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7385623 System for bidirectional audio and video recording and reproduction  
The invention relates to a system for bidirectional audio and video recording and reproduction between at least two locations. Said system comprises, in addition to data transmission lines or...
7352385 Video editing system, video editing method, recording/reproducing method of visual information, apparatus therefor, and communication system  
The invention relates to a video editing system and others enabling editing of training video data suitable for training of counselors and others engaged in counseling and others in a direct or...
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...
7272243 Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose  
The present invention includes in a system and method for estimating and tracking an orientation of a user's face by combining head tracking and face detection techniques. The orientation of the...
7271839 Display device of focal angle and focal distance in iris recognition system  
The present invention relates to a display device of a focal angle and distance in an iris recognition system, in which the device includes: a distance measurer for measuring a distance between a...
7209160 Versatile teleconferencing eye contact terminal  
The present invention enables eye contact between conferees during a teleconference using a terminal equipped with a beam-splitter. The camera is positioned behind the viewing side of the...
7202887 Method and apparatus maintaining eye contact in video delivery systems using view morphing  
A view morphing algorithm is applied to synchronous collections of video images from at least two video imaging devices, and interpolating between the images, creates a composite image view of the...
7167195 Picture-phone device providing means for guiding operator's line of sight to specific direction therein  
A camera 120 for imaging a call-sender, a monitor 110 for projecting the call-receiver who is the party on the other end of the phone and a transceiver 140 used for the call are provided. The...
7154526 Telepresence system and method for video teleconferencing  
A system in accordance with one embodiment of the present invention comprises a device for facilitating video communication between a remote participant and another location. The device can...
7148917 Method and apparatus for indicating a location of a person with respect to a video capturing volume of a camera  
A video processing system ( 100 ) employs a method and apparatus for indicating a location of a person ( 203 ) with respect to a video capturing volume ( 201 ) of a camera ( 101 ). A location...
7136090 Communications system  
An arrangement is provide for displaying a life-size live image of a person from a remote location in a three dimensional setting in a home location while providing the person in the remote...
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...
7119829 Virtual conference room  
An enhanced video conferencing system and method includes at least two conference rooms, the conference rooms connected together electronically to permit the transmission of images and sound from...
7106358 Method, system and apparatus for telepresence communications  
An apparatus, system and method for telepresence communications at a virtual location between two or more participants at multiple locations ( 100, 200 ). First perspective data descriptive of the...
7057662 Retractable camera apparatus  
A retractable camera apparatus is disclosed. Through the use of the apparatus, a video teleconference environment can communicate, in real time, such personal features as gesture, expression and...
7057637 Reflected backdrop for communications systems  
A video conferencing system has a two-way mirror, which is between the observer and the display device, positioned at an angle to reflect a backdrop surface. The backdrop surface, which is further...
7050084 Camera frame display  
The present invention is directed to a video telephony system, comprising: (a) an imaging device 116 to receive an image of a first participant 104 in a communication interaction with a...
7048386 Interactive audio-visual system  
The invention concerns an interactive audio-visual system between a local scene and a remote scene, comprising at least a device ( 1 ) for producing images of the local scene and a device ( 2 ) for...
7035418 Method and apparatus for determining sound source  
Provided in accordance with the invention are a sound source identifying apparatus and method whereby objects as sound sources can be determined as to their locations with higher accuracy by using...
7002617 Coordinated audio and visual omnidirectional recording  
A surveillance system featuring a camera that is directed to focus on a location where a noise has been generated and display an image of the location. The system includes an omnidirectional camera...
6995798 Viewfinder control unit and television camera  
A viewfinder control unit includes a liquid crystal viewfinder with a hood; a sensor for picking up the face of a cameraman; a pan motor for horizontally rotating the viewfinder; and a tilt motor...
6970600 Apparatus and method for image processing of hand-written characters using coded structured light and time series frame capture  
The present invention provides an image processing apparatus that efficiently identifies input characters and the like by an intensity image analysis based on range information. The image...
RE38884 Two-way interactive system, terminal equipment and image pickup apparatus having mechanism for matching lines of sight between interlocutors through transmission means  
A two-way interactive system that includes an apparatus for matching the line of sight of interlocutors in order to enhance communication through a transmission means when the interlocutors are...
6950119 Videoconference system, terminal equipment included therein and data delivery method  
The invention relates to a videoconference system and others of structure enabling smooth progress of interlocution even in distance interlocution among many people through a plurality of terminal...
6943843 Camera positioning system and method for eye-to eye communication  
Eye-to-eye videoconferencing may be carried out through the use of a camera secured to an attachment mechanism. The attachment mechanism removably secures the camera to a screen portion of a...
6909455 System, method and article of manufacture for tracking a head of a camera-generated image of a person  
A system, method and article of manufacture are provided for tracking a head portion of a person image in video images. Upon receiving video images, a first head tracking operation is executed for...
6906742 Maintaining eye-contact in teleconferencing using structured light  
The invention comprises a structured light projector, a video camera, and an image processor, for achieving perspective corrected images that enhance eye-contact during teleconferencing. A...
6882358 Apparatus, system and method for enabling eye-to-eye contact in video conferences  
Apparatus, system, and method for enabling eye-to-eye contact in video conferences. In general, the system and apparatus employ means for generating video images corresponding to real images that...
6853398 Method and system for real-time video communication within a virtual environment  
A method for real-time video communication. Specifically, one embodiment of the present invention discloses a method of video conferencing that captures a plurality of real-time video streams of a...
6833857 Moving picture communication method and apparatus  
When picture information of a user's party, enlarged and pivoted at an angle of some 90 degrees, is displayed on an image display of a cell-phone type moving picture communication apparatus of a...
6806898 System and method for automatically adjusting gaze and head orientation for video conferencing  
The present invention is embodied in a system and method for automatically adjusting gaze and head pose in a videoconferencing environment, where each participant has a camera and display. The...
6798441 Teleconference system with personal presence cells  
A teleconference system including a plurality of personal presence cells positioned at a local communication site and at a remote communication site. The plurality of personal presence cells are...
6784916 Video conferencing apparatus  
An apparatus and system for improving the projection of a remote conferee's presence and improving eye contact between the remote video conferee and proximate conferee during a videoconference is...
6781619 Parallax image string pickup apparatus  
A parallax image string pickup apparatus can attract the gaze of the person being shot to make it stable without making the person nervous about the camera operation when the person is shot from a...
6771303 Video-teleconferencing system with eye-gaze correction  
Correcting for eye-gaze in video communication devices is accomplished by blending information captured from a stereoscopic view of the conferee and generating a virtual image of the conferee. A...
6753900 Method and apparatus for overcoming the limitations of camera angle in video conferencing applications  
The present invention is directed to overcoming the limitations of available camera angles in video conferencing applications. In particular, the present invention allows a video conference...
6710797 Adaptable teleconferencing eye contact terminal  
The present invention enables eye contact between conferees during a teleconference using a terminal equipped with a beam-splitter. The camera is positioned behind the viewing side of the...
6680745 Videoconferencing method with tracking of face and dynamic bandwidth allocation  
A videoconferencing method automatically detects, within an image generated by a camera, locations and relative sizes of faces. Based upon the detection, a control system tracks each face and keeps...
6677980 Method and apparatus for correcting gaze of image using single camera  
A method and apparatus for correcting a gaze of an image using a single camera, corrects an image so that a communication familiarity can be enhanced by letting the eyes meet in a video...
6618073 Apparatus and method for avoiding invalid camera positioning in a video conference  
A method for avoiding invalid camera positioning in a video conference establishes a boundary within the view of a camera, such that when a request is made to direct the camera to a point outside...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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...
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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