or more video segments in the first document; transmitting the first document to the digital projector for; parsing the first document into the one or more video segments; converting the one or more video segments into projectable image data suitable for display; and projecting an image of the projectable image data. - View Dependent Claims (27, 28, 29)
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