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US 6,473,136 B1Granted
Television broadcast transmitter/receiver and method of transmitting/receiving a television broadcast
AssigneeHitachi, Ltd.
InventorsTakashi Hasegawa, Yoshito Nejime
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Abstract
Motion information for an object and background information are broadcast-transmitted on a transmitting side. On a receiving side, the motion information and the background information are received, and one of a plurality of character models previously stored is selected. A character image is generated using the selected mode and the received motion information. The character image and the received background image are synthesized and displayed on one screen. The viewer can select a character of his or her own liking, and can view the broadcast-transmitted program as a program in which the particular character appears.
Claims16
A broadcast-transmitting system comprising:
- a first generator for generating a background image;
- a first transmitter for converting said background image into a first transmission signal;
- a second generator for generating motion information for an object moving on said image;
- a second transmitter for converting said motion information into a second transmission signal;
- a device for broadcast-transmitting said first and second transmission signals;
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- means for generating information of a model for said object and converting model information into a third transmission signal,
- wherein said third transmission signal is transmitted by the broadcast-transmitting device.
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A broadcast-transmitting system comprising:
- a first generator for generating a background image;
- a first transmitter for converting said background image into a first transmission signal;
- a second generator for generating motion information for an object moving on said image;
- a second transmitter for converting said motion information into a second transmission signal;
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- a device for broadcast-transmitting said first and second transmission signals,
- wherein said background image broadcast-transmitted includes an auxiliary object having a display size covered behind an image displayed by character model information selectable on a receiving side.
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A broadcast-receiving system comprising:
- a receiving unit for receiving a broadcast-transmitted background image and motion information for an object moving on said image;
- a recording medium unit for holding model information for said object;
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- an information processing unit coupled to said receiving unit and said recording medium unit and having functions of enabling a model defined by model information read from said recording medium unit to perform a motion based on the motion information reproduced by said receiving unit and also enabling the model in said motion,
- wherein a character image is displayed together with the background image reproduced by said receiving unit on a same screen at the same time.
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A broadcast-receiving system comprising:
- a receiving unit for receiving a background image broadcast-transmitted and motion information for an object moving on said image;
- a removable medium unit for holding information of a plurality of character models for said object;
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- a processor coupled to said receiving unit and said removable medium,
- wherein said processor includes means for selecting information of a character model for said object from said removable medium, means for generating said character model using the selected character model information, means for generating a character image by activating said character model using the motion information received by said receiving unit, and means for displaying said generated character image and said background image received by said receiving unit on a same screen at the same time.
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A method of transmitting/receiving a broadcast, comprising the steps of:
- broadcast-transmitting a background image and motion information for an object on a transmitting side;
- receiving said broadcast-transmitted background image and said motion information on a receiving side;
- selecting information of at least one character model from a recording medium holding the information of a plurality of character models for said object on the receiving side;
- generating a character model using said selected information of the character model and generating a character image for performing a motion from said character model using said received motion information on the receiving side;
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- displaying said generated character image and said received background image on a same screen at the same time on the receiving side.
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A method of transmitting/receiving a broadcast comprising the steps of:
- broadcast-transmitting information of a background image and a plurality of character models for an object on a transmitting side;
- receiving the information of said broadcast-transmitted background image and the character models on a receiving side;
- generating motion information for said object on the receiving side;
- generating a character image for performing the motion from said character model using said generated motion information and said received character model information on the receiving side;
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- displaying said generated character image and said received background image on a same screen at the same time on the receiving side.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.