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US 6,554,433 B1Granted
Office workspace having a multi-surface projection and a multi-camera system
AssigneeIntel Corporation
InventorMark Holler
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Abstract
According to one embodiment of the invention, an apparatus is provided that includes a projection screen located on a wall of a workspace. The apparatus also includes a frontal-view camera located behind the projection screen. The frontal view camera captures a frontal-view image of the workspace through a hole in the projection screen. Additionally, the apparatus includes a projector to project an image of an individual outside the workspace onto the projection screen, such that the hole is located within a face of the image of the individual.
Claims29
An apparatus comprising:
- a projection screen located on a wall of a workspace;
- a projector to project an image of an individual outside the workspace onto the projection screen;
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- a frontal-view camera located behind the projection screen, the frontal-view camera to capture a frontal-view image of a user of the workspace through a hole in the projection screen, the hole located within a face of the image of the individual, wherein a lens of the frontal-view camera is facing the user and wherein an optical axis of the frontal-view camera is not perpendicular to a plane of a front surface of the projector screen.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first projection screen located on a first wall of a workspace;
- a second projection screen located on a second wall of the workspace
- a frontal-view camera located behind the second projection screen, the frontal view camera to capture a frontal view image of the workspace through a hole in the second projection screen;
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- a first projector to project a screen image for a computer onto the first projection screen, wherein the first projector is located across from the first projection screen;
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- a second projector to project an image of an individual outside the workspace such that the hole is located within the image of the individual, wherein the second projector is located across from the second projection screen.
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An apparatus comprising:
- a first projection screen located on a first wall of a workspace, the workspace having a desktop;
- a second projection screen located on a second wall of the workspace
- a frontal-view camera located behind the second projection screen, the frontal view camera to capture a frontal-view image of a user of the workspace through a hole in the second projection screen;
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- a first projector to project a screen image for a computer onto the first projection screen, wherein the first projector is located across from the first projection screen;
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- a second projector to project an image of an individual outside the workspace such that the hole is located within the image of the individual, wherein the second projector is located across from the second projection screen;
- a top-view camera located above the workspace, the top-view camera to capture a top-view image of the desktop of the workspace;
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- a third projector to project the screen image onto the desktop of the workspace, the screen image projected onto the desktop having virtual controls to control the computer, wherein the top-view image can include body gestures for controlling the virtual controls.
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A method comprising:
- projecting, onto a projection screen on a wall of a workspace, an image of an individual outside the workspace;
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- capturing a frontal-view image of a user of the workspace using a camera, such that a lens of the camera is facing the user and is located behind a hole in the projection screen, wherein the hole is located within a face region of the image of the individual on the projection screen, wherein an optical axis of the camera is not perpendicular to a plane of a front surface of the projection screen.
A method comprising:
- projecting, onto a first projection screen on a first wall of a workspace, a screen image of a computer;
- projecting, onto a second projection screen on a second wall of the workspace, an image of an individual outside the workspace;
- capturing a frontal-view image of the workspace using a camera such that a lens of the camera is located in a hole in the first projection screen, wherein the hole is located within the image of the individual on the first projection screen.
A method comprising:
- projecting, onto a first projection screen on a first wall of a workspace, a screen image of a computer;
- projecting, onto a second projection screen on a second wall of the workspace, an image of an individual outside the workspace;
- capturing a frontal-view image of the workspace using a frontal-view camera, such that a lens of the frontal-view camera is located behind a hole in the first projection screen, wherein the hole is located within a face of the image of the individual on the first projection screen;
- capturing a top-view image of a desktop of the workspace using a top-view camera;
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- projecting, onto the desktop of the workspace, the screen image of the computer, the screen image projected onto the desktop having virtual controls for controlling the computer, wherein the top-view image can include body gestures from an individual in the workspace for controlling the virtual controls.
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A machine-readable medium that provides instructions, which when executed by a machine, cause said machine to perform operations comprising:
- projecting, onto a first projection screen on a first wall of a workspace, a screen image of a computer;
- projecting, onto a second projection screen on a second wall of the workspace, an image of an individual outside the workspace;
- capturing a frontal-view image of a user of the workspace using a frontal-view camera, such that a lens of the frontal-view camera is located behind a hole in the first projection screen, wherein the hole is located within a face of the image of the individual on the first projection screen;
- capturing a top-view image of a desktop of the workspace using a top-view camera;
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- projecting, onto the desktop of the workspace, the screen image of the computer, the screen image projected onto the desktop having virtual controls for controlling the computer, wherein the top-view image can include body gestures from an individual in the workspace for controlling the virtual controls.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.