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Method and apparatus for generating a display signal

US7095450B1 · kind B1 · utility

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Filing dateJun 18, 1998
Grant dateAug 22, 2006
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Expiry dateJun 18, 2018

Classification

  • Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
  • CPC primaryA63F2300/69
  • WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
  • WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

Apparatus for interactively generating a display signal. The apparatus comprises: a receiver (2) for receiving a broadcast signal (15), the broadcast signal comprising a plurality of datastreams each including image data defining a background object (22–270), and control parameters (28–39); a foreground computer generated imagery (CGI) device (3) for generating a foreground computer generated object (CGO); a mixer (4) for combining the foreground CGO with background object image data to generate the display signal; and interaction means (3) for receiving the control parameters from the receiver, monitoring the position of the foreground CGO, and adapting the display signal with reference to the monitored position of the foreground CGO and the received control parameters.

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