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7385621 |
Private sharing of computer resources over an internetwork
A data call between at least two internetworked computers is established using a central server. Once the data call is in place, any types of data, information, or computer resources are shared...
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7382398 |
Image pickup apparatus and method for the output of AV data and the control of the output of AV data to an external storage device
An image capture apparatus includes an internal recording unit and a communication unit. The internal recording unit starts recording AV data including image and sound data on a recording medium in...
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7369154 |
Method for transmitting additional data within a video transmission
The invention relates to a method for transmitting additional data within a video data transmission between a transmitter and a receiver according to the prioritized pixel transmission method,...
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7362350 |
System and process for adding high frame-rate current speaker data to a low frame-rate video
A system and process for highlighting the current speaker on an on-going basis in each frame of a low frame-rate video of an event having multiple people in attendance, such as a video...
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7355622 |
System and process for adding high frame-rate current speaker data to a low frame-rate video using delta frames
A system and process for highlighting the current speaker on an on-going basis in each frame of a low frame-rate video of an event having multiple people in attendance is presented. In general,...
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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...
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RE40054 |
Video-assisted audio signal processing system and method
A circuit arrangement for controlling audio signal transmissions for a communications system that includes a microphone and a video camera. The arrangement comprises a video processor configured...
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7327386 |
Image capture apparatus and method for transmitting captured image without predetermined additional information
An image capture apparatus includes an image capture unit, an image processing unit, a memory, and a network interface unit. The image capture unit captures an image. The image processing unit...
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7315898 |
Data communication system, data transmission apparatus, data reception apparatus, data communication method, and computer program
In a data communication system, the function of automatic repeat request is provided for transmission of packets based on a data communication protocol such as the Real-Time Transport Protocol or...
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7308476 |
Method and system for participant automatic re-invite and updating during conferencing
A method for conferencing may include monitoring a status of participants in a conference and recording the conference in response to at least one participant being disconnected or exiting the...
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7301556 |
Image signal transmitting/receiving apparatus and method based on a cut-off mode
The present invention relates to an image signal transmitting/receiving apparatus and method for selectively performing transmission and display of a main image signal. The present invention...
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7283154 |
Systems and methods for videoconference and/or data collaboration initiation
Systems and methods to accept information regarding audio communication sessions (e.g., telephone calls) and, in response, initiate a videoconference and/or data collaboration session via for...
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7253831 |
Video coding using multiple buffers
There is provided herein a system for video encoding and decoding that uses short-term and long-term buffers. Reconstruction of each block within an image may be performed with reference to one of...
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7215819 |
Method and device for processing an encoded digital signal
A method of processing an encoded digital signal comprising a set of data obtained by encoding a set of original data representing physical quantities, and a set of information representing the...
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7206016 |
Filtering artifacts from multi-threaded video
There is provided herein a system for reducing artifacts associated with multi-threaded video coding. The system generates a virtual thread from the multi-threaded data. The virtual thread combines...
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RE39526 |
Wireless image transfer from a digital still video camera to a networked computer
A portable image transfer system includes a digital still camera which captures images in digital form and stores the images in a camera memory, a cellular telephone transmitter, and a central...
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7176956 |
Video enhancement of an avatar
A communication system ( 100 ) includes two or more communication devices ( 110, 150 ) for communicating video including at least one virtual image. An avatar is associated with each communicated...
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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...
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7158530 |
Real time communications of musical tone information
A musical tone data communications system having a unit for generating MIDI data of a musical performance by a player, a unit for transmitting the generated MIDI data over a communications network...
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7136106 |
Apparatus controller, device and method for controlling data transmission of digital apparatus, and data transmission control system
According to the present invention, when an image data currently being received is switched over to the data from another image information device, the best picture quality is provided without...
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7129981 |
Rendering system and method for images having differing foveal area and peripheral view area resolutions
A client-server arrangement for camera viewing using digital cameras across a computer network. A camera server controls a motorized gimbal which determines the viewing angles of a set of cameras...
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7116350 |
Teleconferencing method and system
A method and system provides a face-to-face video conference. The method and apparatus comprise a conferencing system consisting of a conferencing station defining a predetermined motif, an image...
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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...
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7098936 |
Image display system and method including optical scaling
A method of displaying an image having a first aspect ratio with a display device having a second aspect ratio includes receiving image data for the image, buffering the image data and creating a...
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7092002 |
Systems and method for enhancing teleconferencing collaboration
An advanced video teleconferencing (AVTC) system uniquely combines a number of features to promote a realistic “same room” experience for meeting participants. These features include an...
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7084898 |
System and method for providing video conferencing synchronization
An audio mixer on a first device receives one or more incoming audio streams. Each of the one or more incoming audio streams has an associated timestamp. The audio mixer generates a mixed audio...
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7081915 |
Control of video conferencing using activity detection
A video conferencing system employs a plurality of video conferencing stations, each of which includes a voice activity detector. When the images of remote conferees are displayed on a video...
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7061521 |
Video conference system providing private and attorney-client privileged communications
A conference system includes a first conference station generating at least one of audio and video signals from at least an attorney and a second conference station generating at least one of audio...
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7034860 |
Method and apparatus for video conferencing having dynamic picture layout
A method and apparatus for conferencing dynamically determines conference parameters such as image layout, image resolution and bandwidth. The conference parameters are dynamically determined based...
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7006146 |
Digital still camera capable of telecommunication and modification of electromagnetic signal into digital electronic signal
A digital still camera capable of telecommunication includes a device which converts an optical image into a digital electromagnetic signal indicative of a still image, a receiver which receives an...
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6992692 |
System and method for providing video quality improvement
A system and method for providing video quality improvement are afforded. A video stream is monitored. A quality of at least one data field associated with the video stream is determined. A command...
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6963352 |
Apparatus, method, and computer program for supporting video conferencing in a communication system
A call conferencing apparatus, method, and computer program switch the video information presented to one or more participants during a conference call. The apparatus, method, and computer program...
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6924843 |
Image display apparatus control system and image display system control method
An arrangement including a terminal for outputting at least a pair of video and acoustic signals, and a display for receiving the signals from the terminal and displaying a corresponding image,...
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6924831 |
Video telephone integrating public-switch telephone network and asymmetric digital subscriber line
The invention includes a telephone using the PSTN, a control module, an ADSL module, and an access and display unit. Using the above, conventional telephone lines are employed for providing a video...
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6867797 |
Animating images during a call
A method is provided that comprises receiving an incoming call from a party and receiving calling party information associated with the incoming call. The method further comprises receiving...
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6864909 |
System and method for static perceptual coding of macroblocks in a video frame
The present invention allows video images with improved subjective quality to be transmitted without a concomitant increase in a total number of bits transmitted per frame. Quantization parameters...
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6850267 |
Video telephone system and terminal device therefor
A terminal device stores in a nonvolatile memory a video encoding method, a size expressed by pixels, a frame rate, a bit rate, and a key frame insertion interval suitable for reception. A...
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6850266 |
Process for carrying out videoconferences with the simultaneous insertion of auxiliary information and films with television modalities
A process for carrying out and managing a videoconference among remote and/or local users includes the steps of linking a direction room with a plurality of user locations at which a signal of the...
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6847391 |
Multi-point video conference system
A program delivery system using a compression apparatus capable of compressing incoming video and non-video signals, such as audio and data signals. The system includes a frequency modulator which...
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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...
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6795580 |
Picture quality measurement using blockiness
A picture quality measurement technique using blockiness provides realtime analysis without the use of a reference signal. A field/frame of an image represented by a processed video signal is...
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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...
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6774928 |
Mobile for video-conferencing
The present invention relates to an audio-visual communication device (SB) and an associated method. Said audio-visual communication device has two reception paths, one video (VRP_B) and one audio...
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6762788 |
Wireless video/audio transmission device for bi-directional communications
The present invention provides a wireless video/audio transmission device for bi-directional communications, which comprises an emitting device and a receiving device. The emitting device comprises...
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6757005 |
Method and system for multimedia video processing
An improved method and a system of utilizing the decoding/encoding video resources of a Video Processing Device (VPD) by offering a distributed architecture. A conventional VPD comprises a...
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6751623 |
Flexible interchange of coded multimedia facilitating access and streaming
A fundamental limitation in the exchange of audiovisual information today is that its representation is extremely low level. It is composed of coded video or audio samples (often as blocks)...
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6750897 |
Systems and methods for implementing internet video conferencing using standard phone calls
A video conferencing system ( 100 ) includes a switch ( 125 ), a server ( 140 ), a telephone device ( 152 ), and a node ( 102 ) in a packet-switched network ( 135 ). The switch ( 125 ) establishes...
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6741272 |
Television telephone apparatus in which a compression process amount is controlled and information processing method for the television telephone apparatus
A television telephone apparatus includes a data compressor which is an image compressor or a voice compressor, an inputting unit and a load amount controller. The inputting unit generates a...
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6731325 |
Methods and apparatus for selecting wire video size
A method and apparatus select the wire video size and capture video size of a video telephony product depending upon the desired remote video size. A target frame rate is taken into account when...
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6720998 |
Device for managing snap shot in USB camera and method therefor
Device and method for managing a snap shot in a USB camera, the device including a camera for taking, and digitizing an image, and providing the image through an end point exclusive for an image,...
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