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7623149 Integrated secure encryption apparatus  
An integrated secure encryption apparatus in one embodiment of the present invention is a self-contained secure console providing switch selectable secure and non-secure communications using the...
7576766 Normalized images for cameras  
A method and system for producing normalized images of conference participants so that the participants appear to be approximately the same size when the images are displayed is provided. The...
7561177 Editing multiple camera outputs  
Various embodiments provide a system and method for producing an edited video signal from a plurality of cameras. Briefly described, one embodiment is a method that produces an edited video signal...
7526078 System and method for communicating data during an audio conference  
A method for communicating data during an audio conference is provided. Digital data is received from a data source. The digital data is then modulated onto a carrier signal. The modulated carrier...
7477282 System and method for performing distributed video conferencing  
A method for executing a video conference is provided that includes receiving one or more audio streams associated with a video conference from one or more end points and determining an active...
7453488 Sharing of prerecorded motion video over an Internet work  
A data call between at least two internetworked computers is established using a central server. Once the data call is in place, prerecorded motion video is shared between the two computers by...
7432951 Video-telephony integration  
An integrated video-telephony system is provided. The system allows a video communication session to be established to complement an audio communication session when communication devices or...
7428000 System and method for distributed meetings  
A system and method for teleconferencing and recording of meetings. The system uses a variety of capture devices (a novel 360° camera, a whiteboard camera, a presenter view camera, a remote view...
7425980 Videoconferencing systems with recognition ability  
A videoconferencing system which encodes different streams of information. The information may include video, audio, speech recognized versions of the audio, and language translated versions of the...
7426193 Multipoint audiovisual conferencing system  
According to the present invention there are provided a system, method and program storage device for establishing a connection for an endpoint to a scheduled audiovisual conference between a...
7420585 Image capture and display device  
A display device for capturing and displaying images along a single optical axis. The device includes a display panel having a front side and a back side, said display panel capable of being placed...
7349005 Automated video production system and method using expert video production rules for online publishing of lectures  
An automated system and method for producing videos using expert video production rules. The automated video production system and method of the present invention is particularly well-suited for...
7342601 Communication system, communication device, seating-order determination device, communication method, recording medium, group-determination-table generating method, and group-determination-table generating device  
In a communication system having at least three communication devices communicating with each other, a seating-order determination device for generating seating-order information for information...
7321382 Virtual communication device configuring method and apparatus  
An apparatus is adapted to configure a virtual communication device that includes communication devices accessible to the apparatus. A signal interface receives from a calling communication device...
7308188 Audio reproducing apparatus  
Even when both a digital audio signal and an analog audio signal are inputted, a type of inputted digital audio signal is identified, and an internal signal path is automatically switched based on...
7257202 Telephone communication system  
A video-phone call with a portable video-phone terminal is enabled for a cellular phone which has not video-phone service provided, by making use of cameras and display devices placed on the...
7233345 Communication apparatus and method  
A communication apparatus includes an image sensing unit, voice recognition unit, keyword detection unit, auxiliary image selection unit, input image selector switch, and transmission unit. The...
7230639 Method and apparatus for selection of signals in a teleconference  
A method and apparatus for providing appropriate output signals to output devices in a teleconference setting is disclosed. Input signals are obtained from input devices, and descriptive...
7228150 Camera mounted two-way wireless personal video/audio communication system  
A two-way wireless personal video/audio communication system comprises a video mode switch for selecting a desired one of X, N, and R modes, and a video signal control circuit for transferring a...
7218356 System and method for inductive line synchronization  
A synchronization signal generating apparatus and method in which an input circuit is inductively coupled to an alternating current signal line. The input circuit generates a rectified signal. A...
7202886 Videophone terminal  
The present invention provides a videophone terminal by which the emotions and impressions of a user can be transmitted to and easily understood by a co-communicant. When a user performs a...
7170545 Method and apparatus for inserting variable audio delay to minimize latency in video conferencing  
A method and apparatus to insert variable audio delay during video conferencing to achieve conflicting goals of lip-sync and interactive conversation. The amount of audio delay is variable...
7119855 Image display with display-switching function  
In an image display having a image generator for forming and displaying an optical image in accordance with inputted image signal and a controller for controlling the image generator, a controller...
7113201 Image processing apparatus  
Image data from a plurality of cameras 2 - 1, 2 - 2, 2 - 3 showing the movements of a number of people, for example in a meeting, and sound data from a directional microphone array 4 is...
7109860 Surveillance apparatus integrated with mobile phone  
The present invention is to provide a surveillance apparatus for monitoring the situation of a visitor through a mobile phone, which comprises a monitor assembly including a microprocessor, a...
7053923 Establishing audio communication during initialization of video conference calls  
A system for setting up video conferencing calls. Setting up such calls imposes a delay of about 45 seconds. Under the invention, an audio call is established immediately, and is held during the...
7042486 Image capture and display device  
An image capture and display device includes an electronic motion image camera for capturing the image of a subject located in front of the image display device and a digital projector for...
7006121 Virtual terminal configuring method and device  
Terminal management information concerning a plurality of communication terminals of a user is managed. When a call addressed to the user is initiated, one or more terminals that can accept the...
6982748 Automatically switched camera system with indicator for notifying the next subject of the camera system  
An automatically switched camera system includes sensors for providing data of an image scene having subjects who are behaving in a manner which make them potential targets of the camera system, a...
6972786 Multimedia services using central office  
A system for providing video communication services to one or more premises with video communications-services users, comprising a first premises network, a plurality of user workstations...
6963353 Non-causal speaker selection for conference multicast  
A method for non-causal speaker selection is provided. In accordance with a particular embodiment of the present invention the method includes receiving a plurality of video streams at a multipoint...
6930702 Device for positioning and operating audio and video equipment  
A mount for devices used in a teleconferencing site is disclosed. The mount positions and secures the devices in a substantially linear array along a wall of the teleconference site. The mount...
6909452 Remote video telephone system  
The remote video phone system comprises a base video unit, at least one remote video unit and a circuit configured to allow the base unit and one or more remote video units to communicate with one...
6894715 Mixing video signals for an audio and video multimedia conference call  
In a multimedia communications system ( 100 ) that supports conference calls that include an audio portion and a video portion, a primary video image is selected from a plurality of video images...
6892388 Video recording and production system  
A system for recording, storing, manipulating, retrieving and displaying video images of events. The system has the capability of accepting video and audio input from a number of sources,...
6868332 Display system  
A display system able to display a television screen and a navigation screen, giving due consideration to safe vehicle operation, provided with a screen switching unit for displaying a television...
6839080 Remote server switching of video streams  
A portable video switching device receives video streams from a multiple number of different video capture devices located remotely and selects one of the video streams for further transmission....
6831675 System and method for videoconference initiation  
A system and method accepting information regarding audio telephony sessions (e.g., a telephone calls) and, in response, initiating videoconferences via videoconference terminals associated with...
6825873 TV phone apparatus  
A TV phone apparatus includes an image sensing element, ROM, CG processing section, and radio antenna. The image sensing element photographs a real video of a speaker. The ROM stores in advance at...
6744460 Video display mode automatic switching system and method  
An automatic switching system and method for determining and effecting an optimal video display mode based on the interaction among participants in a conference or discussion is disclosed. The...
6674458 Methods and apparatus for switching between a representative presence mode and one or more other modes in a camera-based system  
A camera-based system includes a number of sites, each having a camera associated therewith. A processing system processes a video signal received from a camera at a given one of the sites, and...
6661448 Method and system for providing and transmitting alternative video data during interruptions in video transmissions  
A method and system for transmitting an alternative video or multimedia data file during an interrupted video transmission in, for example, a mobile video telephony system. In a first aspect of the...
6628319 Method and multimedia communication device for enabling communication between terminals having different multimedia capabilities  
For communication between terminals having different multimedia capabilities, those multimedia services are determined which, although they are offered by a first of the terminals, they are not...
6621515 System and method for routing video calls  
A method and system for routing video calls includes one or more video endpoints. An array of infrastructure routing elements transmits the video calls between the video endpoints along one or more...
6621514 Video conferencing system  
An improved video conferencing system debundles the audio and the video and allows for a user to select which other conference stations will receive audio, which will receive video and which will...
6603501 Videoconferencing using distributed processing  
A video teleconferencing system and method transfers video teleconferencing signals from a sender to a receiver. The sender determines decision information based on internal or external factors....
6580447 Video signal switching arrangement and conference video display system using same  
A conference video display system is provided for allowing attendees at the conference to switch to the video images of their respective personal computers at will, and eliminating the need for...
6535238 Method and apparatus for automatically scaling processor resource usage during video conferencing  
An apparatus and technique are disclosed for controlling the resource usage of a processor during a video conference by dynamically varying the rate at which video images are compressed so as to...
6535240 METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR CONTINUOUSLY RECEIVING FRAMES FROM A PLURALITY OF VIDEO CHANNELS AND FOR ALTERNATELY CONTINUOUSLY TRANSMITTING TO EACH OF A PLURALITY OF PARTICIPANTS IN A VIDEO CONFERENCE INDIVIDUAL FRAMES CONTAINING INFORMATION CONCERNING EACH OF SAID VIDEO CHANNELS  
A method and apparatus is provided for video conferencing. The method and apparatus continuously receive frames from a plurality of video channels and alternately continuously transmit to each of a...
6518994 Video call distribution  
A system for routing incoming video calls. A group of agents handle incoming calls, as in a telephone mail order facility. When a server receives an incoming video call, it selects an available...
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