Automated interactive system and method for dynamically modifying a live image of a subject

An automated interactive system for dynamically modifying a live image of a subject, the automated interactive system comprising:

• a motorized platform, wherein the motorized platform includes
• at least one actuator that is capable of rotating or translating a payload comprising at least one sensor and a camera, wherein the at least one sensor is adapted to collect sensor data about at least one of the subject and an environment, wherein the camera is adapted to capture the live image of the subject in an at least one position,
• wherein the at least one actuator moves the camera along or around at least one degree of freedom that is selected from at least one of (i) rotating the camera around horizontal axis, (ii) rotating the camera around vertical axis, (iii) moving the camera parallel to the vertical axis, and (iv) moving the camera parallel to the horizontal axis;
• and
• a control unit that comprises a processor and a physical data storage device containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;
• capture the live image of the subject in the at least one position with the camera;
• store the live image of the subject in the physical data storage device;
• send instructions to the at least one actuator to physically move the payload based at least in part on the sensor data;
• apply at least one environment modification rule that is performed by an environment rules engine to dynamically modify the live image of the subject in the at least one position with an at least one layer into a modified live image,
• wherein the instructions cause the processor to dynamically move the at least one layer relative to the live image based on the position of the subject in a physical environment while using the motorized platform to maintain at least a portion of the live image of the subject in the center of a live view;
• and
• display the modified live image of the subject on a display unit.

An automated interactive system for dynamically modifying a live image of a subject, the automated interactive system comprising:

• a motorized platform, wherein the motorized platform includes
• at least one actuator that is capable of rotating or translating a payload comprising at least one sensor and a camera, wherein the at least one sensor is adapted to collect sensor data about at least one of the subject and an environment, wherein the camera is adapted to capture the live image of the subject in an at least one position,
• wherein the at least one actuator moves the camera along or around at least one degree of freedom that is selected from at least one of (i) rotating the camera around horizontal axis, (ii) rotating the camera around vertical axis, (iii) moving the camera parallel to the vertical axis, and (iv) moving the camera parallel to the horizontal axis;
• and
• a control unit that comprises a processor and a physical data storage device containing computer-executable instructions that, when executed by the processor, cause the processor to;
• capture the live image of the subject in the at least one position with the camera;
• store the live image of the subject in the physical data storage device;
• send instructions to the at least one actuator to physically move the payload based at least in part on the sensor data;
• apply at least one environment modification rule that is performed by an environment rules engine to dynamically modify the live image of the subject in the at least one position with an at least one layer into a modified live image,
• wherein the at least one layer comprises at least one layer mapping function that maps the subject's position in a physical environment to a position of the at least one layer on a screen of the display unit;
• and
• display the modified live image of the subject on a display unit.