Virtual studio system

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 7468778
APP PUB NO 20050099603A1
SERIAL NO

10941068

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A method of providing a visual representation of a scene to a participant in a studio is provided, wherein the studio is arranged to be viewed by a camera to provide a camera image and has at least a portion of a background object arranged to be keyed out of the camera image by a keying process. The method includes obtaining an estimate of the viewpoint of the participant; rendering an image of the scene based on the viewpoint of the participant; and projecting at least a portion of the rendered image onto the background object to provide a projected image portion visible to the participant. The projected image portion is projected so as to be keyed out of the camera image by the keying process.

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BRITISH BROADCASTING CORPORATIONLONDON W1A 1AA

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Grau, Oliver Leatherhead, Surrey KT22 7HD, GB 14 455
Thomas, Graham Alexander Nutley, Uckfield, East Sussex TN22 3HA, GB 10 527

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