Granted Patent B2

US 12,518,722 · App. 17/963,338 · Granted Jan 6, 2026

Inventor: Hermann Popp (Munich, DE)

Assignee: Arnold & Richter Cine Technik GmbH & Co. Betriebs KG

G09G5/18G02B3/14G02B26/004G03B15/10G06F3/147H04N5/76

Abstract

Claims (48)

1 . A background display device for a virtual image recording studio that is configured to display, behind a real subject, a representation of a virtual background for a camera recording, said background display device comprising

an active illumination apparatus that comprises at least one panel having a plurality of picture elements in an at least two-dimensional arrangement;

a control device; and

a controllable lens arrangement,

wherein the control device is configured to control the active illumination apparatus to display the representation of the virtual background,

wherein the control device is configured to change a beam characteristic of at least some of the plurality of picture elements by controlling the lens arrangement,

wherein the control device is configured to control the active illumination apparatus to change the displayed representation of the virtual background at an image refresh rate, and

wherein the control device is configured to control the lens arrangement in accordance with the image refresh rate.

2 . A background display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the background display device is configured as an LED wall and the picture elements are configured as light-emitting diodes or light-emitting diode units.

3 . A background display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the active illumination apparatus has a width of at least 5 meters and a height of at least 2 meters.

4 . A background display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the control device is configured to at least one of:

controlling the picture elements of the at least one panel individually to display the representation of the virtual background; or

controlling the picture elements of the at least one panel in groups of adjacent picture elements to display the representation of the virtual background.

5 . A background display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the lens arrangement comprises a plurality of lenses, wherein each lens is associated with at least one respective picture element.

6 . A background display device in accordance with claim 5 ,

wherein each picture element is associated with a respective lens.

7 . A background display device in accordance with claim 5 ,

wherein the control device is configured to individually control each of the plurality of lenses.

8 . A background display device in accordance with claim 5 ,

wherein each of the plurality of lenses comprises an electrical polymer actuator.

9 . A background display device in accordance with claim 8 ,

wherein the lenses have a respective lens membrane that can be deformed by controlling the polymer actuator.

10 . A background display device in accordance with claim 5 ,

wherein a focal length of the lenses is settable.

11 . A background display device in accordance with claim 5 ,

wherein the lenses are configured as diverging lenses.

12 . A background display device in accordance with claim 5 ,

wherein the control device is configured to change at least one of a position or an orientation of the lenses.

13 . A background display device in accordance with claim 1 ,

wherein the lens arrangement comprises at least one lens array that has a plurality of lenses connected to one another.

14 . A background display device in accordance with claim 13 ,

wherein the lens array comprises a lens frame in which the plurality of lenses are held.

15 . A background display device in accordance with claim 14 ,

wherein the lens frame is at least one of impermeable to light or has an anti-reflective coating.

16 . A background display device in accordance with claim 13 ,

wherein the lenses of the lens array are connected to one another by a wafer bonding.

17 . A method of displaying a representation of a virtual background by a background display device for a recording by a camera in a virtual image recording studio,

wherein the background display device has an active illumination apparatus, which comprises at least one panel having a plurality of picture elements in an at least two-dimensional arrangement, and a lens arrangement that comprises a respective individually controllable lens for each picture element of the plurality of picture elements, comprising the steps:

generating the representation of the virtual background;

controlling the picture elements to display the representation of the virtual background; and

controlling the lens arrangement to change a beam characteristic of the picture elements,

wherein the displayed representation of the virtual background is changed at an image refresh rate, and wherein the lens arrangement is controlled in accordance with the image refresh rate.

18 . A method in accordance with claim 17 , further comprising the step:

recording the representation of the virtual background using the camera.

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