Abstract: System and methods for providing simultaneous public and private audio-video integrated with an interactive board game, where a private viewer looking through an eye filter perceives the private video while a public viewer not looking through an eye filter perceives the public video all responsive to playing the interactive board game. Means for providing private audio simultaneous with the private video are also shown. The audio-video is selectively provided during game play based at least upon the tracked game state of the interactive board game. The video output component of the system can be implemented as either a display or a projector.

Abstract: System and methods for providing multiple distinct and private video streams, where the streams are temporally and spatially overlapping, and a person uses a visual aid to substantially perceive a single distinct stream from within the multiplicity. A preferred embodiment using two or more projectors comprising a composite of three or more private streams implements the combination of spatial and temporal filtering for steam differentiation. Composite streams from multiple projectors are temporally synchronized, and each composite stream comprises one or more private streams, wherein two or more private streams are temporally interleaved. Each composite stream comprises a succession of spatially composite images. A spatially composite image comprises two or more spatially differentiable private images belonging to different distinct private image streams.

Abstract: A system for governing a person's access to a premise or gathering based at least in part upon an anonymous authenticated health status. The person uses a personal computing device such as a smartphone operating an “honest broker” intermediary app to register one or more personal biometrics that remain private to the app. The app communicates with authenticating health measurement devices to determine health measurements regarding the person. When communicating with a health device during measurement, the app confirms the identity of the person by capturing new biometrics for comparison with the registered biometrics. When requesting entry to a premise or gathering, a person uses the app to provide an anonymous current health status to an access control system, where entry is granted or denied by the system based in part upon the status.

Abstract: A medical instrument and method is described for facilitating lacrimal occlusion. The instrument has two arms for holding a plug being inserted through the punctum, each arm having a distal end and a proximal end. Attached to the proximal end of the arms is a dilator oriented in the opposite direction along the longitudinal axis of the instrument. The instrument is conveniently rotated in the hand of the practitioner to alternately present the functioning end of the instrument as either the distal end of the arms (for holding a plug) or the distal end of the dilator (for enlarging the punctum prior to attempting to inserting the plug). The instrument has a means for moving the two arms near to each other and away from each, and a means for holding the two arms near to each other without requiring closing pressure applied by the practitioner.

Abstract: System and methods for allowing a person or a process to select between multiple spatial-temporal sub-channels provided within a multi-sub-channel video-audio stream being output to a viewer, where selection causes a specific sub-channel within the stream to be received when viewing through an active filter device. A single image of the stream comprises at least two spatial sub-channels and the stream comprises at least two temporal sub-channels, where spatial sub-channels are formed using polarization and restrictive narrow-band color filtering. The stream is output by a display or projector and viewed using an active filter device. The active filter device comprises a combination of an active spatial channel filter and an active temporal channel filter and is responsive to sub-channel selections indicated through either a manual or automatic content selection means, where an automatic selection means includes a program for example directing the person through an adjustable story movie.

Abstract: A medical instrument and method is described for facilitating lacrimal occlusion. The instrument has two arms for holding a plug being inserted through the punctum, each arm having a distal end and a proximal end. Attached to the proximal end of the arms is a dilator oriented in the opposite direction along the longitudinal axis of the instrument. The instrument is conveniently rotated in the hand of the practitioner to alternately present the functioning end of the instrument as either the distal end of the arms (for holding a plug) or the distal end of the dilator (for enlarging the punctum prior to attempting to inserting the plug). The instrument has a means for moving the two arms near to each other and away from each, and a means for holding the two arms near to each other without requiring closing pressure applied by the practitioner.

Abstract: System and methods for providing simultaneous public and private video, where a private viewer looking through an eye filter perceives the private video while a public viewer not looking through an eye filter perceives the public video. First a public image is generated and linearly polarized. The public image is then modulated to further encode a private image using an additional liquid crystal modulating layer. The modulated public image including the encoded private image is then received and filtered by various embodiments of passive or active eye filters comprising various combinations of spatial, temporal or spatial-temporal filters. The eye filters optionally include identifying means such that the system provides customized private images to selected eye filters. Means for providing private audio simultaneous with the private video are also shown. The system can be implemented as either a display or a projector and used in a destination-wide gaming system.

Abstract: A physical-virtual gaming platform comprising a game board overlay including logical locations for the placement of game pieces, where the overlay is placed in relationship to the combination of a game board and game pieces. The combination of the game board and game pieces include electronic means that are in communication with a computing device. The computing device processes the information provided by the electronic means to determine the logical location of a game piece with respect to the game overlay and then provides a sensory output to gamers based at least upon the determined locations. The game overlay can be active and in communication with the computing device such that the overlay is operated to alter one or more logical locations thereby changing game play in response to determined game piece movements. The platform includes visualization and audio devices for providing customized visual and audio experiences.

Abstract: A medical instrument and method is described for facilitating lacrimal occlusion. The instrument has two arms for holding a plug being inserted through the punctum, each arm having a distal end and a proximal end. Attached to the proximal end of the arms is a dilator oriented in the opposite direction along the longitudinal axis of the instrument. The instrument is conveniently rotated in the hand of the practitioner to alternately present the functioning end of the instrument as either the distal end of the arms (for holding a plug) or the distal end of the dilator (for enlarging the punctum prior to attempting to inserting the plug). The instrument has a means for moving the two arms near to each other and away from each, and a means for holding the two arms near to each other without requiring closing pressure applied by the practitioner.

Abstract: A mirror-display is taught for use in a destination such as a theme park or hotel that allows a guest to move an article such as a wand in front of the mirror-display, where the movements are tracked and interpreted as commands. Visual movement feedback of the article is provided to help train the guests. The mirror-display can act as a full mirror, but then switch into a half-mirror mode where the guest sees their partial reflection along with output from the display, or a transparent mode where the guest does not see their reflection. Output includes secret messages only viewable to guests wearing glasses that are controllably detected and synchronized with the display output. The mirror-display comprises means for automatically determining guest identity and for exchanging commands and information with either or both of a local or global eco-system.

Abstract: An on-demand sports video streaming service generates live broadcasts of sporting events with an automated video capture system. Multiple cameras automatically which track game play are controlled to create a combined output. Game event data, including scoreboard information, audible queues or visual queues are implemented to assist in directing and controlling video content and to provide scoring, timing or player information into the video output.

Abstract: System and methods for automatically determining states of game object possession for sporting contests. The system uses the minimum necessary and sufficient data, including the predefined tracking layout, official game time-in versus time-out data, centroid location of each player matched with their identity data and centroid location of the game object data which is then converted deterministically into at least clock states and game object movement states. The system and methods also disclose the further combining of these states into the determination of the cycle of possession flow. For determining the states of possession of the game object, the system and methods disclose using either an instantaneous or average measured distance between each player and the game object in combination with a minimum radius defining each player's area of influence and a minimum time necessary for the game object to be within this area before possession can be assigned.

Abstract: An on-demand sports video streaming service generates live broadcasts of sporting events with an automated video capture system. Multiple cameras automatically which track game play are controlled to create a combined output. Game event data, including scoreboard information, audible queues or visual queues are implemented to assist in directing and controlling video content and to provide scoring, timing or player information into the video output.

Abstract: A system for automatically videoing an event activity being conducted within a performance area. The system includes one or more automatic cameras placed in fixed locations with respect to the performance area and have adjustable views of at least a portion of the performance area for capturing and outputting a real-time automatic video stream of the event activity; a tracking system including multiple detectors for detecting the event activity throughout the performance area and for outputting a real-time tracking data stream of event activity information; and an automatic filming system for determining electronic camera movement control signals using at least in part the real-time tracking data stream, and for providing the electronic camera movement control signals to the one or more automatic cameras such that the one or more automatic cameras automatically adjust their view of the performance area.

Abstract: An automatics system 100 that uses one to three grids 20cm of overhead cameras 20c to first video an event area 2. Overall bandwidth is greatly reduced by intelligent hubs 26 that extract foreground blocks 10m based upon initial and continuously updated background images 2r. The hubs also analyze current images 10c to constantly locate, classify and track in 3D the limited number of expected foreground objects 10. As objects 10 of interest are tracked, the system automatically directs ptz perspective view cameras 40c to follow the activities. These asynchronous cameras 40c limit their images to defined repeatable pt angles and zoom depths. Pre-captured venue backgrounds 2r at each repeatable ptz setting facilitate perspective foreground extraction. The moving background, such as spectators 13, is removed with various techniques including stereoscopic side cameras 40c-b and 40c-c flanking each perspective camera 40c.

Abstract: A system for creating objective sports measurements and statistics of a sporting event. The system analyzes the continuous on-going motion of the players, the game object and the state of the game. Continuous on-going motion of the players and game object can be obtained through any of several technologies including cameras, IR sensors, RFID, etc. The state of the game includes at least the determination of when the competition is officially on versus paused. For sports that include a game clock, the detection of a running clock indicates that the competition is on, whereas a stopped clock indicates that the competition is paused. The combination of these three data sets, i.e., player locations, game object locations and the state of the game, are both necessary and sufficient for objectively determining key sports metrics including when the game object is in possession of a given player, which expands into the cycle of possession flow.

Abstract: Techniques for indexing multimedia data simultaneous with its capture to convert a real world event into an accessible database in real time are provided. The present invention introduces a new paradigm of converting a real world event in real time into a rich multimedia database by processing data from multiple cameras observing the event. Real time analysis of the camera data, coupled with domain knowledge, results in instant indexing of multimedia data at capture time itself. This yields the semantic information to answer complex queries about the content, and the ability to extract portions of data that correspond to complex actions performed in the real world.

Abstract: A system for automatically providing event non-video information usable for indexing event video information, where the event takes place at an event location for a duration of event time. The system includes a non-video information system for receiving or determining event non-video information and storing the non-video information in a non-video dataset, a video information system for receiving event video information captured by one or more filming cameras and storing the video information in a video dataset, and a video information retrieval system for randomly accessing the video dataset, where the random access includes: (a) using event non-video information to first determine an event time or duration of event time, and (b) using the determined event time or duration of event time to selectively access, retrieve, or provide event video information including one or more video images of the event.

Abstract: A system for contextualizing disorganized content (2a) captured from any live session (1) using external devices 30-xd to first detect & record 30-1 session activities (1d) being conducted by session attendees (1c). Activities (1d) become normalized tracked object data 2-otd for differentiation 30-2 into normalized session marks 3-pm denoting thresholded activity (1d) changes. Normalized marks 3-pm are integrated 30-3 into normalized events 4-pe using a “mark creates, start or stops event” model. Events 4-pe may be synthesized 30-4 via waveform convolution forming new combined events 40se, or used as containers to summarize the occurrences of marks 3-pm or other events 4-pe, the results of which create new summary marks 3-sm. Calculation marks 3-tm may also be synthesized 30-4 for sampling various session data at various session times. During content expression 30-5 events 4-pe and 4-se can be automatically named and foldered creating index (2i) and organized content (2b).

Abstract: A system and methods for automatically determining the states of game object possession, including those of free, under contention and in possession, for sporting contests. The system uses the minimum necessary and sufficient data 100, including the predefined tracking layout 110, the current official game time-in versus time-out data 122, the current centroid location of each player matched with their identity data 124 and the current centroid location of the game object data 126 which is then converted deterministically into at least clock states 150, game object movement states 160, and optionally into game object location states 170 and game object heading direction states 180. The system and methods also disclose the further combining of these states 150, 160, 170 and 180 into the determination of the cycle of possession flow 200, including the events of gaming control 210, exchanging control 220 and relinquishing control 230.