1. A press cage comprising:
first and second wall plates, the first wall plate being orthogonal with respect to the second wall plate, the first wall plate comprising a machined indentation located on a face of the first wall plate, and the second wall plate comprising a machined indentation located on a face of the second wall plate, the machined indentations of the first and second wall plates being adjacent to one another; and
a coupler assembly comprising coupler parts that are locked together, a first coupler part of the coupler parts fixed to the machined indentation of the first wall plate, and a second coupler part of the coupler parts fixed to the machined indentation of the second wall plate.
2. The press cage of claim 1, wherein the coupler parts are identical.
3. The press cage of claim 1, wherein the coupler assembly is to couple the first and second wall plates that are adjacent and orthogonal to one another.
4. The press cage of claim 1, further comprising a third wall plate, wherein the coupler assembly is to couple the first, second, and third wall plates that are adjacent and orthogonal to one another.
5. The press cage of claim 4, wherein the coupler assembly further comprises a third coupler part locked to the first and second coupler parts, the third coupler part fixed to a machined indentation on a face of the third wall plate.
6. The press cage of claim 1, wherein each respective coupler part of the coupler parts includes a bore for accommodating a screw to fix the respective coupler part to the machined indentation of a respective wall plate of the first and second wall plates.
7. The press cage of claim 6, wherein a bore extends between internally facing facets of the coupler parts to accommodate a locking screw.
8. The press cage of claim 7, wherein the coupler parts comprise respective flanges provided on respective different sides of the bore, and the press cage further comprises a fastening ring placed over the flanges.
9. The press cage of claim 1, wherein machined indentations are placed opposingly on both sides of each wall plate of the wall plates.
10. The press cage of claim 1, wherein each of the coupler parts comprises:
an outer facet to contact the machined indentation of a respective wall plate of the first and second wall plates, the outer facet including a first member to engage a second member of the machined indentation of the respective wall plate, the first member including a protrusion to engage a groove of the second member,
the outer facet of one of the coupler parts being orthogonal to the outer facet of another one of the coupler parts, and the coupler parts having adjacent internally facing facets, wherein the coupler parts are identical, wherein a bore extends between the internally facing facets of the coupler parts, and
the press cage further comprises a locking mechanism comprising a locking screw extending through the bore to lock the coupler parts together.
11. The press cage of claim 10, wherein the internally facing facet of the first coupler part is angled with respect to the outer facet of the first coupler part, and the internally facing facet of the second coupler part is angled with respect to the outer facet of the second coupler part.
12. The press cage of claim 11, wherein the internally facing facet of the first coupler part is at a 45\xb0 angle with respect to the outer facet of the first coupler part, and the internally facing facet of the second coupler part is at a 45\xb0 angle with respect to the outer facet of the second coupler part.
13. The press cage of claim 1, wherein the coupler parts are made of metal.
14. A method of forming a press cage, comprising:
arranging a first wall plate to be orthogonal with respect to a second wall plate, the first wall plate comprising a machined indentation located on a face of the first wall plate, and the second wall plate comprising a machined indentation located on a face of the second wall plate, the machined indentations of the first and second wall plates being adjacent to one another; and
coupling, by a coupler assembly comprising coupler parts that are locked together, the first and second wall plates together, a first coupler part of the coupler parts fixed to the machined indentation of the first wall plate, and a second coupler part of the coupler parts fixed to the machined indentation of the second wall plate.
15. The method of claim 14, wherein the coupler parts are identical.
16. The method of claim 14, further comprising coupling, by the coupler assembly, a third wall plate to the first and second wall plates, the first, second, and third wall plates being adjacent and orthogonal to one another.
17. The method of claim 16, wherein the coupler assembly further comprises a third coupler part locked to the first and second coupler parts, the third coupler part fixed to a machined indentation on a face of the third wall plate.
18. The method of claim 14, further comprising providing a bore in each respective coupler part of the coupler parts for accommodating a screw to fix the respective coupler part to the machined indentation of a respective wall plate of the first and second wall plates.
19. The method of claim 14, wherein each of the coupler parts comprises:
an outer facet to contact the machined indentation of a respective wall plate of the first and second wall plates, the outer facet including a first member to engage a second member of the machined indentation of the respective wall plate, the first member including a protrusion to engage a groove of the second member,
the outer facet of one of the coupler parts being orthogonal to the outer facet of another one of the coupler parts, and the coupler parts having adjacent internally facing facets, wherein the coupler parts are identical, wherein a bore extends between the internally facing facets of the coupler parts, and
the method further comprising extending a locking screw through the bore to lock the coupler parts together.
20. The press cage of claim 19, wherein the internally facing facet of the first coupler part is angled with respect to the outer facet of the first coupler part, and the internally facing facet of the second coupler part is angled with respect to the outer facet of the second coupler part.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
1. A corriputer-implemented video capture process, comprising:
identifying and tracking a face in a plurality of real-time video frames on a first computing device;
generating first face data representative of the identified and tracked face; and
transmitting the first face data to a second computing device over a network for display of the face on an avatar body by the second computing device in real time.
2. The method of claim 1, wherein tracking the face comprises identifying a position and orientation of the face in successive video frames.
3. The method of claim 1, wherein tracking the face comprises identifying a plurality of salient points on the face and tracking frame-to-frame changes in positions of the salient points.
4. The method of claim 3, further comprising identifying changes in spacing between the salient points and recognizing the changes in space as forward or backward movement by the face.
5. The method of claim 1, further comprising generating animated objects and moving the animated objects with tracked motion of the face.
6. The method of claim 1, further comprising changing a first-person view displayed by the first computing device based on motion by the face.
7. The method of claim 1, wherein the first face data comprises position and orientation data.
8. The method of claim 1, wherein the first face data comprises three-dimensional points for a facial mask and image data from the video frames to be combined with the facial mask.
9. The method of claim 1, further comprising receiving second face data from the second computing device and displaying with the first computing device video information for the second face data in real time on an avatar body.
10. The method of claim 9, further comprising displaying on the first computing device video information for the first face data simultaneously with displaying with the first computing device video information for the second face data.
11. The method of claim 9, wherein transmission of face data between the computing devices is conducted in a peer-to-peer arrangement.
12. The method of claim 11, further comprising receiving from a central server system game status information and displaying the game status information with the first computing device.
13. A recordable-medium having recorded thereon instructions, which when performed, cause a computing device to perform actions comprising:
identifying and tracking a face in a plurality of real-time video frames on a first computing device;
generating first face data representative of the identified and tracked face; and
transmitting the first face data to a second computing device over a network for display of the face on an avatar body by the second computing device.
14. The recordable medium of claim 13, wherein tracking the face comprises identifying a plurality of salient points on the face and tracking frame-to-frame changes in positions of the salient points.
15. The recordable medium of claim 14, wherein the medium further comprises instructions that when executed receive second face data from the second computing device and display with the first computing device video information for the second face data in real time on an avatar body.
16. A computer-implemented video game system, comprising:
a web cam connected to a first corriputing device and positioned to obtain video frame data of a face;
a face tracker to locate a first face in the video frame data and track the first face as it moves in successive video frames; and
a processor executing a game presentation module to cause generation of video for a second face from a remote computing device in near real time by the first computing device.
17. The system of claim 16, wherein the face tracker is programmed to trim the first face from the successive video frames and to block the transmission of non-face video information.
18. The system of claim 16, further comprising a codec configured to encode video frame data for the first face for transmission to the remote computing device, and to decode video frame data for the second face received from the remote computing device.
19. The system of claim 18, further comprising a peer-to-peer application manager for routing the video frame data between the first computing device and the remote computing device.
20. The system of claim 16, further comprising an engine to correlate video data for the first face with a three-dimensional mask associated with the first face.
21. The system of claim 16, further comprising a plurality of real-time servers configured to provide game status information to the first computing device and the remote computing device.
22. The system of claim 16, wherein the game presentation module receives game status information from a remote coordinating server and generates data for a graphical representation of the game status information for display with the video of the second face.
23. A computer-implemented video game system, comprising:
a web cam positioned to obtain video frame data of a face; and
means for tracking the face in successive frames as the face moves and for providing data of the tracked face for use by a remote device.