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Date of Patent:
Jun. 04, 2013

Filed:

Mar. 13, 2009
Applicants:

Kyle Presetenback, Burbank, CA (US);

James J. Madden, Iv, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Aaron Daly, Valley Village, CA (US);

John Bernstein, Los Angeles, CA (US);

David Jessen, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Inventors:

Kyle Presetenback, Burbank, CA (US);

James J. Madden, IV, Simi Valley, CA (US);

Aaron Daly, Valley Village, CA (US);

John Bernstein, Los Angeles, CA (US);

David Jessen, Los Angeles, CA (US);

Assignee:

Disney Enterprises, Inc., Burbank, CA (US);

Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
G06K 9/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
Abstract

There is provided a video playback device for providing an interactive environment on a display in response to a user input. The video playback device comprises (1) a memory to store a plurality of images forming a plurality of viewpoints of the interactive environment; a plurality of transition sequences, wherein each of the plurality of transition sequences provides a video transition from one image to another image; and a linking structure linking the plurality of images with the plurality of transition sequences; (2) a processor to determine a direction of movement based on the user input; select a next one of the plurality of transition sequences and a next one of the plurality of images based on the direction of movement and the linking structure; and display the next one of the plurality of transition sequences and the next one of the plurality of images on the display.


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