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6593955 |
Video telephony system
A process, software and apparatus for eliminating from a video telephony signal information that is extraneous to the user's head, and replacing it with a monotonous data for transmission to the...
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6583808 |
Method and system for stereo videoconferencing
A system and method for stereoscopic video teleconferencing provides an immersive virtual meeting experience. Each participant is surrounded by at least two video cameras. The system senses the...
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6563626 |
Display device
A display device has a white point light source, a condenser lens, a liquid crystal display, and an imaging lens. The white point light source has a substantial conjugate relationship with a user's...
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6466250 |
System for electronically-mediated collaboration including eye-contact collaboratory
A system and method for producing and receiving electronically-mediated collaboration is presented. The electronically-mediated collaboration system and method include a high-fidelity audio system...
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6462781 |
Foldable teleconferencing camera
A digital miniature, flip-open pocketable camera for video teleconferencing in which the camera lens is positionable on a computer display level with the user's eyes. The camera includes a first...
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6437826 |
Digital video teleconferencing camera system having a base
Apparatus for positioning a video teleconferencing camera including a base member having a flat metal base portion and a vertically depending metal arm, the base portion and arm being covered with...
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6408257 |
Augmented-reality display method and system
A method and apparatus selectively displays a processor generated image in accordance with user instructions detected by a processor from a processor viewing device disposed to view a real...
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6373516 |
Picture position indicator for picture phone
A communication including a camera adapted to capture a picture, a transceiver adapted to receive a picture from a remote device and to transmit the picture captured by the camera, a processor...
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6344874 |
Imaging system using a data transmitting light source for subject illumination
The invention provides an imaging system including a camera with an image sensor sensitive to light and a light emitter with the camera to transmit image data from the camera. It includes a...
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6323892 |
Display and camera device for videophone and videophone apparatus
A display and camera device for a videophone comprises a liquid crystal display for displaying a picture, a camera such as a CCD sensor or a CMOS sensor, a free-form surface prism, and a prism for...
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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...
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6211903 |
Video telephone headset
A video telephone headset device includes a foundation which supports an image capture device, a support arm, and a convex mirror. When the foundation is held adjacent to a user's head, the support...
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6208373 |
Method and apparatus for enabling a videoconferencing participant to appear focused on camera to corresponding users
A system for avoiding lost look in video conferencing utilizes multiple cameras outside a monitor screen at a conferencing station for capturing images of a participant and a processor system...
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6208372 |
Remote electromechanical control of a video communications system
According to an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a video communication system having a user-friendly, intuitive-like control for altering the video camera view at a remote...
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6172703 |
Video conference system and control method thereof
A video conference system and a control method thereof which allows conferencees to communicate by making eye contact with each other. The video conference system includes an input device for...
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6108035 |
Multi-user camera control system and method
A multi-user camera control system with automatic tracking capability for use in video conferencing and similar applications includes a plurality of personal controllers, one for each person...
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6104424 |
Foldable eye contact components for a dual mode display
The present invention permits a dual mode use of a display screen of which in one mode the display screen is accessible and in the second mode has placed in front of the display screen...
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6046767 |
Light indicating method and apparatus to encourage on-camera video conferencing
A light indicating apparatus for video conferencing provides a light that casts a shadow in a field of view of the video camera but provides light in an area surrounding the field of view to alert...
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6042235 |
Videoconferencing eye contact spatial imaging display
An improved transmissive spatial object display provides a background image that appears to observers to have 3-D depth and includes the added advantages of permitting several viewers to observe...
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6005610 |
Audio-visual object localization and tracking system and method therefor
A method for integrated audio-visual localizing and tracking of at least one object. The method includes the steps of capturing and transmitting an image of a video scene using a camera at an...
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5990932 |
Collaborative shared space
In a video conference system, participants are provided with a greater sense of presence. A pair of monitors are positioned at each location and provide a presence view image and a shared space...
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5953053 |
Teleconference system with visual display terminal
A teleconference system including a display terminal composed of an image source, a plurality of optical elements, a display screen and a planar optical structure associated with an outermost...
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5953052 |
Reflected display teleconferencing eye contact terminal
The present invention enables eye contact between conferees during a teleconference using a terminal equipped with a beamsplitter for reflecting an image of a video display so that only the...
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5940229 |
Image reflecting device for use with a computer monitor
A device and method for generating images of a computer user and the surrounding area behind the user. A mirror (24) has a reflecting surface (32) and a support (22) supports the mirror adjacent to...
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5917940 |
Three dimensional reference image segmenting method and device and object discrimination system
In a three-dimensional reference image segmenting method and device, a two-dimensional image of a reference object and a shape data of a pattern obtained by transforming the image is stored...
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5856842 |
Apparatus facilitating eye-contact video communications
Apparatus for gathering a frontal facial image of an individual observing a display area includes a light-conductive waveguide, transferring the image from a first light-redirecting region to a...
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5801758 |
System and method for image capture and display utilizing time sharing across a single, two-way optical path
A video conferencing system includes a display screen, a switching device, a rear-projection projector and a camera. The switching device regulates use of a single optical path by alternating...
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5786846 |
User interface of a video communication terminal unit and a method for notifying a terminal user's deviation from an appropriate shoot range
A local user's location detection section 101 detects local user's location, generates location information 104 and sends the location information 104 to a local user's location discrimination...
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5777665 |
Image blocking teleconferencing eye contact terminal
The present invention enables eye contact between conferees during a teleconference using a terminal equipped with a beamsplitter for reflecting an image of a video display so that only the...
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5751337 |
Teleconferencing method and system for providing face-to-face, non-animated teleconference environment
A method and system provides a face-to-face video conference utilizing a video mirror. The method and apparatus comprise a first station having a first predetermined sensory setting; a second...
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5742329 |
Image pickup system and communication system for use in video conference system or the like
Disclosed is a video conference system including a video camera for imaging participants in a conference, a registration unit capable of registering a plurality of pieces of position information...
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5684528 |
Camera controlling apparatus for television conference system
A camera controlling apparatus for a television conference system wherein the turning speed of a camera is varied in response to an operation mode. The camera controlling apparatus includes a...
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5675376 |
Method for achieving eye-to-eye contact in a video-conferencing system
Methods for achieving eye-to-eye contact in a video-conferencing system use a controller to calculate eye contours, radius profiles, and positions from images stored in memory. Once the contours...
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5675374 |
Video teleconferencing system
A video teleconferencing system is adapted to make a video conference among a plurality of participants located at different work locations. The video teleconferencing system includes a plurality...
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5666153 |
Retractable teleconferencing apparatus
A retractable video teleconferencing apparatus for a video monitor having an optical axis. An optical assembly includes a housing mounted to the video monitor; a track for moving the housing...
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5666155 |
Eye contact video telephony
An apparatus for creating an illusion of eye contact in a video telephony system includes a video camera and a display screen. The video camera is aligned with the display screen so the viewer's...
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5627581 |
Encoding apparatus and encoding method
The characteristic of a digital video signal is detected by first characteristic detecting circuit, and the characteristic of a digital speech signal is detected by second characteristic circuit....
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5619254 |
Compact teleconferencing eye contact terminal
A compact teleconferencing eye contact terminal that can be integrated with a multitude of image display devices. Eye contact is achieved between conferees who share similar eye contact terminals...
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5612733 |
Optics orienting arrangement for videoconferencing system
A video camera adapted for use with a computer monitor, the video camera including a first housing and an optical video sensor mounted in the first housing and arranged to view the face of a...
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5612734 |
Eye contact apparatus employing a directionally transmissive layer for video conferencing
Apparatus for establishing eye contact between communicating parties during video conferencing comprises mirrors, a directionally transmissive layer, such as a louver assembly, and a camera are...
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5532736 |
Display and image capture apparatus
A videocamera is disposed diagonally to the front of a display and the image of a subject is reflected toward the videocamera by a half-transparent mirror placed in front of the screen of the...
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5500671 |
Video conference system and method of providing parallax correction and a sense of presence
A video conference system provides eye contact and a sense of presence to a plurality of conference participants located in respective remotely-sited conference rooms. Each conference room contains...
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5438357 |
Image manipulating teleconferencing system
A teleconferencing system that allows for natural eye contact between conferees is provided. The system comprises two or more terminals which are connected to allow a teleconference to occur. Each...
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5436654 |
Lens tilt mechanism for video teleconferencing unit
A video teleconferencing unit includes the lens assembly, the speaker, and the microphone in a single housing, and further includes a lens tilt mechanism wherein the lens is fixedly mounted to a...
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5430473 |
Camera field-of-view indicator
A two-way video telephone station includes a television screen for displaying an image transmitted by a distant party to a telephone conversation, a video camera for electronically photographing a...
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5412417 |
Video telephone device with automatic video camera angle adjustment
A video telephone device has a video display unit tiltably mounted on a base and a video camera unit supported in the video display unit on one side of a video display panel of the video display...
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5400069 |
Eye contact video-conferencing system and screen
Our video-conferencing system comprises stations which are remotely located from one another and interconnected by a transmission system. Each station includes a camera, a projector, and a screen,...
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5359362 |
Videoconference system using a virtual camera image
A teleconferencing video system uses two cameras at each station symmetrically positioned on opposite sides of the optical axis between the speaker and the monitor used to produce an image of the...
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5317405 |
Display and image capture apparatus which enables eye contact
In a display and image capture apparatus for a videophone or video teleconferencing system a half-transparent mirror array is disposed adjacent the display surface of a display and an image...
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5280530 |
Method and apparatus for tracking a moving object
A method of tracking a moving object in a scene, for example the face of a person in videophone applications, comprises forming an initial template of the face, extracting a mask outlining the...
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