Method, apparatus, and system for remotely annotating a target
AssigneeFuji Xerox Co., Ltd.
InventorsJonathan T. Foote, Donald G. Kimber
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Abstract
A system, method and apparatus for remotely annotating an object. An embodiment of the present invention includes a video camera projector that captures video images of a local object and projects annotations made by a user at a remote location onto said local object.
Claims25
A method for annotating from a first location a target positioned at a second location comprising the steps of:
- capturing a video of said target at said second location with a video camera/projector device;
- projecting an annotation onto said target at said second location with said video camera/projector device.
A method for annotating from a first location a target positioned at a second location comprising the steps of:
- receiving at said first location a video of said target;
- displaying on a graphical user interface at said first location said received video;
- obtaining an annotation;
- and,
- transmitting from said first location said annotation.
An apparatus comprising:
- a video capture device having a first field of view;
- a video projecting device having a second field of view, wherein said video capture device and said video projecting device are positioned so the first field of view and the second field of view are similar;
- and,
- a transmission device.
A system for annotating from a first location a target positioned at a second location, said system comprising:
- a video camera/projector device at said second location;
- and,
- a computing system at said first location in communication with said video camera/projector device.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.