Patent ID: 8281256
Filing Date: 2012-10-02
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to acquire information content of a view of a landscape seen by an observer comprising: manipulating a camera in communication with a client-server computer network in signal communication with a monitor to acquire a live image of at least a portion of the landscape; capturing the live image; presenting the live image on the monitor in a first layer visible to the viewer; underlying the first layer with a second layer having a photo-realistic illustration of the live image, the second layer having regions responsive to at least one physical action conveyed by the observer near or onto the surface of the monitor; associating at least one icon with the regions of the second layer; interacting with the regions of the second layer via the at least one physical action conveyed by the observer including at least one of hand motion and touching near or onto the surface of the monitor adjacent to the regions of the second layer; and displaying the at least one icon onto the live image presented on the monitor.