US 2011/0216206 A1 · MEDIA VIEWING

Abstract

A portable electronic device comprises a display facing in a first direction, a video camera facing in a second direction substantially opposite to the first direction, and a wireless communications receiver operable to receive supplementary image data from a remote image source, the supplementary image data comprising an indication of where a supplementary image is positioned with respect to a reference image. The portable electronic device is arranged in operation to display a captured image from the video camera on the display of the portable electronic device. When the captured image comprises all or part of the reference image as displayed on a separate display associated with the remote image source, the portable electronic device is arranged in operation to display the supplementary image positioned with respect to the reference image, instead of the corresponding part of the captured image.

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Dependent claims

A portable electronic device, comprising:

a display facing in a first direction;
a video camera facing in a second direction substantially opposite to said first direction;
a wireless communications receiver operable to receive supplementary image data from a remote image source, said supplementary image data comprising an indication of where a supplementary image is positioned with respect to a reference image;
and in which:
said portable electronic device is arranged in operation to display a captured image from said video camera on said display of said portable electronic device;
and
when said captured image comprises all or part of said reference image as displayed on a separate display associated with the remote image source, said portable electronic device is arranged in operation to display said supplementary image positioned with respect to said reference image according to said received indication, to replace or overlie corresponding part of said captured image.

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A method of media viewing with a portable device comprising a video camera and a display, the method comprising the steps of:

capturing an image with said video camera that comprises all or part of a reference image displayed on a display associated with a remote image source;
wirelessly transferring supplementary image data from said remote image source to said portable device, said supplementary image data comprising an indication of where a supplementary image is positioned with respect to said reference image;
and
displaying a captured image from said video camera on said display of the portable device, with said supplementary image displayed positioned with respect to said reference image according to said received indication, to replace or overlie a corresponding part of said captured image.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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