Patent ID: 9521276
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: G03B,G06F,H04N

Claim Text:
1. A projection capture device comprising: a camera supported by a base over a flat, horizontal work surface, the camera defining a three dimensional capture space bounded in two dimensions by a capture area on the work surface within which a camera sensor included in the camera is to capture visible light of images focused on the camera sensor by a shift lens included in the camera that shifts the visible light of still and video images in a Y-direction relative to the camera sensor, wherein the camera is positioned in a Z-direction over the capture area at a location offset in at least the Y-direction from a center of the capture area with the camera sensor facing the capture area; a projector supported by the base below the camera, the projector defining a three dimensional display space bounded in two dimensions by a display area on the work surface overlapping at least part of the capture area; and a controller supported by the base to: with the projector, illuminate objects in the capture space; with the camera, capture visible light of images of objects in the capture space illuminated by the projector; and, with the projector, project visible light representative of the images of the objects captured by the camera into the display space; a mirror positioned in the Z-direction over the capture space, and wherein the camera is placed in front of the mirror so that it does not block the projector's light path.