Method and apparatus for interactive two-way visualization using simultaneously recorded and projected video streams
AssigneeThe Supergroup Creative Omnimedia, Inc.
InventorsJohn Bradford LEWIS, John Gabriel ALDRIDGE, John Michael PREZIOTTI
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Abstract
A system and method for point to point video enable communication and the provisioning of at least one commodity. The communication between two remote devices may include both video and audio and may be activated by use of at least one touch screen associated with a device for provisioning the at least one commodity, such as, for example, a vending machine.
Claims13
An apparatus for simultaneously recording a first live video stream and projecting a second live video stream onto an interactive touch screen, the apparatus comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a video processing engine;
- a touch screen panel;
- at least one video camera having a lens;
- an active shutter lens having a liquid crystal layer sandwiched between a first and a second outer layer, the active shutter lens being proximate to the lens of the video camera;
- a projector adapted to project an image onto the touch screen panel;
- and
- a movement tracking apparatus for tracking movement of an object, the movement tracking apparatus adapted to be in communication with the at least one video camera,
- wherein the video processing engine provides for the alternating of ones of the frames of a first video stream and a second video stream to enable simultaneous recording of the first video stream and display of the second video stream.
An apparatus for simultaneously recording a first live video stream and projecting a second live video stream onto an interactive touch screen, the apparatus comprising:
- a non-transitory computer readable storage medium having encoded thereon computer executable instructions for providing a video processing engine;
- at least one screen;
- at least two video cameras each having an active shutter lens;
- at least one projector adapted to project an image onto the touch screen panel;
- and
- a movement tracking apparatus for tracking movement of a plurality of objects, the movement tracking apparatus adapted to be in communication with the at least two video cameras,
- wherein the video processing engine provides for the alternating of ones of the frames of a first video stream and a second video stream to enable simultaneous recording of the first video stream and display of the second video stream.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.