System and Methods for Facilitating Virtual Presence

A display system responsive to its environment, the system comprising:

• a) a display having a structural matrix configured to arrange a plurality of spaced light emitting pixel elements, said plurality of spaced light emitting pixel elements collectively forming an active visual area wherein a first displayed image is displayable;
• said active visual area capable of being continuously active for continuously displaying a displayed image;
• b) at least one aperture disposed within the active visual area and among said spaced light emitting pixel elements, said aperture not obstructed by any of the said spaced light emitting pixel elements;
• disposed in said aperture a transmission means operative to transmit sensible data from the environment in front of said active visual area to an image capture device, the image capture device operable to capture a captured image from the environment in front of said active visual area and communicate said captured image to a signal processor;
• c) said signal processor operable to compute, from said captured image, one or more attributes, said one or more attributes comprising an attribute indicating the presence of one or more persons in said captured image;
• d) said signal processor being further operative to initiate the display of a second displayed image in response to computing said attribute indicating the presence of one or more persons in said captured image.

A display system responsive to its environment, the system comprising:

• a) a display having a structural matrix configured to arrange a plurality of spaced light emitting pixel elements, said plurality of spaced light emitting pixel elements collectively forming an active visual area wherein a first displayed image is displayable;
• said active visual area capable of being continuously active for continuously displaying a displayed image;
• b) a first image capture device disposed within the active visual area and among said spaced light emitting pixel elements, said first image capture device not obstructed by any of said spaced light emitting pixel elements;
• said first image capture device operable to capture a first captured image from the environment in front of said active visual area and communicate said first captured image to a signal processor;
• c) a second image capture device disposed within the active visual area and among said spaced light emitting pixel elements, said second image capture device not obstructed by any of said spaced light emitting pixel elements;
• said second image capture device operable to capture a second captured image from the environment in front of said active visual area and communicate said second captured image to a signal processor;
• d) said signal processor operable to compute, from said first captured image, one or more attributes, said one or more attributes comprising an attribute indicating the presence of one or more persons in said first captured image;
• e) said signal processor operable to compute, from said second captured image, one or more attributes, said one or more attributes comprising an attribute indicating the presence of one or more persons in said second captured image;
• f) said signal processor being further operative to initiate the display of a second displayed image in response to computing said attribute indicating the presence of one or more persons in said first captured image;
• and,
• g) said signal processor being further operative to initiate the display of a third displayed image in response to computing said attribute indicating the presence of one or more persons in said second captured image.