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7391882 Prior knowledge, level set representations and visual grouping  
A method for detecting an object in an image includes determining a shape model from aligned training examples, and implementing the shape model as a prior within a level set framework for...
7391856 Intelligent switching system for voice and data  
A teleconferencing system for voice and data provides interconnections among user sites via a central station. User stations at user sites each alternate operation between a data mode connecting a...
7380033 Communication apparatus implementing time domain isolation with restricted bus access  
A communication apparatus includes a radio frequency circuit that operates on a radio frequency signal and a digital processing circuit coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The digital...
7379565 Method and system for determining displacement of a pixel, and recording medium therefor  
This method determines the displacement of a pixel between a first and a second image, the first image representing, moreover, an object in a first scene taken from given viewpoint, and the second...
7376388 Broadcasting venue data to a wireless hand held device  
Methods and systems for broadcasting venue-based data to a wireless hand held devices are disclosed herein. Data transmitted from one or more venue-based data sources may be received by at least...
7352809 System and method for optimal transmission of a multitude of video pictures to one or more destinations  
A system and method for optimal transmission of a multitude of video pictures consisting of end video encoders wherein more than one encoder is utilized. The system and method improve the image...
7346912 Method and system for managing video devices  
Hot deployable video management modules maintain a video device management platform by integrating independently developed support for new or updated video devices at runtime. A video device module...
7336294 Arrangement and method for improved communication between participants in a videoconference  
An arrangement and a method of a videoconferencing end-point provide for eye contact between users at different sites. A conference camera is placed in the light beam of a projector apparatus...
7321453 Image input system  
This invention provides an image input system capable of setting an arbitrary imaging inhibited area. This system displays a map showing the positions of cameras arranged in an office and the...
7321384 Method and apparatus for using far end camera control (FECC) messages to implement participant and layout selection in a multipoint videoconference  
A method and an apparatus for providing layout selection, participant selection, and/or participant-to-participant far end camera control of the selected participant for use in a continuous...
7298400 Video system for use with video telephone and video conferencing  
This invention provides a video system including an image pickup device for converting an optical image into a video signal, an image pickup direction changing device for changing the image pickup...
7242421 Methods of establishing a communications link using perceptual sensing of a user's presence  
A method of establishing a communications link uses automatic sensing of a computer user's presence and activity state to record user attributes in a form accessible to other computers in a...
7151843 Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals using multiple cues  
Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals includes receiving a frame of video and/or audio content and identifying a candidate area for a new face region in the frame. One or more...
7130446 Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals using multiple cues  
Automatic detection and tracking of multiple individuals includes receiving a frame of video and/or audio content and identifying a candidate area for a new face region in the frame. One or more...
7126627 Video conferencing device and method  
A method and device for video conferencing between first and second conference locations. Each conference location is provided with a video camera and a video image monitor to carry the image of a...
7123285 Teleconferencing robot with swiveling video monitor  
A teleconferencing robot for enabling a remote conferee to project a sense of presence into a group meeting. The teleconferencing robot includes: a base; a video monitor movably mounted to the base...
7117519 Method and system for selecting actions to be taken by a server when uploading images  
A method and system for allowing a user to select actions to be taken by a server when uploading images from a hand-held image capture device is disclosed. The method and system include storing an...
7096037 Videoconferencing bandwidth management for a handheld computer system and method  
Methods of establishing communication sessions from multiple mobile devices as well as managing available conferencing bandwidths is disclosed. One of the methods disclosed includes establishing a...
7062578 Flexible processing hardware architecture  
A flexible, reconfigurable processing system architecture allows for the implementation of a variety of processing system configurations to be implemented on a single device, which is preferably a...
7027084 Image communication system and an apparatus for and a method of processing an image  
A communication system includes a portable phone and a digital still camera. The user selects an image for transmission, and data indicating a frame number of the selected image is sent from the...
7020613 Method and apparatus of mixing audios  
A method and system of mixing audios to convert a plurality of input voices into a single output voice is described. The system of mixing audios has a decoding device, an audio mixing device and a...
6961446 Method and device for media editing  
The present media editing device generates media including messages in an easy manner in a communication terminal such as a mobile terminal. Therein, a moving image data storage part stores moving...
6938069 Electronic meeting center  
An electronic meeting center including at least one persistent, server-based meeting is described. The meeting has a unique identifying name and topic, at least one authorized participant and a...
6914622 Teleconferencing robot with swiveling video monitor  
This invention relates to an apparatus for the projection of a remote conferee's presence into a group meeting environment by using a combination of videoconferencing/teleconferencing and robotics...
6909453 Virtual television phone apparatus  
A communication unit 1 carries out voice communication, and a character background selection input unit 2 selects a CG character corresponding to a communication partner. A voice/music...
6897891 Computer system using a digital camera that is capable of inputting moving picture or still picture data  
A host computer includes a device driver which is adaptive to a digital camera and has a storage driver function for writing/reading image data representative of a still picture in/out of the...
6879323 Three-dimensional model generation device, three-dimensional model generation method, and recording medium for storing the three-dimensional model generation method  
Featured is a device for generating a 3-D model of a target object detects size, position, and direction of the target object in an input image. The device calculates the position of each vertex of...
6844893 Restaurant video conferencing system and method  
The invention is a system and a method which combines restaurant services with video-conferencing and multi-media access for diverse customer appeal. The system and method employ a number of booths...
6801663 Method and apparatus for producing communication data, method and apparatus for reproducing communication data, and program storage medium  
Communication data including actually-photographed pictures is provided. The communication data consists of text data such as a sentence input by a user and a plurality of still pictures obtained...
6795107 Video conferencing apparatus and method therefor  
A videoconferencing apparatus and method are implemented. Each participant in the videoconference has a representation within the system as a “stick figure,” or linear frame, object similar to...
6774927 Video conferencing method and apparatus with improved initialization through command pruning  
A video conference method and apparatus for pruning mode commands received from an endpoint of a video conference so as to minimize the repetitive establishment and tearing down of video, audio and...
6741864 Associating image and location data  
Location stamping of digital photos provides a convenient way to subsequently catalogue the photos. However, most digital cameras are not provided with a location discovery mechanism. To overcome...
6704048 Adaptive electronic zoom control  
An adaptive electronic zoom system is described which includes an electronic camera having an image sensor with pixels, a controller communicating with an address generator to select in response to...
6670984 Camera control system controlling different types of cameras  
A camera control system permits a variety of types of cameras to be connected thereto, and makes it possible to control a plurality of cameras by using standardized camera control commands to...
6642955 Surveillance camera system with infrared and visible light bandpass control circuit  
A camera system switches electronically between infrared radiation sensing and visible light sensing depending on ambient conditions, to optimize visible picture quality for surveillance. An...
6624841 Videoconference system  
A video-conferencing system between participants located at distant sites, each site featuring a viewing screen. The viewing screen is a large screen of the projection, overhead projection, or...
6580810 Method of image processing using three facial feature points in three-dimensional head motion tracking  
A method of image processing in three-dimensional (3-D) head motion tracking is disclosed. The method includes: providing a user's source image to a first processing device; capturing the user's...
6573973 System for inserting additional moving picture data into moving picture data that are being communicated between terminals  
An exchange is provided with a data synthesizer that synthesizes moving picture data that are being communicated between terminals with additional moving picture data, and is capable of inserting...
6570606 Method and apparatus for controlling transmission of media signals over a data network in response to triggering events at participating stations  
A method and apparatus for controlling the transmission of real-time media signals over a data network based on a triggering event associated with a participating teleconference station. This...
6516066 Apparatus for detecting direction of sound source and turning microphone toward sound source  
An object of the present invention is to turn microphones accurately and quickly toward a sound source. The first microphone pair is rotated by rotation means and driving means, so that the...
6481851 Adjustable contrast reflected display system  
A transparent-reflective display constructed to be alterable so that reflected images are viewed upon a transparent surface that can alter to a darkened surface, thereby changing contrast of the...
6469737 Image-sensing server and control method and storage medium therefor  
An image-sensing server performs moving-image transfer service by sequentially transferring live video images obtained by a video camera via a general network such as the Internet. When live video...
6454415 Interactive teleconferencing display system  
A teleconferencing system in which the video image of a subject in front of a selected background scene is extracted from that scene and transmitted to other locations where selected backgrounds...
6454414 Device for image output and input  
An image input/output device comprises a semi-transparent display and an image capture device. The semi-transparent has a displaying surface for displaying images to a user and an opposite surface...
6373600 Light-receiving element unit, a method and device for digital image input  
An A/D converter converts analog data received from a light-receiving element via an amplifier to digital data. From the A/D converter, digital data is transmitted via a multiplier to a comparing...
6369846 Multipoint television conference system  
Disclosed is a multipoint television conference system, comprising terminals, and a multipoint control unit for controlling the terminals. Each of the terminals is provided for each attendee to the...
6313863 Image communication apparatus and system  
A combined image is made up of a static image and a motion image. An area of the static image is replaced by the motion image to form the combined image. The combined image is then coded and...
6297846 Display control system for videoconference terminals  
A display control system for a videoconference terminal capable of displaying proper images of participants. A video camera captures wide-angle source pictures including the images of participants....
6297843 System providing video compression/encoding for communications across a network  
A system providing video compression/encoding functions incorporates an integrated video apparatus which includes a camera for capturing an image, a frame grabber coupled to the camera for storing...
6292211 Computer-aided telecommunication system and method  
A computer-aided telecommunication system and method which uses an Internet web site and at least two computers to permit people located remotely from one another, and who may be unskilled in...
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