1. A system for illuminating at least one target in a scene, the system comprising:
an input for receiving an image acquired on said scene, said image comprising said target;
an illumination device having an illumination field and adapted to illuminate a selected portion only of said illumination field according to an illumination figure for selectively illuminating said target in said illumination field; and
an illumination controller for determining said illumination figure from said image such that said portion adaptively matches at least a position of said target in said image, said illumination figure being determined according to a known registration between said image and said illumination field.
2. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said input is to receive said image updated in time and wherein said illumination figure is updated in time as a function of said image such that said illumination figure tracks said target as it moves in the scene.
3. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising a sensing device for acquiring said image.
4. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said sensing device is an infrared sensor.
5. The system as claimed in claim 3, wherein said sensing device operates in at least one of the x-ray spectrum, the ultra-violet spectrum, the near-infrared spectrum, the mid-infrared spectrum, the long-infrared spectrum and the terahertz spectrum.
6. The system as claimed in claim 1, further comprising: an image processor for processing said image to extract a shape and said position of said target in said image.
7. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said illumination device comprises an array of light sources, said light sources individually corresponding to points in said illumination figure.
8. The system as claimed in claim 3,
wherein said sensing device comprises a sensor array defining an array of sensor pixels, said sensor pixels individually corresponding to points in said image; and
wherein said registration comprises a correspondence between points in said image and points in said illumination figure.
9. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said illumination device comprises a single light source and a spatial light modulator array coupled thereto to define an array of illumination zones individually corresponding to points in said illumination figure.
10. The system as claimed in claim 1, wherein said illumination device comprises at least one of a laser diode, a light emitting diode and a light bulb.
11. A system comprising a plurality of sub-systems as the system claimed in claim 1, wherein the sub-systems are positioned at different view points relative to the same one of said scene.
12. A method for illuminating at least one target in a scene, the method comprising:
acquiring an image of said scene, said image comprising said target;
determining, from said image, an illumination figure defined on an illumination field, such that said illumination figure adaptively matches at least a position of said target in said image, said illumination figure being determined according to a known registration between said image and said illumination field; and
illuminating a selected portion only of said illumination field according to said illumination figure for selectively illuminating said target in said illumination field.
13. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said acquiring comprises updating said image in time and wherein said determining comprises updating said illumination figure in time such that said illumination figure tracks said target as it moves in the scene.
14. The method as claimed in claim 12, further comprising: processing said image to extract a shape and said position of said target in said image.
15. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said illuminating a portion comprises: activating part of an array of light sources so that said target is selectively illuminated in said illumination field, said light sources individually corresponding to points in said illumination figure.
16. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said acquiring an image comprises acquiring an infrared radiation of said scene.
17. The method as claimed in claim 12, wherein said illuminating a portion only of said illumination field comprises emitting a light in the visible spectrum.
The claims below are in addition to those above.
All refrences to claim(s) which appear below refer to the numbering after this setence.
What is claimed is:
1. A communication system comprising:
a first customer communication device and at least one second customer communication device;
a communication address service provider configured for providing an indexed array of a unique caller identification associated with the first customer communication device and the unique caller identification associated with at least one return communication address of the at least one second customer communication device; and
a vendor configured for sending a message to the at least one second customer communication device at the at least one return communication address in response to a telephone call to the vendor initiated by the first customer communication device.
2. The system of claim 1 wherein the system includes a caller identification service provider configured for provider caller identification of a consumer telephoning the vendor.
3. The system of claim 2 wherein the communication address service provider comprises the caller identification service provider.
4. The system of claim 1 wherein the message comprises at least one of the following formatted messages:
uniform resource locator of a web site;
a text message;
a hypertext markup language page;
a vCard; and
a vCalendar.
5. The system of claim 1 wherein the return communication address of the at least one second communication device comprises at least one of an uniform resource locator posting;
an electronic mail address;
and a short message service address.
6. The system of claim 1 wherein the vendor is configured for sending the message during the phone call between the first communication device and the vendor.
7. The system of claim 1 wherein the first customer communication device and the at least one second communication device comprise at least one of:
a telecommunications module;
a wireless transceiver;
an user interface;
a web browser;
a controller;
a memory;
an application software;
a caller identification function;
a cell phone;
a personal digital assistant;
a notebook computer; and
a desktop computer.
8. The system of claim 1 wherein the vendor comprises at least one of:
a telecommunications system;
a vendor response monitor;
a content database server; and
a caller identification function.
9. The system of claim 8 wherein the vendor response monitor comprises:
a return address selector configured for selecting a return communication address including at least one of an electronic mail address, a short message service address, and a uniform resource locator address;
a content selector database configured for selecting a formatted message comprising at least one of an uniform resource locator site address, a text message, a hypertext markup language page, an electronic business card, and a electronic calendaring file.
10. A computer-readable medium having computer-executable instructions for performing a method of communicating with a customer, the method comprising:
capturing a caller identification associated with a customer during a telephone call between the customer and a vendor;
selecting a content for transmission from the vendor to the customer;
obtaining a return communication address for a communication medium, from an array of return communication addresses associated with the caller identification, with the return communication address being different than a telephone number associated with the caller identification; and
sending the content from the vendor to the customer in a target message at the return communication address.
11. The medium of claim 10 wherein selecting a content includes:
selecting a type of the content that is based on a formatted message of the obtained return communication address.
12. The medium of claim 10 wherein selecting content includes:
selecting a formatted message of the obtained return communication address that is based on a type of the at least one content.
13. The medium of claim 10 wherein the sending the content comprises:
sending the content during the telephone call between the vendor and the customer.
14. The medium of claim 10 wherein obtaining a return communication address comprises:
providing the array to include, associated with a unique caller identification, the following types of return communication addresses: an uniform resource locator posting; an electronic mail address; and a short message service address.
15. The medium of claim 10 wherein selecting the content comprises:
selecting at least one of the following formatted messages:
uniform resource locator of a web site;
a text message;
a hypertext markup language page;
a vCard;
and a vCalendar.
16. The medium of claim 10 wherein selecting the content comprises:
selecting content based on consumer preferences from a customer relationship management database.
17. A method of communication with a customer, the method comprising:
receiving a consumer-initiated telephone call and capturing a caller identification of the consumer during the telephone call; and
sending, in response to the consumer-initiated telephone call, a target message from the vendor to the consumer using a return communication address associated with the caller identification, with the return communication address being different than a caller identification telephone number through which the consumer-initiated telephone call was made, and with the target message including content responsive to the telephone call.
18. The method of claim 17 wherein sending the target message is carried out during the telephone call.
19. A responsive vendor-customer communication system comprising:
means for uniquely identifying a customer through a first communication between a vendor and the customer;
means for sending a message to the customer during the first communication using a second communication medium independent of a medium used for carrying out the first communication;
means for obtaining an address for sending the message through the second communication medium based on the means for uniquely identifying the customer.
20. The system of claim 19 wherein the means for sending the message comprises:
means for sending the message during the first communication.