# US 10,375,364 B2 · Device for ambience obstruction by an object

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- Number: US 10,375,364 B2
- Document ID: US10375364B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 14/837,307
- Filed: 2015-08-27
- Published: 2015-12-17
- Granted: 2019-08-06
- Earliest claimed: 2014-04-09
- Assignees: International Business Machines Corporation
- Applicants: International Business Machines Corporation
- Inventors: Eric V. Kline; Frank R. Libsch; Thomas S. Mazzeo
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10375364B2

## CPC

- H04N 9/3185: {Geometric adjustment, e.g. keystone or convergence (optical or mechanical adjustment of convergence H04N9/317; using scanning means H04N3/22; optical or mechanical adjustments of projectors not peculiar to the presence of an electronic spatial light modulator G03B21/14)}
- G06F 3/013: {Eye tracking input arrangements (G06F3/015 takes precedence)}
- G06T 7/20: Analysis of motion (motion estimation for coding, decoding, compressing or decompressing digital video signals H04N19/43, H04N19/51)
- G06T 7/70: Determining position or orientation of objects or cameras (camera calibration G06T7/80)
- H04N 7/18: Closed-circuit television [CCTV] systems, i.e. systems in which the video signal is not broadcast
- H04N 23/63: by using electronic viewfinders
- H04N 25/00: Circuitry of solid-state image sensors [SSIS]; Control thereof
- H04N: PICTORIAL COMMUNICATION, e.g. TELEVISION
- G06F: ELECTRIC DIGITAL DATA PROCESSING (computer systems based on specific computational models G06N)
- G06T: IMAGE DATA PROCESSING OR GENERATION, IN GENERAL

## Abstract

A method, system, and apparatus for alleviating an obstruction caused by an object from a view of an observer includes a hardware device affixed to the object such that the observer observes a presentation on the device when observing the object. The device is enabled to receive a signal, wherein the signal corresponds to a portion of an ambience obscured by the object from a view of the observer. The signal is processed at the device and without using a data processing system, to generate a version of the signal. Using the device, the version of the signal is presented to the observer as the presentation, wherein the version of the signal alleviates the portion of the ambience obstructed by the object in the view of the observer.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A method for cloaking an object from an observer, the method comprising:
affixing a hardware device to the object such that the observer observes a presentation on the device when observing the object;
enabling the device to receive a signal, wherein the signal corresponds to a portion of an ambience obscured by the object from a view of the observer and wherein the signal includes a first intensity, a first wavelength, a first frequency, a first phase and a first amplitude, the object being positioned at an actual position relative to the portion of the ambience from a point of perception of the observer, wherein the device includes a set of detecting components, wherein the set of detecting components includes a plurality of distinct detecting components arranged in a first array, and wherein each distinct detecting component in the set of detecting components receives the signal;
performing a direct conversion of the signal without passing the signal through a data processing system, thereby creating a form of the signal, wherein the form of the signal includes a plurality of wavelengths and a plurality of intensities and wherein the form of the signal differs from the first frequency, the first phase, and the first amplitude;
constructing, using the device, the presentation using the form of the signal, wherein the presentation cloaks the object from the ambience in the view of the observer by causing the object to appear at a second position relative to the portion of the ambience, the second position being different from the actual position of the object from the point of perception of the observer, wherein the device includes a set of emitting components to construct the presentation using the form of the signal, wherein the set of emitting components includes a plurality of distinct emitting components arranged in a second array, wherein the set of detecting components includes an n-to-m correspondence with the set of emitting components, wherein the set of detecting components and the set of emitting components form opposite sides of a screen, and wherein an electrical coupling formed of conducting materials is disposed between the set of detecting components and the set of emitting components;
acquiring the signal, wherein the signal is available at the object at a first time;
acquiring a second signal, wherein the second signal is available at the object at a second time; and
sequencing the signal and the second signal such that the processing and presenting continues to update the presentation according to a movement of the object from the first time to the second time, during the movement.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
orienting a detecting component in the set of detecting components to a source of the signal; and
orienting an emitting component in the set of emitting components to the observer.

### Claim 3 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein the source of the signal is the portion.

### Claim 4 (depends on 2)

The method of claim 2, wherein each distinct detecting component in the set of detecting components corresponds to a distinct emitting component in the set of emitting components.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
configuring the device with an input device; and
communicating, from the input device to a detecting component in the device, the signal, wherein the communicating occurs without a use of a data processing system.

### Claim 6 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, further comprising:
combining, to form the form of the signal, a false representation of the object to the signal, wherein the false representation of the object causes the observer to perceive a presence of a second object in the view of the observer instead of a presence of the object in the view of the observer.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the signal comprises projected light from a projection device onto the set of detecting components to project a feature in the ambience onto the set of detecting components.

### Claim 8 (depends on 1)

The method of claim 1, wherein the signal is of a frequency other than a frequency range of light visible to humans. humans.