公开(公告)号：US20130111347A1

公开(公告)日：2013-05-02

申请号：US13287806

申请日：2011-11-02

申请人： Jonathon Reilly ,  Jason Heffernan ,  Andrej Sarkic ,  Zivthan Dubrovsky ,  Luis Vega ,  Nicholas Salzman ,  Adrian Eiben

发明人： Jonathon Reilly ,  Jason Heffernan ,  Andrej Sarkic ,  Zivthan Dubrovsky ,  Luis Vega ,  Nicholas Salzman ,  Adrian Eiben

IPC分类号： G06F3/01

CPC分类号： H04N21/2387 ,  G06Q30/0623 ,  G09B5/06 ,  G09B5/065 ,  G09B25/04 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H04W4/80

摘要： Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to demonstrate playback device operation at a point of sale location are disclosed. An example system includes a playback device configured for demonstration playback by one or more users at the point of sale location. The example playback device is to respond to an allowed set of user commands to provide content playback. The example system includes a user control to facilitate user interaction with the playback device and to provide information for user review regarding the playback device. The example user control includes an option for user selection to provide additional information regarding playback device functionality. The example user control is restricted to provide repeatable playability of the playback device for demonstration at the point of sale location. The example system is to monitor the playback device for repeatable playability by users in the system.

摘要翻译： 公开了在销售点位置演示播放设备操作的系统，方法，设备和制品。 示例性系统包括被配置为在销售点位置由一个或多个用户进行演示播放的播放设备。 示例播放设备是响应允许的一组用户命令来提供内容播放。 示例系统包括用户控制以便于用户与播放设备的交互，并且提供关于回放设备的用户评论的信息。 示例性用户控制包括用于用户选择以提供关于回放设备功能的附加信息的选项。 示例性用户控制被限制为在销售点位置提供用于演示的回放设备的可重复播放性。 示例系统是监视播放设备，以便系统中的用户可重复播放。

公开(公告)号：US09460631B2

公开(公告)日：2016-10-04

申请号：US13287806

申请日：2011-11-02

申请人： Jonathon Reilly ,  Jason Heffernan ,  Andrej Sarkic ,  Zivthan Dubrovsky ,  Luis Vega ,  Nicholas Salzman ,  Adrian Eiben

发明人： Jonathon Reilly ,  Jason Heffernan ,  Andrej Sarkic ,  Zivthan Dubrovsky ,  Luis Vega ,  Nicholas Salzman ,  Adrian Eiben

IPC分类号： G06F17/00 ,  G09B5/06 ,  G06Q30/06 ,  H04R27/00 ,  G09B25/04

CPC分类号： H04N21/2387 ,  G06Q30/0623 ,  G09B5/06 ,  G09B5/065 ,  G09B25/04 ,  H04N21/436 ,  H04R27/00 ,  H04W4/80

摘要： Systems, methods, apparatus, and articles of manufacture to demonstrate playback device operation at a point of sale location are disclosed. An example system includes a playback device configured for demonstration playback by one or more users at the point of sale location. The example playback device is to respond to an allowed set of user commands to provide content playback. The example system includes a user control to facilitate user interaction with the playback device and to provide information for user review regarding the playback device. The example user control includes an option for user selection to provide additional information regarding playback device functionality. The example user control is restricted to provide repeatable playability of the playback device for demonstration at the point of sale location. The example system is to monitor the playback device for repeatable playability by users in the system.

摘要翻译： 公开了在销售点位置演示播放设备操作的系统，方法，设备和制品。 示例性系统包括被配置为在销售点位置由一个或多个用户进行演示播放的播放设备。 示例播放设备是响应允许的一组用户命令来提供内容播放。 示例系统包括用户控制以便于用户与播放设备的交互，并且提供关于回放设备的用户评价的信息。 示例性用户控制包括用于用户选择以提供关于回放设备功能的附加信息的选项。 示例性用户控制被限制为在销售点位置提供用于演示的回放设备的可重复播放性。 示例系统是监视播放设备，以便系统中的用户可重复播放。

公开(公告)号：US08890946B2

公开(公告)日：2014-11-18

申请号：US12715177

申请日：2010-03-01

申请人： Nelson G. Publicover ,  Jason Heffernan

发明人： Nelson G. Publicover ,  Jason Heffernan

IPC分类号： H04N7/18 ,  G06K9/00

CPC分类号： H04N5/2354 ,  H04N5/2256 ,  H04N5/23219 ,  H04N5/2351 ,  H04N5/332 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N7/183

摘要： A scene illumination system is provided that produces spatially uniform or controlled brightness levels for machine vision applications. The system includes a camera, multiple light sources that preferentially illuminate different regions within the camera's field-of-view, and a processing unit coupled to the camera and light sources. Focal regions of the light sources within the camera's field-of-view are sampled to determine average regional brightness and compared to target brightness levels. The processing unit controls the light sources to increase or decrease illumination levels to converge toward the target brightness levels within the field-of-view. This modulation of the light sources may be repeated with successive video images until target brightness levels are achieved. Once achieved, the iterative feedback control may be locked-in for some applications, while for others, the iterative process may continue periodically or continuously to account for different scenes or changes in lighting conditions.

摘要翻译： 提供场景照明系统，为机器视觉应用产生空间均匀或受控的亮度水平。 该系统包括相机，多个光源优先照亮相机视场内的不同区域，以及耦合到照相机和光源的处理单元。 对相机视野内的光源的焦点区域进行采样，以确定平均区域亮度并与目标亮度水平进行比较。 处理单元控制光源以增加或减少照明水平，以在视场内朝向目标亮度水平收敛。 可以用连续的视频图像重复光源的这种调制，直到达到目标亮度水平。 一旦实现，迭代反馈控制可以被锁定在某些应用中，而对于其他应用，迭代过程可以周期性地或连续地继续地考虑不同场景或照明条件的改变。

公开(公告)号：US20110211056A1

公开(公告)日：2011-09-01

申请号：US12715177

申请日：2010-03-01

申请人： Nelson G. Publicover ,  Jason Heffernan

发明人： Nelson G. Publicover ,  Jason Heffernan

IPC分类号： H04N7/18

CPC分类号： H04N5/2354 ,  H04N5/2256 ,  H04N5/23219 ,  H04N5/2351 ,  H04N5/332 ,  H04N7/18 ,  H04N7/183

摘要： A scene illumination system is provided that produces spatially uniform or controlled brightness levels for machine vision applications. The system includes a camera, multiple light sources that preferentially illuminate different regions within the camera's field-of-view, and a processing unit coupled to the camera and light sources. Focal regions of the light sources within the camera's field-of-view are sampled to determine average regional brightness and compared to target brightness levels. The processing unit controls the light/sources to increase or decrease illumination levels to converge toward the target brightness levels within the field-of-view. This modulation of the light sources may be repeated with successive video images until target brightness levels are achieved. Once achieved, the iterative feedback control may be locked-in for some applications, while for others, the iterative process may continue periodically or continuously to account for different scenes or changes in lighting conditions.Target brightness levels can be the same throughout the camera's field-of-view to generate uniform brightness, or vary as a function of location to generate controlled brightness levels within a scene. Target brightness levels can also be made to vary with time.

摘要翻译： 提供场景照明系统，为机器视觉应用产生空间均匀或受控的亮度水平。 该系统包括相机，多个光源优先照亮相机视场内的不同区域，以及耦合到照相机和光源的处理单元。 对相机视野内的光源的焦点区域进行采样，以确定平均区域亮度并与目标亮度水平进行比较。 处理单元控制光/源以增加或减少照明水平以在视场内朝向目标亮度水平收敛。 可以用连续的视频图像重复光源的这种调制，直到达到目标亮度水平。 一旦实现，迭代反馈控制可以被锁定在某些应用中，而对于其他应用，迭代过程可以周期性地或连续地继续地考虑不同场景或照明条件的改变。 目标亮度水平可以在整个摄像机的视野范围内相同，以产生均匀的亮度，或作为位置的函数变化，以在场景内产生受控的亮度级别。 目标亮度水平也可以随着时间而变化。