Patent ID: 7134756
Filing Date: 2006-11-14
Classification: G03B,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method for enabling a user to selectively operate a display table in one of two different modes, including a first mode in which a video image is projected on a display surface of the display table and a second mode in which the video image is projected onto a separate surface that is not part of the display table, the display table including a video camera, comprising the steps of: (a) enabling the user to selectively change a projection light path for the video image between a first path that is used when operating the display table in the first mode, and a second path that is used when operating the display table in the second mode; (b) projecting the video image along the projection light path selected by the user so that the video image is viewed on one of: (c) when operating in the first mode: (d) when operating in the second mode, imaging an object external to the display table with the video camera, such that the imaging field of view of the video camera is directed along a second imaging path that is different than the first imaging path, the step of imaging the object that is external to the display table comprising the steps of: