Methods and systems related to an image capture projection surface

• US 8,723,787 B2
• Filed: 05/12/2009
• Issued: 05/13/2014
• Est. Priority Date: 06/17/2008
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Original Assignee: The Invention Science Fund I, L.L.C. (Intellectual Ventures LLC)
• Inventors: Jung, Edward K. Y., Leuthardt, Eric C., Levien, Royce A., Lord, Richard T., Lord, Robert W., Malamud, Mark A., Rinaldo, John D. Jr., Wood, Lowell L. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): PHAM, VIET DAVID
• Application Number:
  US12/454,184
• Publication Number:
  US 20090324138A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,827 Days
• Field of Search: 345156-173
• US Class Current: 345/156
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/03 Arrangements for converting the position or the displacement of a member into a coded form
• CPC Class Codes: G06F 3/165 Management of the audio stream, e.g. setting of volume, audio stream path
• CPC Class Codes: H04N 9/3194 including sensor feedback

Abstract

The present disclosure relates generally to systems and methods that are related to an image capture projection surface. For example, in some implementations, a method includes receiving at least one projected image on at least one image capture projection surface, capturing at least a portion of the at least one projected image from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image, and communicating at least a portion of the captured image.

Claims

1. A method comprising:

receiving at least a portion of one image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface, the at least a portion of one image stored in a memory for projection by the projecting device;

receiving at least one user attribute from at least one of;

a motion sensor, an inertial sensor, a contact sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, an ultrasonic sensor, a pressure sensor, or a range sensor, the at least one user attribute indicating at least one of;

a height, a weight, an age or a sex of at least one user;

capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image, the portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device on the at least one image capture projection surface based on the at least one user attribute; and

communicating the portion of the captured image.

2. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device on two or more image capture projection surfaces.

3. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface in accordance with at least one user instruction or financial transaction.

4. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one projected image on at least one image capture projection surface in accordance with at least one user attribute.

5. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface in accordance with at least one user attribute obtained from a history, a setting, a proximity determination, a sensor, a security parameter, a membership parameter, an account parameter, a status parameter, a group parameter, an ownership parameter, a role parameter, a capability parameter, a rights parameter, a service parameter, an activity parameter, a privilege parameter, a familial characteristic, a physical characteristic, an individualized parameter, or a contextualized parameter.

6. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface that is associated with a tablet, a handheld device, a vehicle, a table, a wall, a desk, or a writing surface.

7. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device on the at least one image capture projection surface that relates to a user-specified content that includes a legal content, an educational content, a healthcare content, a business content, or a personal content.

8. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device in association with audio content.

9. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image comprises:

capturing a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device in accordance with at least one user attribute.

10. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image comprises:

capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device in accordance with at least one user attribute, wherein the at least one user attribute is obtained from a history, a setting, a proximity determination, a sensor, a security parameter, a membership parameter, an account parameter, a status parameter, a group parameter, an ownership parameter, a role parameter, a capability parameter, a rights parameter, a service parameter, an activity parameter, a privilege parameter, a familial characteristic, a physical characteristic, an individualized parameter, or a contextualized parameter.

11. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image comprises:

capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device in accordance with at least one physical user instruction or at least one electronic user instruction.

12. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image comprises:

capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device in accordance with at least one financial transaction obtained via a communications network.

13. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image comprises:

capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device using mechanical scanning.

14. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing at least one portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image comprises:

capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device related to at least one user-specified content.

15. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating at least a portion of the captured image comprises:

communicating at least a portion of the captured image in accordance with a user instruction or a user attribute.

16. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating the portion of the captured image comprises:

communicating at least a portion of the captured image to a memory, a hardware device, a software application, a user device, a printer, a monitor display, or a projector.

17. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating the portion of the captured image comprises:

communicating at least a portion of the captured image in association with audio content.

18. The method of claim 1, wherein the communicating the portion of the captured image comprises:

communicating at least a portion of the captured image in association with audio content.

19. The method of claim 18, further comprising:

receiving at least one user input on the at least one image capture projection surface.

20. The method of claim 19, wherein the receiving at least one user input on the at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least one physical user input on the at least one image capture projection surface.

21. The method of claim 19, wherein the receiving at least one user input on the at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least one electronic user input on the at least one image capture projection surface.

22. The method of claim 19, further comprising:

capturing the at least one user input on the at least one image capture projection surface.

23. The method of claim 22, wherein the capturing the at least one user input on the at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

capturing at least one physical user input from the at least one image capture projection surface.

24. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving content from at least one additional source.

25. The method of claim 24, wherein the receiving content from at least one additional source comprises:

receiving content from two or more image capture projection surfaces.

26. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving content from at least one additional source.

27. The method of claim 26, wherein the receiving content from at least one additional source comprises:

receiving content from two or more image capture projection surfaces.

28. The method of claim 27, wherein the capturing the content received from the at least one additional source comprises:

capturing content received from two or more image capture projection surfaces.

29. The method of claim 26, wherein the receiving content from at least one additional source comprises:

receiving audio content.

30. The method of claim 26, further comprising:

capturing the content received from the at least one additional source.

31. The method of claim 30, wherein the capturing the content received from the at least one additional source comprises:

capturing content received from at least one electronic file location.

32. The method of claim 30, wherein the capturing the content received from the at least one additional source comprises:

capturing audio content.

33. The method of claim 31, wherein the receiving audio content comprises:

receiving one or more portions of a video soundtrack.

34. The method of claim 31, wherein the receiving audio content comprises:

receiving one or more verbal communications.

35. The method of claim 31, further comprising:

capturing at least a portion of the audio content to form captured audio content.

36. The method of claim 35, wherein the capturing at least a portion of the audio content to form captured audio content comprises:

capturing music.

37. The method of claim 1, further comprising:

receiving audio content.

38. The method as recited in claim 1, further comprising analyzing the at least one image projected by the projecting device on the at least one image capture projection surface to retrieve the user attribute.

39. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving the at least one user attribute includes determining the height, the weight, the age or the sex of the at least one user attribute by analyzing content in the at least one projected image from the projecting device.

40. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the projecting device includes at least one of a printer, or a monitor display.

41. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the image indicates at least one of a receipt, a menu, legal content, or healthcare content.

42. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the image projected by the projecting device is a video.

43. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving at least one user attribute includes receiving the at least one user attribute from a motion sensor, an inertial sensor, a contact sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, or a range sensor.

44. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein receiving at least one user attribute includes receiving the at least one user attribute from a service provider via a tele-communications network.

45. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein the height, the weight, the age or the sex of the at least one user indicated by the at least one user attribute is determined from analyzing content of the image projected by the projecting device;

and wherein the portion of the one image captured from the at least one image capture projection surface is based on the determined at least one user height, weight, age or sex of the at least one user.

46. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface in accordance with at least one user attribute obtained from a proximity determination of a least one user or user device to the capture projection surface.

47. The method of claim 1, wherein the receiving at least a portion of one image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface comprises:

receiving at least the portion of one image projected by the projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface in accordance with at least one user attribute obtained from a proximity determination, a security parameter, a membership parameter, an account parameter, a status parameter, a group parameter, an ownership parameter, a role parameter, a capability parameter, a rights parameter, a service parameter, an activity parameter, a privilege parameter, or a familial characteristic.

48. The method of claim 1, wherein capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image, the portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device on the at least one image capture projection surface based on the at least one user attribute comprises:

capturing at least a portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image, the portion of the at least one image projected by the projecting device on the at least one image capture projection surface based on at least one of;

a presence of the user proximate to the image capture projection surface, a person density, a foot traffic volume, a sales volume, a conversation or sound volume, a time of day, a weather condition, a language type spoken by a user proximate to the image capture projection surface, educational level of proximate users as to the image capture projection surface as determined by language type used by the user, interests of proximate users to the image capture projection surface as determined by language used by a user proximate to the image capture projection surface, age of users as determined by a height or a language used by a user proximate to the image capture projection surface, or at least one or more images nearby but not on the image capture projection surface.

52. The method as recited in claim 1, wherein a least one of the motion sensor, the inertial sensor, the contact sensor, the gyroscopic sensor, the ultrasonic sensor, the pressure sensor, or the range sensor includes at least one of a camera, a light sensor, an imaging sensor, or an ultraviolet sensor.

49. A system comprising:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a non-transitory signal-bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to;

receiving at least one projected image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface, the at least one projected image stored in a memory for projection by the projecting device;

capturing at least a portion of the at least one projected image from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a captured image, the portion of the captured image projected based at least one of;

a height, a weight, an age or a sex of at least one user in a vicinity of the at least one image capture projection surface received from at least one of a motion sensor, an inertial sensor, a contact sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, ultrasonic sensor, pressure sensor, or a range sensor; and

communicating at least a portion of the captured image.

50. The system as recited in claim 49, further comprising capturing at least a second portion of the at least one projected image from the at least one image capture projection surface to form a second captured image in response to a signal from a controller, the portion of the second captured image captured from the at least one image capture projection surface based on a height, a weight, an age or a sex of a second user received by the controller via a communications network.

53. The system as recited in claim 49, wherein a least one of the motion sensor, the inertial sensor, the contact sensor, the gyroscopic sensor, the ultrasonic sensor, the pressure sensor, or the range sensor includes at least one of a camera, a light sensor, an imaging sensor, or an ultraviolet sensor.

51. A system comprising:

means for receiving at least one image projected by a projecting device on at least one image capture projection surface, at least a portion of the at least one image projected on the at least one image capture projection surface after retrieval from a memory from the projecting device;

means for receiving via a communications network a user attribute that includes at least one of;

a height, a weight, an age or a sex of at least one user received from at least one of a motion sensor, ultrasonic sensor, pressure sensor, an inertial sensor, a contact sensor, a gyroscopic sensor, or a range sensor;

means for determining a portion of the at least one image to be captured from the at least one image capture projection surface based on the received at least one of;

the height, the weight, the age or the sex of the at least one user included in the user attribute;

means for capturing the determined portion of the at least one image from the at least one image capture projection surface and projected by the projecting device to form a captured image; and

means for communicating the captured image.

54. The system as recited in claim 51, wherein a least one of the motion sensor, the inertial sensor, the contact sensor, the gyroscopic sensor, the ultrasonic sensor, the pressure sensor, or the range sensor includes at least one of a camera, a light sensor, an imaging sensor, or an ultraviolet sensor.