Versatile teleconferencing eye contact terminal,申请号US20040785820-传众专利搜索

Versatile teleconferencing eye contact terminal

申请公布号：US7209160(B2)

申请号：US20040785820

申请日期：2004.02.24

申请公布日期：2007.04.24

申请人：

MCNELLEY STEVE H;MACHTIG JEFFREY S

发明人：MCNELLEY STEVE H.;MACHTIG JEFFREY S.

分类号：H04N7/14;G02B27/22

主分类号：H04N7/14

摘要：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 beam-splitter to capture the conferee's image through the beam-splitter. The reflection of the video display appears to be positioned in a room environment with common room objects, serving to associate the position of the reflection in the room environment. The transparent quality of the beamsplitter is used not only for capturing eye contact images from one direction, but also revealing the room environment by enabling the conferee to see-through the beamsplitter. The invention can be configured to create the appearance that a life-size teleconference image of a remote conferee appears in the same room as the local conferee viewing the reflection and appears to be sitting on the other side of the desk