System and Method for Smooth Pointing of Objects During a Presentation
AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRavishankar Rao
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AssigneeInternational Business Machines Corporation
InventorRavishankar Rao
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A system and method are provided that allows a speaker to provide real-time annotations to one or more displayed images during a presentation. The speaker inputs the annotations my manually identify a portion of the displayed image using an input mechanism such as a touch screen that is in communication with a presentation monitor and a control system that is controlling the presentation. The identified portions are annotated onto the displayed images using a adaptive color that is selected to provide optimum contrast with the existing colors in the displayed image. In addition to providing adaptive, contrasting colors for the annotations, imperfection such as waviness are removed from the identified portions to created corrected portions that are then annotated onto the presentation image. Annotation is accomplished through computer generated graphics or through the use of a motorized, controllable laser pointer.
A method for highlighting a portion of a displayed image, the method comprising:
A method for highlighting selected portions of a displayed image, the method comprising:
A computer-readable medium containing a computer-readable code that when read by a computer causes the computer to perform a method for highlighting a portion of a displayed image, the method comprising:
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