Patent ID: 8089564
Filing Date: 2012-01-03
Classification: G03B,G06Q,G07F,G10H,G16H,H04N

Abstract:
1. A method to produce in an area of restricted size in a realistic manner while minimizing subject perspective 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 perspective distortion of an individual performing in said interior of said booth; (c) defining, to minimize subject perspective 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 a live performance in said booth by the individual in said interior 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 performance integrated with backdrop signals of said selected scenic backdrop selected in step (d), said recording minimizing subject perspective distortion and consequently making the individual appear realistically to have made the recording in an area larger than said interior of said booth; and, (f) transmitting to said selected remote location with said transmitter said recording produced in step (b).