Remote Pointing Device
OwnerSteven Quinn McCain, Luis Carlos Urteaga +3inventors
InventorsSteven Quinn McCain, Luis Carlos Urteaga, Miguel Angel Muraira, Micah Glenn Pratt, Billy Glenn Tiller
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Abstract
A method, system, and apparatus, including a program encoded on computer-readable medium, for providing remote control of a light beam pointing device. The system includes a camera that captures at least one image at a first location and a light source that generates a light beam in a direction within a viewable area of the camera. At a second location, remote from the first location, a display screen displays images captured by the camera and a controller that controls pointing of the light source toward a desired target object at the first location.
Claims20
A system comprising:
- a camera adapted to capture at least one image at a first location;
- a light source adapted to generate a light beam in a direction within a viewable area of the camera;
- a display screen at a second location, remote from the first location, adapted to display images captured by the camera;
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- a controller, associated with the display screen, adapted to facilitate pointing of the light source toward a desired target object at the first location.
An apparatus, comprising:
- a light source adapted to generate a light beam in a direction within a field of view of a camera;
- a communication module adapted to receive control data from a remote controller;
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- a gimbal adapted to reposition the light source to project the light beam at a selected location identified based on video transmitted to and displayed on a display screen collocated with the remote controller in response to the control data received from the remote controller.
A computer storage medium encoded with a computer program, the program comprising instructions that when executed by data processing apparatus cause the data processing apparatus to perform operations comprising:
- transmitting at least one image captured by a camera to a remote device at a remote location for display on the remote device;
- controlling a light source to generate a light beam in a selected direction within a viewable area of the camera;
- receiving control data generated by the remote device based on a selection of a specific location on a display screen adapted to display images captured by the camera on the remote device;
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- controlling a direction of the light source based on the control data.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.