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Patent No.:

US 7643054 B1

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Date of Patent:
Jan. 05, 2010

Filed:

Dec. 09, 2002
Applicants:

Martin L. Griss, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Craig P. Sayers, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Inventors:

Martin L. Griss, Palo Alto, CA (US);

Craig P. Sayers, Menlo Park, CA (US);

Assignee:
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
H04N 7/18 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

Techniques for directed guidance of viewing devices which enable a spectator to be guided toward points of interest using guidance cues from viewpoint control sources including other viewing devices or event directors. A viewing system according to the present techniques include a viewpoint control source that generates a guidance cue for a point of interest and a viewing device that obtains the guidance cue from the viewpoint control source and in response generates a guidance signal for moving a viewpoint of the viewing device in a direction indicated by the guidance cue.


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