Remote interaction device with tracking of remote movement input

Abstract

Systems, devices, and methods are provided for remote interaction with a subject in an environment. The device has audio-visual recording and transmitting functionality to provide an operator at a remote location with an audio-visual feed of the environment near the device. The device also has a light emission component which the operator controls and which projects light onto a surface in the environment in the vicinity of the device. The systems, devices, and methods provide operators with the ability to control the positions of the light emission by tracking movement at a remote device at the remote location.

What is claimed is: 
     
         1 . A method of facilitating remote interaction comprising:
 recording visual data at a first location and transmitting the recorded visual data to a second location;   receiving the visual data, that was recorded at the first location, at the second location and displaying the visual data on a local device at the second location; and   tracking movement input positions on a display of the local device to control the aim of a photonic emission device at the first location.   
     
     
         2 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the movement input positions are automatically transformed, at the local device at the second location, into video stream coordinates. 
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the movement input positions are transformed, at the local device at the second location, to relative coordinates. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the relative coordinates are further adjusted, at the local device at the second location, by selected calibration data. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 4 , wherein the adjusted relative coordinates are transmitted to the first location. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the photonic emission device is a laser positioning device. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 1 , wherein the movement input positions include touch and swipe movement on a touch screen display. 
     
     
         8 . A system for facilitating remote interaction comprising:
 an interaction device located at a first location;   a local device located at a second location, the local device connected to the interaction device over a network; and   wherein the local device tracks movement input positions on a display of the local device to control the aim of a photonic emission device at the interaction device.   
     
     
         9 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the photonic emission device is a laser positioning device. 
     
     
         10 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the movement input positions are automatically transformed, at the local device at the second location, into video stream coordinates. 
     
     
         11 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the movement input positions are transformed, at the local device at the second location, to relative coordinates. 
     
     
         12 . The system of  claim 11 , wherein the relative coordinates are further adjusted, at the local device at the second location, by selected calibration data. 
     
     
         13 . The system of  claim 12 , wherein the adjusted relative coordinates are transmitted to the first location. 
     
     
         14 . The system of  claim 8 , wherein the movement input positions include touch and swipe movement on a touch screen display.