ELECTRONIC HANDHELD AUDIO/VIDEO RECEIVER AND LISTENING/VIEWING DEVICE

摘要

A handheld device in an audio and video system including a system for receiving and processing video and/or audio signals, a system for displaying a virtual image to a user, and a system for producing sounds audible to a user. The handheld device also incorporates a shroud to block ambient light when the handheld unit is engaged with the user's face. As a result, the user may hear sounds produced from the received audio signals. Further the user may see the virtual images produced from the received video signals when the handheld device is engaged with the users face.

主权项

1. A method for providing a plurality of user selectable, different viewing perspectives associated with an event to a user of a portable handheld device while attending the event live, the handheld device having a receiver, signal processing logic, a display and a user interface, the method comprising:
obtaining video signals from a plurality of cameras located at an event, at least two of the cameras being located at different locations around the event and producing video signals defining live video content of the event from different viewing perspectives; selecting, through the user interface of the handheld device, a first video signal from said video signals; wirelessly receiving the first video signal at the receiver of the handheld device; displaying, on the display, the live video content from the first video signal selected at the user interface by the user; wherein the live video content, that is selected, corresponds to one viewing perspective of the event associated with a single one of the cameras located at the event; and wherein the receiving and displaying operations occur continuously a) only in response to selection by the first spectator of the first video signal for viewing while said live event occurs and b) until the first spectator chooses to select another live video content from said video signals.