Television – Two-way video and voice communication – User positioning
Patent
1995-02-23
1997-07-08
Lee, Michael H.
Television
Two-way video and voice communication
User positioning
348 61, 348 36, 348 81, 348117, H04N 7173
Patent
active
056466773
ABSTRACT:
A broadcast for interactive viewing by a plurality of viewers is provided by contemporaneously capturing a plurality of wide-angle image sequences from a plurality of viewpoints. The viewpoints are selected from the group consisting of a space viewpoint, a terrestrial viewpoint, and an undersea viewpoint. The wide-angle image sequences are broadcasted to the viewers. Each of the viewers receives at least one of the wide-angle image sequences, and selects a portion of the at least one of the wide-angle image sequences. A perspective corrected view of the portion is displayed for view by the viewer. Optionally, prestored textual data and a perspective corrected view of a prestored image may also be displayed.
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"Peering Out a `Real Time` Window" by Peter H. Lewis, The New York Times, Wednesday, Feb. 8, 1995.
Grant Chris
Lee Michael H.
Motorola Inc.
Stuckman Bruce E.
Toler Jeffrey G.
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