Patent ID: 9082233
Filing Date: 2015-07-14
Classification: B25J,G06T,Y10S

Abstract:
1. A method for generating, by mobile entities, a dynamic visual representation for display, comprising: receiving an input image; determining an available number of the mobile entities; computing a distribution of goal positions for the mobile entities to generate a visual representation of the input image, wherein the distribution of the goal positions is based on the available number of mobile entities; assigning each one of the mobile entities to a respective one of the goal positions, wherein the steps of determining, computing, and assigning are repeated to generate the dynamic visual representation of images that corresponds to an animation sequence; and controlling visual features of the mobile entities that correspond to the animation sequence, wherein the visual features, when displayed by the mobile entities, exhibit the dynamic visual representation, wherein the visual features are generated by respective color changing devices on the mobile entities.