Apparatus, methods, and systems for viewing and manipulating a virtual environment
US7403220B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Jul 9, 2005 |
| Grant date | Jul 22, 2008 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 17, 2025 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F2200/1637
- WIPO fieldFurniture, games
- WIPO sectorOther fields
Abstract
Components for generating, reviewing, processing, storing, retrieving, analyzing, and optimizing information input to or output from a virtual environment. The components may be a video camera component, a stand-alone or device mountable on a tripod to permit a camera person to select from one or more views within a virtual environment, such as a video game being executed, and to provide alternative views within the confines of the virtual environment. The component permits selection from multiple views and manipulation of the same, including a rotation leftward or rightward, a tilt upward or downward, a zooming inward or outward, a translation (for example, a track movement) leftward, rightward, forward, or backward, a rolling movement, and a camera position adjustment (for example, crane movement) upward or downward.
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