Network architecture for immersive audio-visual communications by temporary communication structures
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IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
H04N-007/14
H04N-007/15
H04N-009/31
출원번호
US-0644382
(2017-07-07)
등록번호
US-10015444
(2018-07-03)
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Bakshi, Amar Chopra
출원인 / 주소
SHARED SPACE STUDIOS LLC
대리인 / 주소
Patent Law Works LLP
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초록▼
This invention is directed to improving communication among people at remote locations, accomplished at low cost, by communication schemes involving “portal” structures, “channels” and “phonos.” The portal structures are mobile and easily deployed to the remote locations, for quick assembly and use,
This invention is directed to improving communication among people at remote locations, accomplished at low cost, by communication schemes involving “portal” structures, “channels” and “phonos.” The portal structures are mobile and easily deployed to the remote locations, for quick assembly and use, creating an audio-visual immersive communication experience for its users. A portal network architecture includes a plurality of portals located in different remote locations, configured to provide identical spaces that facilitate audio-video, immersive conferencing among users at the various portal sites. The portal interiors include favorable lighting and camera configurations to facilitate display of life-size, realistic, and planar images of the users while maintaining eye contact between them. The “channels” facilitate viewing of landscape from a distance and “phonos” implementations provide an unmediated aural link between different locations, enabling both real-time conversation and transmission of ambient sounds.
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1. A communications system, comprising: at least two portal structures, including a first-portal structure and a second-portal structure, said first-portal structure and said second-portal structure configurable to define substantially identical interior spaces at two separate, remote locations, sai
1. A communications system, comprising: at least two portal structures, including a first-portal structure and a second-portal structure, said first-portal structure and said second-portal structure configurable to define substantially identical interior spaces at two separate, remote locations, said first-portal structure and said second-portal structure coupled by a communication network, the first-portal structure having a transmitter configurable to collect video images of a first subject standing within the first-portal structure and to continuously transmit the video images by the communication network to the second-portal structure to generate a life-size image of the first subject for observing by a second subject standing within the second-portal structure, and the second-portal structure having a transmitter configurable to collect video images and to continuously transmit the video images from the second-portal structure to the first-portal structure for generating a life-size image of the second subject for observing by the first subject standing within the first portal structure;a 2D flat screen positioned at one end of each of the at least two portal structures, a first-2D-flat screen positioned to face the first subject in the first-portal structure and a second-2D-flat screen positioned to face the second subject in the second-portal structure;a first-image-capturing device embedded in the first-2D-flat screen at approximate eye level with the first subject standing within the first-portal structure, the first-image-capturing device configurable to capture the images of the first subject and transmit by the first transmitter the images to the second-portal structure and a second-image-capturing device embedded in the second-2D-flat screen at approximate eye level with the second subject within the second-portal structure and configurable to capture the images of the second subject and transmit by the second transmitter the images to the first-portal structure;a first projector positioned within the first-portal structure and configurable to project the life-size image of the second subject on the first-2D-flat screen from the images transmitted by the second transmitter and a second projector positioned within the second-portal structure and configurable to project the life-size image of the first subject on the second-2D-flat screen from the images transmitted by the first transmitter;audio-visual communication interface between the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure, configurable to provide viewing of the life-size image by the first subject of the second subject and by the second subject of the first subject, to create an immersive experience for both the first subject and the second subject;a contrast lighting arrangement located within the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure, respectively, to further facilitate the immersive experience by creating a depth in a scene viewed by the first subject and the second subject, respectively; anda software correction unit coupled to a first lens of the first-image-capturing device and a second lens of the second-image-capturing device, respectively, the lens having a wide field of view adapted to capture the life-size image of the first subject and the second subject, respectively, within a relatively short distance and adapted to correct a perspective distortion in the images transmitted for projection. 2. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure are part of a network of a plurality of portal structures assembled at a plurality of different remote locations. 3. The communication system according to claim 2, wherein each of the plurality of portal structures is configured for easy assembly and disassembly at the different remote locations. 4. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first lens and the second lens is a wide field projection lens designed to reduce distortion. 5. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure comprises a microphone for audio communication between the first subject and the second subject. 6. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure further comprise a speaker by which the first subject communicates with the second subject. 7. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first and second transmitters transmit captured images and audio between the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure. 8. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure further comprises a receiver for receiving captured images and audio. 9. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising a control unit for managing operations relating to the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure. 10. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein the control unit further comprises an image editing tool. 11. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein the control unit further comprises a 3D imaging tool. 12. The communication system according to claim 9, wherein the control unit further comprises a coding tool and a portals-collaboration tool. 13. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: a plurality of channels implemented by creating life-size video walls within said first-portal structure and said second-portal structure and any other portal structures that connect remote disparate spaces. 14. The communication system according to claim 1, further comprising: a surround-sound implementation that provides a live aural link between the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure, wherein at least the first-portal structure is positioned in a public space and observers of images transmitted from the first-portal structure experience an acoustic environment within the first-portal structure. 15. The communication system according to claim 1, wherein the surround-sound implementation comprises an audio interface, a digital signal processing (DSP) device, and a transmitter/receiver unit and the audio interface requires 2n inputs and n outputs and provides audio-to-digital and digital-to-audio converters. 16. A method, comprising: linking at least two portal structures, including a first-portal structure and a second-portal structure, both configurable to define substantially identical interior spaces at two separate, remote locations, by a communication network, the first-portal structure having a transmitter configurable to collect video images of a first subject standing within the first-portal structure and to continuously transmit the video images by the communication network to the second-portal structure to generate a life-size image of the first subject for observing within the second-portal structure, and the second-portal structure having a transmitter configurable to collect video images and continuously transmit the video images from the second-portal structure to the first-portal structure for generating a life-size image of the second subject for observing within the first portal structure;positioning a 2D flat screen at one end of each of the at least two portal structures, a first-2D-flat screen positioned to face the first subject in the first-portal structure and a second-2D-flat screen positioned to face a second subject in the second-portal structure;locating a first-image-capturing device embedded in the first-2D-flat screen at approximate eye level with the first subject within the first-portal structure, the first-image-capturing device configurable to capture the images of the first subject and transmit by the first transmitter the images to the second-portal structure and a second-image-capturing device embedded in the second-2D-flat screen at approximate eye level with the second subject within the second-portal structure and configurable to capture the images of the second subject and transmit by the second transmitter the images to the first-portal structure;positioning a first projector within the first-portal structure and configurable to project the life-size image of the second subject on the first-2D-flat screen from the images transmitted by the second transmitter and a second projector positioned within the second-portal structure and configurable to project the life-size image of the first subject on the second-2D-flat screen from the images transmitted by the first transmitter;establishing audio-visual communication interface between the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure, configurable for viewing of the life-size image by the first subject of the second subject and by the second subject of the first subject, creating an immersive experience for both the first subject and the second subject;arranging a contrast lighting effect within the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure, respectively, to further facilitate the immersive experience by creating a depth in the scene viewed by the first subject and the second subject, respectively; andcoupling a software correction unit to a first lens of the first-image-capturing device and a second lens of the second-image-capturing device, respectively, the lens having a wide field of view adapted to capture the life-size image of the first subject and the second subject, respectively, within a relatively short distance and adapted to correct a perspective distortion in the images transmitted for projection. 17. The method according to claim 16, wherein the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure are part of a network of a plurality of portal structures assembled at a plurality of different remote locations. 18. The method according to claim 17, wherein each of the plurality of portal structures is configured for easy assembly and disassembly at the different remote locations. 19. The method according to claim 16, wherein the first and second transmitters transmit captured images and audio between the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure. 20. The method according to claim 16, wherein the first-portal structure and the second-portal structure further comprises a receiver for receiving captured images and audio.
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