公开(公告)号：US6108515A

公开(公告)日：2000-08-22

申请号：US925850

申请日：1997-09-09

申请人： Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26 ,  G09B7/06

CPC分类号： G10L15/22 ,  G10L15/26

摘要： An interactive conversational apparatus provides seamless uninterrupted conversational responsiveness to a variety of user inputs utilizing a storage media having a plurality of temporally related data storage tracks containing interactive conversational content. The conversational content and control code information are stored on tracks in a timed sequence for providing interactive pathways through the tracks dependent upon various user responses. A media player facilitates playback of the interactive conversational content. A control code reader reads the control code information and generates track selection information based upon the control codes. User-input buttons or keys receive responses from a user based upon the interactive conversational content. A track selector receives the track selection information and user-input responses, and accesses the tracks of the storage media in response to the user-input responses and the control code information for enabling the playback of the conversational content. The control codes include memory storage commands and memory switching commands, a switch-to-track command, a switch-to-track-in-memory command, an accumulation command, a command for storing in memory a response to a particular interrogatory, a command for switching to a particular track based upon the response to the interrogatory stored in the memory, start playback, stop playback, pause playback until a user-input response is received, a command to selectively operate the visual indicia of a particular switch in timed relation to interactive conversational content related to the particular switch, and a command to selectively flash the visual indicia of a particular switch.

摘要翻译： 交互式会话装置利用具有包含交互式会话内容的多个时间相关的数据存储轨道的存储介质，向各种用户输入提供无缝的不间断对话响应。 会话内容和控制代码信息以定时序列存储在轨道上，用于根据各种用户响应通过轨道提供交互路径。 媒体播放器便于回放交互式会话内容。 控制代码读取器读取控制代码信息，并根据控制代码生成轨道选择信息。 用户输入按钮或键基于交互式会话内容从用户接收响应。 轨道选择器接收轨道选择信息和用户输入响应，并且响应于用户输入响应和控制代码信息访问存储媒体的轨道，以便能够播放会话内容。 控制代码包括存储器存储命令和存储器切换命令，切换到轨道命令，存储器中的切换到存储器命令，累积命令，用于在存储器中存储对特定询问的响应的命令， 基于对存储在存储器中的询问的响应切换到特定轨道的命令，开始重放，停止重放，暂停播放直到接收到用户输入响应，命令，以选择性地操作特定开关的视觉标记 与与特定交换机相关的交互式会话内容的关系以及选择性地闪烁特定交换机的视觉标记的命令。

公开(公告)号：US5682196A

公开(公告)日：1997-10-28

申请号：US493845

申请日：1995-06-22

申请人： Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： G06F3/00 ,  G06F3/01 ,  G09B5/06 ,  G09B5/14 ,  H04N7/173 ,  H04N21/422 ,  H04N7/14

CPC分类号： H04N7/17318 ,  G06F3/011 ,  G09B5/065 ,  G09B5/14 ,  H04N13/04 ,  H04N21/42201 ,  A63F2300/409 ,  H04N13/0497

摘要： The system of the present invention provides actual interactive choices to members of an audience in the form of three dimensional (3D) objects in space, and after each member of the audience reaches out at, points at, or looks at the 3D object of choice, the system responds and alters the audio and/or video feedback to each member. Specifically, a 3D video production is presented on a screen and at several points during the presentation a character or person, appearing on the screen, requests each user to respond to a question by physically selecting one of several possible 3D objects, the 3D objects appearing through the 3D effect to be floating directly in front of each user. The 3D answer options could be three 3D characters, for example. Selection of one of these objects is facilitated through a unique user interface unit, embodied in either a helmet, gun, or wand configuration. Each of these alternative user interface units allow the interactive selection to be made by physical gestures. The user interface unit is comprised of a detection device, a processor and associated circuitry, and attached headphones. Immediately upon making a selection, the user interface unit determines the choice made by the user, matches the choice with a distinct prerecorded audio feedback response, and presents to the user a distinct and individualized audio response. These personalized feedback responses are seamlessly communicated to each user through a set of headphones, and thus, amount to minimally perceived alterations from the common audio presentation. Interactive realism is enhanced through the preferred lip synching of the audio feedback response to the video character's mouth movements.

摘要翻译： 本发明的系统为空间中的三维（3D）对象形式的观众的成员提供实际的交互选择，并且在观众的每个成员在所选择的3D对象之后，在点，点或观看时， ，系统将响应并更改每个成员的音频和/或视频反馈。 具体地说，在屏幕上呈现3D视频制作，并且在呈现期间的几个点，出现在屏幕上的人物或人员通过物理地选择几个可能的3D对象之一来请求每个用户来响应问题，3D对象出现 通过3D效果直接在每个用户面前浮动。 例如，3D答案选项可以是三个3D字符。 通过独特的用户界面单元来促进对这些对象之一的选择，体现在头盔，枪或者魔杖配置中。 这些备选用户界面单元中的每一个允许通过物理手势进行交互式选择。 用户接口单元由检测设备，处理器和相关联的电路以及附接的耳机组成。 在进行选择之后，用户接口单元确定用户做出的选择，将选择与不同的预先记录的音频反馈响应相匹配，并向用户呈现独特且个性化的音频响应。 这些个性化的反馈响应通过一组耳机无缝地传递给每个用户，并且因此等于来自公共音频呈现的最小的感知变化。 通过对视频角色的嘴巴移动的音频反馈响应的优选唇部同步来增强交互式现实主义。

公开(公告)号：US4847700A

公开(公告)日：1989-07-11

申请号：US74139

申请日：1987-07-16

申请人： Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： H04N7/15 ,  G09B5/12 ,  G09B7/04

CPC分类号： G09B7/04 ,  G09B5/12

摘要： An interactive television system (10, 10a) for providing full motion synched compatible audio visual displays based on dynamic user selection (26) of a plurality of syllable synched compatible audio choices for a common full motion video frame presentation received over a common television channel. Two or more audio channels are synched to a common video channel, with the video being compatible will all audio channels. The interactive programming is transmitted via broadcast or cable TV and received (28) by VCR used as a tuner (12, 12a) or by a simplified TV head-end tuner (30), with the transmitted television signal having the audio channels either multiplexed into the video line or the existing audio channels. The received television signal is provided to a control module (14, 14a) which demultiplexes the signal (16, 16a) and ultimately combines the user selected audio signal with the video in an RF modulator (20) under computer control (18, 22, 24, 26) to provide the interactive display.

公开(公告)号：US4847698A

公开(公告)日：1989-07-11

申请号：US74138

申请日：1987-07-16

申请人： Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： H04N7/15 ,  G09B5/12 ,  G09B7/04

CPC分类号： G09B5/12 ,  G09B7/04

摘要： An interactive television system (10, 10a) for providing full motion synched compatible audio visual displays based on dynamic user selection (26) of a plurality of syllable synched compatible audio choices for a common full motion video frame presentation provided over a common television channel. Two or more audio channels are synched to a common video channel, with the video being compatible will all audio channels. The interactive programming is stored on video cassette (12, 12a) or other storage media and the audio channels are either multiplexed into the video line or the existing audio channels and are provided to a control module (14, 14a) which demultiplexes the signal (16, 16a) and ultimately combines the user selected audio signal with the video in an RF modulator (20) under computer control (18, 22, 24, 26) to provide the interactive display.

公开(公告)号：US4591248A

公开(公告)日：1986-05-27

申请号：US489170

申请日：1983-04-27

申请人： Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： G03B29/00 ,  G03B31/00 ,  G03B19/18 ,  G03B21/32

CPC分类号： G03B29/00 ,  G03B31/00

摘要： A movie changeover system (20,200,2004,400) capable of providing a real time decision tree movie presentation having a variable movie display content dependent on the viewing audience response to branching choices which occur during the course of the movie. A pair of movie projection devices (22, 24), each having an associated portion of a substantially continuous overall motion picture presentation therefrom, has stored thereon a projectable portion of the overall motion picture presentation content. A changeover shutter mechanism (26) is operatively associated with the pair of projectors (22, 24) for selectively projecting a movie display choice of one of the projectable portions from one of the pair of projectors (22, 24) in a real time continuous movie display presentation with the previous movie display portion in response to a changeover signal. Means for detecting and sampling the audience responses associated with each choice, such as a microphone (32, 34), is provided with the sampled responses corresponding to preferential signal levels. The sampled signal levels are processed (252, 252a, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 320f, 322, 324, 452, 416, 418, 36, 38, 264, 402 ) and subsequently compared (40, 266, 440) to determine which of the two levels is greater, with the resultant signal being provided (268, 274, 276, 478) to an output circuit (42, 278, 442) to which the changeover signal is provided. An audience trend preferential characteristics, depending on the manner in which the movie has been constructed, may be used to automatically generate (158, 270, 406, 408, 160, 162, 272, 276, 410, 412) a changeover signal to provide a preselected ending for the movie based on the previously indicated audience trend, or ending selection logic (424) may be employed to select an audience preferred ending.

摘要翻译： 一种电影切换系统（20,200,2004,400），其能够提供具有可变电影显示内容的实时决策树电影呈现，所述可变电影显示内容取决于在电影过程中发生的分支选择的观看观众响应。 一对电影投影设备（22,24）每个都具有与之相对应的基本上连续的总体动态影像呈现的相关部分，其上存储有整个动态影像呈现内容的可投影部分。 切换快门机构（26）可操作地与所述一对投影仪（22,24）相关联，用于以实时连续的方式选择性地投影来自所​​述一对投影仪（22,24）中的一个可投影部分的电影显示选择。 响应于切换信号，与前一电影显示部分的电影显示呈现。 用于检测和采样与每个选择相关联的观众响应（例如麦克风（32,34））的装置被提供有对应于优先信号电平的采样响应。 对采样的信号电平进行处理（252,252a，254,256,258,260,262,320f，322,324,452,416,418,36,38,264,402），随后进行比较（40,266,440 ）以确定两个电平中的哪一个较大，其中所提供的信号（268,274,276,478）提供给提供转换信号的输出电路（42,278,442）。 取决于电影的构造方式的观众趋势优先特征可以用于自动生成（158,270,406,408,160,162,272,276,410,412）转换信号以提供 可以采用基于先前指示的观众趋势的电影的预选结束或结束选择逻辑（424）来选择观众优选的结尾。

公开(公告)号：US4507680A

公开(公告)日：1985-03-26

申请号：US390877

申请日：1982-06-22

申请人： Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： H04N7/10 ,  H04M7/10

CPC分类号： H04N7/10

摘要： Interactive programming may be provided by the system (26) of the present invention which can enable both manual and automatic selection of various interactive responses from simultaneously transmitted programming on different channels. In a cable television system (20), the channels used to transmit the interactive programming are the midband channels with the selected response being treated by the system converter (26) to convert the individually selected response to a common assigned television channel frequency for ultimate reception and display on the subscriber's television (24, 22). Automatic selection may then be accomplished by the provision of a selection signal from the logic network (48) to a local oscillator (52) which, in turn, generates a beat frequency to be mixed in a mixer (54) with the various midband channel frequencies to convert the selected midband channel frequency to the assigned television channel frequency. The selection signal is either manually selected as a result of the choice or selection manually input by the subscriber via a keyboard (50) or automatically generated as a result of the pulse count value accumulated in memory (64, 65, ) based on the weighted signal value of prior responses. Various band pass filters (36, 58, 60) and switches (34, 56) are employed to pass the appropriate signals in the interactive and conventional programming modes of the system (26).

摘要翻译： 交互式编程可以由本发明的系统（26）提供，其可以实现手动和自动选择来自不同信道上的同时发送的节目的各种交互响应。 在有线电视系统（20）中，用于发送交互式节目的信道是中频带信道，其中所选择的响应被系统转换器（26）处理，以将单独选择的响应转换为公共分配的电视频道以最终接收 并在用户的电视机上显示（24,22）。 然后可以通过从逻辑网络（48）向本地振荡器（52）提供选择信号来实现自动选择，本地振荡器又产生要在具有各种中频带信道的混频器（54）中混合的拍频 将所选择的中频频道频率转换为分配的电视频道频率的频率。 作为由用户通过键盘（50）手动输入的选择或选择的结果，手动选择选择信号，或者基于加权的存储器（64,65）中积累的脉冲计数值的结果自动生成选择信号。 先前响应的信号值。 采用各种带通滤波器（36,58,60）和开关（34,56）来传递系统（26）的交互式和常规编程模式中的适当信号。

公开(公告)号：US4117605A

公开(公告)日：1978-10-03

申请号：US699433

申请日：1976-06-24

申请人： Lawrence G. Kurland ,  Michael J. Freeman

发明人： Lawrence G. Kurland ,  Michael J. Freeman

IPC分类号： G09B5/04 ,  A63F9/18 ,  G09B7/06 ,  G09B7/08 ,  G11B31/00 ,  G09B7/04

CPC分类号： G09B7/06 ,  A63F9/183 ,  A63H2200/00

摘要： A real time conversational verbal interactive toy apparatus capable of providing a conversational type response to an interrogatory message from a removably insertable magnetic storage medium which comprises a plurality of coextensive multipurpose audio tracks contained in a housing includes a multipurpose selection apparatus for directly selecting one of the tracks for reproducing the selected information stored thereon, such as a multiple choice response to the interrogatory message, an insertion security apparatus operatively associated with a receptacle therein for providing an insertion condition for the inserted received magnetic storage medium housing with respect to the receptacle, the storage medium housing having a playback authorization code disposed thereon, the insertion security apparatus comprising elements responsive to this code for providing the insertion condition therefrom, and a condition responsive network operatively associated with the insertion security apparatus for controllably enabling the provision of a secure selected multiple choice playback response from the storage medium. Each track stores information in reproducible segments which are spatially related in time along the tracks and related in content to the corresponding segments on the other coextensive tracks of the plurality for providing the real time conversational type response. The condition responsive network is responsive to the provision of the insertion condition for providing the enable condition to a playback head only when the provided insertion condition corresponds solely to the playback authorization code so that only media capable of providing the aforementioned type of response may be employed.

摘要翻译： 一种能够从包括在壳体中的多个共同延伸的多用途音频轨道的可移除可插入的磁存储介质提供对询问消息的对话类型响应的实时会话语言交互式玩具装置，包括：多用途选择装置，用于直接选择 用于再现存储在其上的所选信息的轨道，例如对询问消息的多项选择响应;插入安全设备，与其中的插座可操作地相关联，用于为插入的接收的磁存储介质外壳相对于插座提供插入状态， 存储介质壳体，其上布置有重放授权码，所述插入安全装置包括响应于该代码以提供插入条件的元件，以及与插入安全设备可操作地相关联的状态响应网络 我们用于可控地实现从存储介质提供安全的选择的多选择重放响应。 每个轨道将可再现段中的信息存储在沿着轨道的时间上与空间相关并且与内容相关的信息中，以与多个的另一个共同扩展轨道上的相应段相关联，以提供实时对话类型响应。 条件响应网络响应于仅当提供的插入条件仅对应于播放授权码时才将播放头提供给播放头的插入条件的提供，从而可以仅使用能够提供上述类型的响应的媒体 。