Interactive video icon with designated viewing position
USRE38401E1 · kind E1 · reissue
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Key dates
| Filing date | Sep 13, 2000 |
| Grant date | Jan 27, 2004 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Sep 13, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC —)General
Abstract
Interactive interfaces to video information provide a displayed view of a quasi-object called a root image. The root image consists of a plurality of basic frames selected from the video information, arranged such that their respective x and y direction are aligned with the x and y directions in the root image and the z direction in the root image corresponds to time, such that base frames are spaced apart in the z direction of the root image in accordance with their time separation. The displayed view of the root image changes in accordance with a designated viewing position, as if the root image were a three-dimensional object. The user can manipulate the displayed image by designating different viewing positions, selecting portions of the video information for playback and by special effects, such as cutting open the quasi-object for a better view. A toolkit permits interface designers to design such interfaces, notably so as to control the types of interaction which will be possible between the interface and an end user. Implementations of the interfaces may include editors and viewers.
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