Videoconferencing apparatus

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H04N 7/14 (2006.01)

Patent

CA 2475990

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 disclosed. The image of the remote conferee's face is shown on a video monitor with a camera located along the eye level of the image of the remote conferee's face, and within the interocular distance of about 1.5 inches to 3 inches. A feedback screen showing the image of the proximate video conferee is also located near the camera and preferably within the interocular distance. Because the camera is within the interocular distance the proximate conferee will appear, to the remote conferee, to be looking at the eyes of the remote conferee when looking at the monitor, because the camera is within the interocular distance. This will be accentuated when the proximate conferee uses the feedback image, which is near the camera.

L'invention concerne un appareil et un syst­me permettant d'am~liorer l'image projet~e d'un participant distant ~ une conf~rence vid~o ainsi que le contact oculaire entre ledit participant distant et un participant sur place pendant ladite vid~oconf~rence. On montre une image du visage du participant distant sur un moniteur vid~o au moyen d'une cam~ra situ~e au niveau de l'oeil de l'image du visage du participant distant et ~ une distance intercalaire d'environ 1,5 ~ 3 pouces. Un ~cran de r~troaction montrant l'image du participant sur place est ~galement situ~ ~ proximit~ de la cam~ra et, de pr~f~rence, dans la distance interoculaire. Du fait que la cam~ra se trouve dans la distance interoculaire, le participant sur place appara¹tra au participant distant comme regardant les yeux dudit participant distant lorsqu'il regardera le moniteur. Ce ph~nom­ne sera accentu~ lorsque le participant sur place utilisera l'image de r~troaction qui est proche de la cam~ra.

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