Patent ID: 8169548
Filing Date: 2012-05-01
Classification: G03B,G06Q,G07F,G10H,G16H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to conduct a broadcast interview by producing in an area of restricted size in a realistic manner while minimizing perspective distortion and subject distortion a recording of an individual that produces the illusion that the individual is located in a larger area, comprising the steps of (a) providing a studio booth including (b) selecting a lens system for said digital camera with a horizontal field of view that minimizes subject distortion of an individual performing in said interior of said booth; (c) defining, to minimize subject distortion, a minimum distance that an individual stands away from said camera when said individual is in the interior of said booth to conduct a performance; (d) selecting a scenic backdrop (e) conducting and recording a live interview of the individual in said interior of said booth and no closer to said camera than said minimum distance and generating with said computer system a recording of the performance comprising audio visual signals of said live interview integrated with backdrop signals of said selected scenic backdrop selected in step (d), said live interview conducted by another individual at a location remote from said booth; and, (f) transmitting to a selected remote location with said transmitter said recording produced in step (b).