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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 17, 2012
Filed:
Jun. 10, 2009
Charita Y. Carter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark Raymond Mine, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Modupe Adeleye, Pasadena, CA (US);
Christopher Raynard Runco, Burbank, CA (US);
Thomas Fraiser Laduke, Orange, CA (US);
Bei Yang, Glendale, CA (US);
Charita Y. Carter, Los Angeles, CA (US);
Mark Raymond Mine, Canyon Country, CA (US);
Modupe Adeleye, Pasadena, CA (US);
Christopher Raynard Runco, Burbank, CA (US);
Thomas Fraiser Laduke, Orange, CA (US);
Bei Yang, Glendale, CA (US);
Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);
Abstract
A method for digitally augmenting or enhancing a food product such as the surface or top of a cake or other edible object. The method includes generating an augmentation media file based on a projection surface of the food product such as a digital movie or image that is mapped to the 3D topography of projection surface and that is projected on the food product using a properly aligned projector. Interactivity is provided by having the method include determining a modification or change of the 3D topography of the projection surface and, based upon the modification, generating a modified augmentation media file and operating the projector to use the modified augmentation media file to project a modified projected image on the food product. The method further provides interactivity by detecting a user interaction with the projection surface and generating a modified augmentation media file based on this tracked interaction.