Patents by Inventor Avi Sharir

Avi Sharir has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Patent number: 5903317
    Abstract: A system (FIGS. 7 and 8) and method (FIG. 1) for video tranmission of active events, for example sports events, having in the background physical images in designated targets, wherein the physical images are electronically exchanged with preselected virtual images, so that objects or shadows actually blocking potions of the physical images will be seen by viewers as blocking the same portions of the virtual images, and the motion of players or a ball blocking the physical image will block corresponding regions of the exchanged virtual images, so that the exchange electronic image will remain in the background of the event, exactly as the original image.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 9, 1995
    Date of Patent: May 11, 1999
    Assignee: Orad Hi-Tech Systems Ltd.
    Inventors: Avi Sharir, Michael Tamir