Tangible three-dimensional light display
AssigneeMicrosoft Technology Licensing, LLC
InventorsSasa Junuzovic, Michel Pahud, Eyal Ofek, Yoichi Ochiai, Michael J. Sinclair
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Abstract
An example system includes a plurality of moveable light emitters, each moveable light emitter configured to independently emit a display light from a current display location within that moveable light emitter's range of motion responsive to activation from a corresponding light activator. The system also includes a location engine to determine, for each light emitter, the current display location of that light emitter, and a mapping engine to map, for each current display location, the light activator activating the light emitter currently located at that current display location.
Claims20
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of moveable light emitters, each moveable light emitter configured to independently emit a display light from a current display location within that moveable light emitter's range of motion responsive to activation from a corresponding light activator;
- a location engine to determine, for each light emitter, the current display location of that light emitter;
- and
- a mapping engine to map, for each current display location, the light activator activating the light emitter currently located at that current display location.
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of different light suppliers;
- a modulated light engine independently driving each of the plurality of different light suppliers to output a display light;
- for each of the plurality of different light suppliers, a moveable light emitter configured to emit the display light from a current display location within that moveable light emitter's range of motion;
- a location engine to determine, for each light emitter, the current display location of the light emitter;
- and
- a mapping engine to map, for each current display location, the light supplier driving the light emitter at the current display location.
A system, comprising:
- a plurality of different light suppliers;
- a modulated light engine independently driving each of the plurality of different light suppliers to output a display light;
- for each of the plurality of different light suppliers, a flexible optical fiber optically coupled to the light supplier at a display light-receiving first end and configured to emit the display light from a display light-emitting second end at a current display location within that optical fiber's range of motion;
- a location engine to determine, for each optical fiber, the current display location of the optical fiber;
- and
- a mapping engine to map, for each current display location, the light supplier supplying display light to the optical fiber at the current display location.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.