CA2256918A1 - Aremac--based means and apparatus for interaction with computer, or one or more other people, through a camera - Google Patents

Aremac--based means and apparatus for interaction with computer, or one or more other people, through a camera Download PDF

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CA2256918A1
CA2256918A1 CA002256918A CA2256918A CA2256918A1 CA 2256918 A1 CA2256918 A1 CA 2256918A1 CA 002256918 A CA002256918 A CA 002256918A CA 2256918 A CA2256918 A CA 2256918A CA 2256918 A1 CA2256918 A1 CA 2256918A1
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    • G03B—APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS FOR TAKING PHOTOGRAPHS OR FOR PROJECTING OR VIEWING THEM; APPARATUS OR ARRANGEMENTS EMPLOYING ANALOGOUS TECHNIQUES USING WAVES OTHER THAN OPTICAL WAVES; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR
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    • G06F3/011—Arrangements for interaction with the human body, e.g. for user immersion in virtual reality
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    • G02B2027/0138—Head-up displays characterised by optical features comprising image capture systems, e.g. camera
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Abstract

A new kind of display means and apparatus called an aremac is provided. The aremac may either be worn upon the body, such as in a pair of eyeglasses, where it can direct light into an eye of the wearer of the apparatus, or it may be located together with a fixed camera to direct light onto a three dimensional scene or objects.
The typical application of the aremac is that of collaborative photography, in which a remote director assists a photographer in composing a picture, or arranging lighting in a photographic studio while the remote director remotely views the scene through the photographer's camera. In a wearable embodiment, the camera is effectively imaged inside an eye of the wearer so that the remote director can view the light rays passing through an eye of the wearer of the apparatus and the director can write on the retina of the wearer of the apparatus by pointing a laser beam at the screen in the director's office, which teleoperates a miniature laser beam directed through the wearer's eye lens onto the retina of an eye of the wearer in such a manner that when the director points at an object in the scene, the wearer of the apparatus sees a red dot at the corresponding location on that same object. In another embodiment, the remote director can point to objects in the photographer's studio by pointing a laser beam at a projection screen which displays images of these objects in the photographer's studio, where the director's laser pointer remotely controls a teleoperated laser pointer in the photographer's studio.
CA002256918A 1998-02-02 1998-12-24 Aremac--based means and apparatus for interaction with computer, or one or more other people, through a camera Expired - Fee Related CA2256918C (en)

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CA002256918A CA2256918C (en) 1998-02-02 1998-12-24 Aremac--based means and apparatus for interaction with computer, or one or more other people, through a camera
CA002358900A CA2358900A1 (en) 1998-12-24 1998-12-24 Aremac--based means and apparatus for interaction with a computer, or one or more people, through a wearable camera system
US09/987,768 US20020030637A1 (en) 1998-10-29 2001-11-15 Aremac-based means and apparatus for interaction with computer, or one or more other people, through a camera

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CA2,228,403 1998-02-02
CA002228403A CA2228403A1 (en) 1998-02-02 1998-02-02 Means and apparatus for aquiring, processing, and combining multiple exposures of the same scene or objects to different illuminations
CA2,233,047 1998-03-15
CA002233047A CA2233047C (en) 1998-02-02 1998-03-25 Wearable camera system with viewfinder means
CA2,235,030 1998-04-14
CA002235030A CA2235030A1 (en) 1998-02-02 1998-04-14 System for electronic newsgathering, documentary video, and photojournalism
CA2,247,649 1998-10-13
CA002247649A CA2247649C (en) 1998-02-02 1998-10-13 Covert camera viewfinder or display having appearance of ordinary eyeglasses
CA002248473A CA2248473C (en) 1998-02-02 1998-10-29 Eyetap camera or partial reality mediator having appearance of ordinary eyeglasses
CA2,248,473 1998-10-29
CA002256918A CA2256918C (en) 1998-02-02 1998-12-24 Aremac--based means and apparatus for interaction with computer, or one or more other people, through a camera

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