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US 11,335,220 B2Granted
Display method, apparatus and system
AssigneeSony Interactive Entertainment Inc.
InventorsMichael Eder, Fabio Cappello, Robert Keith John Withey, Nicola Penny Ann Cavalla, Hsinpei Yang
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Abstract
A cone for use in a Pepper's Ghost illusion includes a conical wall of semi-reflective material, and an attachment member for removably attaching the cone to the surface of a light emissive display, and a method of displaying a Pepper's Ghost illusion includes positioning a cone of semi-reflective material onto a light emissive display; and displaying on the light emissive display an image that has been distorted by an inverse of a distortion caused by a reflection of the cone.
Claims12
A system, comprising:
- a docking station comprising a cone (100) for use in a Pepper's Ghost illusion, the cone comprising a conical wall of semi-reflective material (100);
- the docking station providing a known physical relationship between the cone and a dockable device when the dockable device is docked;
- the dockable device comprising a light emissive display (418) adapted to display images that have been distorted by an inverse of the distortion caused by the reflection of the cone;
- the docking station comprising a physical engagement detector other than a touch surface operable to detect the proper engagement of the dockable device with the docking station;
- the dockable device comprising a positioning processor (410) operable to position images, which have been distorted by the inverse of the distortion caused by the reflection of the cone, responsive to the known physical relationship between the cone and the dockable device.
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