Interactive display system

• US 7,916,129 B2
• Filed: 08/29/2006
• Issued: 03/29/2011
• Est. Priority Date: 08/29/2006
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Original Assignee: Industrial Technology Research Institute
• Inventors: Lee, Sen, Lin, Ying-Tzu, Hsiao, Yung-Chin, Yang, Bou-Chih, Chen, Yu-Kai
• Primary Examiner(s): Mengistu; Amare
• Assistant Examiner(s): SHARIFI-TAFRESHI, KOOSHA
• Application Number:
  US11/467,927
• Publication Number:
  US 20080055730A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,673 Days
• Field of Search: 345/204, 345/156, 345/61, 235/462.36, 348/61, 348/63, 386/46
• US Class Current: 345/204
• CPC Class Codes: G02B 27/0093 with means for monitoring data relating to the user, e.g. head-tracking, eye-tracking

Abstract

An interactive display system is introduced herein. The interactive display system includes a mirror and a display unit. The display unit is built in the mirror, for providing auxiliary showing an image of a user in front of the display system. The image of the user can be automatically enlarged or shrunk and displayed on the display unit when the user moves forward to or away from the interactive display system.

Claims

1. An interactive display system, comprising:

a mirror; and

a display unit, built in the mirror, for providing auxiliary showing of an image of a user in front of the interactive display system;

an image capture device for capturing the image of the user;

a distance sensor for sensing a distance variation between the user and the interactive display system,

an image processing unit, connected to the image capture device and the display unit, for conducting an image data processing operation on the captured image for enlarging or shrinking the captured image according to a movement of the user sensed by the distance sensor, and the display unit displays the processed image, and

a control device, receiving commands in response to a touching event by the user of a touching interface, to change a ratio of enlarging or shrinking in response to the movement of the user relative to the display unit,

wherein when the user moves forward close to the display system, the distance sensor detects the user being moving forward, and the captured image of the user is enlarged by the ratio received from the control device and displayed on the display unit, and when the user moves away from the display system, the captured image of the user is shrunk by the ratio received from the control device and displayed on the display unit.

2. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, wherein the image capture device further comprises an image capture unit disposed behind the user.

3. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control device for receiving commands given by the user to enlarge or shrink the image displayed on the display unit, or to show a rear view of the user, or to change the ratio of enlarging or shrinking.

4. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control device for receiving commands given by the user to determine a portion of the user'"'"'s body to be enlarged and displayed on the display unit.

5. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a control device for receiving commands given by the user to change light sources for simulating a scene selected by the user.

6. The interactive display system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a pair of distance sensors disposed on a left side and a right side of the mirror, for sensing a distance variation between the user and the interactive display system.

7. An interactive display system, comprising:

a mirror positioned for capturing an image of a user in front of the mirror;

a display unit, built in the mirror, for providing auxiliary showing of an image of a user;

a plurality of image capture devices positioned in different directions relative to the user for capturing a plurality of images of the user from different angles;

a distance sensor for sensing a distance variation between the user and the display unit; and

an image processing unit, connected to the image capture devices and the display unit, for conducting an image data processing operation on the captured images for selecting one from the captured images and enlarging or shrinking the selected one of the captured images according to a movement of the user sensed by the distance sensor, and the display unit displays the processed image, and

a control device, receiving commands in response to a touching event by the user of a touching interface, to change a ratio of enlarging or shrinking in response to the movement of the user relative to the display unit,

wherein when the user moves forward close to the display unit, the distance sensor detects the user being moving forward, and the captured image of the user is enlarged by the ratio received from the control device and displayed on the display unit, and when the user moves away from the display unit, the captured image of the user is shrunk by the ratio received from the control device and displayed on the display unit.