Title:
GENERATING AN INTERACTIVE DISPLAY
Document Type and Number:
WIPO Patent Application WO/2013/179275
Kind Code:
A3
Abstract:
A system for generating an interactive display of an avatar includes a display unit for displaying an image of an operator-controlled avatar. The system has a camera for capturing an image of a user of the system. The system includes a control centre having a display on which the image of the user can be displayed to an operator. An input device is usable by the operator to generate control signals to control the behavior of the avatar. An animation engine responds to the control signals to animate the image of the avatar appropriately. A communication link is provided between the display unit and the control centre. The system permits the operator to observe the user and to manipulate the input device to cause the image of the avatar to respond to the user. Microphones and loudspeakers are provided to allow two-way communication between the operator and the user, and a transaction can be carried out between the user and the operator, as if the user was interacting with the avatar itself.
Inventors:
PILBEAM SIMON PHILIP (GB)
Application Number:
PCT/IB2013/054557
Publication Date:
February 06, 2014
Filing Date:
June 03, 2013
Export Citation:
Assignee:
PILBEAM SIMON PHILIP (GB)
DONALD HEATHER JUNE (ZA)
DONALD HEATHER JUNE (ZA)
International Classes:
G06T13/40
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Attorney, Agent or Firm:
SPOOR & FISHER et al. (0001 Pretoria, ZA)
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