Virtual Video Assistant for a Surrounding Environment

The instant Design Patent Application is related to and claims the benefit of application Ser. No. 11/354,779 filed on 15 Feb. 2006 ; entitled “Dynamic Interactive Region-Of-Interest Panoramic/Three-Dimensional Immersive Communication System and Method” (abandoned); application Ser. No. 11/830,637 filed on 30 Jul. 2007 entitled “Panoramic Image-Based Virtual Reality/Telepresence Audio-Visual System and Method” (abandoned); application Ser. No. 12/266,308 filed on Nov. 6, 2008 entitled “Panoramic Adapter System and Method with Spherical Field-Of-View Coverage” (abandoned).

The undersigned applicants of the instant invention affirm under oath that the instant invention was NOT made with government support under a contract or awarded by a federal agency and the government has NO rights in the instant invention.

FIG. 1 is an enlarged perspective view of a virtual video assistant for a surrounding environment in accordance with our new design;

FIG. 2 is a top view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 3 is a front side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 4 is a right-side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 5 is a bottom side of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 6 is a back side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 7 is a left side view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 1 ;

FIG. 8 is a perspective view of a virtual video assistant for a surrounding environment in accordance with an alternate embodiment, with a similar appearance and shape to that of the design in FIG. 1 , the only exception is that the alternate embodiment includes an additional textured area;

FIG. 9 is a top view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 8 ; and,

FIG. 10 is a bottom view of the virtual video assistant shown in FIG. 8 .

The oblique line shading on the vertical side of the virtual video assistant depicts the display.

The oblique line shading on the top-side ring shaped surface depicts the translucent light portion.

The circumferential rings of textured shading depict a contrast in appearance for the speaker/microphone and ventilation.

The rectilinear representations at the bottom of the virtual video assistant depict rectangular recesses for a connector port.