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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 08, 2003
Filed:
Aug. 29, 2000
Chia Shen, Arlington, MA (US);
Neal B. Lesh, Cambridge, MA (US);
Ryan S. Bardsley, Boston, MA (US);
Paul A. Beardsley, Boston, MA (US);
Baback Moghaddam, Cambridge, MA (US);
Mitsubishi Electric Research Laboratory, Inc., Cambridge, MA (US);
Abstract
A system enables multiple users to interact with a picture presentation. The system includes a display surface having a horizontal orientation, preferably circular. A processor is configured to composite an image. The composite image includes a picture display area, an orientation area, and a plurality of control panels. There is one control panel for each of the users. A database, coupled to the processor, stores annotated pictures. Selected annotated pictures are to be composited into the picture display area of the displayed image. The pictures are selected using the control panel. A display device, coupled to the processor, displays the composite image on the display surface, and an input device is used to interact with the control panels, the orientation area, and the annotated pictures to enable the users to concurrently control the compositing of the sequence of images.