IP Library Granted Patent US 7,688,283
Granted Patent B2
US 7,688,283 · App. 12/286,547 · Granted Mar 30, 2010

Multi-angle mirror

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Patent No.
US 7,688,283
App. No.
12/286,547
Granted
Mar 30, 2010
Kind
B2
Abstract

Multi-angle mirror methods and related systems.

Claims (80)

1. A method of making a system comprising:

operably coupling at least two parts of a multi-angle view system, wherein operably coupling at least two parts of a multi-angle view system includes but is not limited to:

operably coupling a multi-angle view/registration engine to a data presentation device proximate to at least one mirror; and

operably coupling at least one image capture device with said multi-angle view/registration engine, wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture at least one of a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one mirror or a field of view of said at least one mirror.

2. The method of making a system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one mirror further comprises:

at least one of a plane mirror, a convex mirror, or a concave mirror.

3. The method of making a system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one mirror further comprises:

a partially silvered mirror.

4. The method of making a system of claim 1 , wherein operably coupling at least two parts of a multi-angle view system comprises:

communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium.

5. The method of making a system of claim 4 , wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

transmitting onto a signal bearing medium.

6. The method of making a system of claim 4 , wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

receiving from a signal bearing medium.

7. The method of making a system of claim 4 , wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via at least one of a digital communication link or an analog communication link.

8. The method of making a system of claim 4 , wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a client-server communication link.

9. The method of making a system of claim 4 , wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a peer-to-peer communication link.

10. The method of making a system of claim 4 , wherein communicating with at least one part of a multi-angle view system via a signal bearing medium comprises:

communicating via a mobile-base station communication link.

11. The method of making a system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture at least one of a field of view at least partially different from a field of view of said at least one mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror.

12. The method of making a system of claim 11 , wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view rotated substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror.

13. The method of making a system of claim 11 , wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view at least partially opposing a field of view of said at least one mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror.

14. The method of making a system of claim 13 , wherein said at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view having an offset relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device located to capture a field of view rotated between zero and plus or minus substantially 180 degrees relative to the field of view of said at least one mirror.

15. The method of making a system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least one image representation capture device alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one mirror.

16. The method of making a system of claim 1 , wherein said at least one image capture device further comprises:

at least two image representation capture devices alignable relative to a field of view of said at least one mirror.

17. The method of making a system of claim 1 , wherein operably coupling at least two parts of a multi-angle view system comprises:

operably coupling at least one image sequencing/presentation engine with said data presentation device.

18. A system comprising:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to:

accepting input related to an image of a light reflecting structure/surface; and

presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface, wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to obtaining one or more images having the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface;

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to identifying one or more reference points demarcating the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface;

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to retrieving at least a part of one or more alternate-view images in response to the identified one or more reference points; and

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images.

19. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to accepting input related to an image of a light reflecting structure/surface further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface.

20. The system of claim 19 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to . . . accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to detecting input to a touch sensitive device associated with the light reflecting structure/surface.

21. The system of claim 19 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to accepting touch input to a surface proximate to the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to detecting input to a mouse associated with the light reflecting structure/surface.

22. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to accepting input related to an image of a light reflecting structure/surface further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to accepting input of at least one of a user touching herself, a user gesturing, or a user speaking in relation to the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface.

23. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to registering at least a portion of the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images with the image of the light reflecting structure/surface.

24. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to indicating in the light reflecting structure/surface an extent of a field of view of an image capture device.

25. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to at least one of sequencing or presenting at least a portion of the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images.

26. The system of claim 25 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to at least one of sequencing or presenting at least a portion of the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to at least one of sequencing at least two view-shifted images captured substantially contemporaneously or sequencing at least two view-shifted images captured at substantially different instances in time.

27. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting in a store and forward format.

28. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to presenting in a database format.

29. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to retrieving at least a part of one or more alternate-view images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to retrieving from a storage associated with the one or more view-shifted images.

30. The system of claim 29 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to retrieving from a storage associated with the one or more view-shifted images further comprises:

an article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium configured by one or more instructions related to retrieving from a storage associated with at least one alternate view angle of the one or more view-shifted images.

31. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium comprises:

a recordable medium.

32. The system of claim 18 , wherein said article of manufacture including but not limited to a signal bearing medium comprises:

a transmission medium.

33. A system comprising:

circuitry for accepting input related to an image of a light reflecting structure/surface; and

circuitry for presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface, wherein said circuitry for presenting one or more view-shifted images related to at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface further comprises:

circuitry for obtaining one or more images having the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface;

circuitry for identifying one or more reference points demarcating the at least a part of the image of the light reflecting structure/surface;

circuitry for retrieving at least a part of one or more alternate-view images in response to the identified one or more reference points; and

circuitry for presenting the one or more view-shifted images in response to the at least a part of the one or more alternate-view images.

Assignments (3)
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 11, 2022
From: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
To: VENTRK, LLC
Reel/Frame 058995/0120 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Apr 16, 2010
From: SEARETE LLC
To: THE INVENTION SCIENCE FUND I, LLC
Reel/Frame 024245/0167 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 5, 2009
From: JUNG, EDWARD K.Y.; LEVIEN, ROYCE A.; MALAMUD, MARK A.; RINALDO, JR., JOHN D.
To: SEARETE LLC
Reel/Frame 022072/0308 →