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Video conference system

  • US 20020041324A1
  • Filed: 09/26/2001
  • Published: 04/11/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/29/2000
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video conference system comprising:

  • a camera whose imaging direction and field angle of the view can be changed;

    camera driving means for controlling the imaging direction and field angle of the view of said camera in accordance with camera parameters;

    human figure extracting means for extracting a human figure picture of each participant from a picture obtained by capturing an entire conference room with said camera, and calculating camera parameters associated with the imaging direction and field angle of the camera view with respect to each participant on the basis of the extracted human figure picture;

    human figure picture storage section for storing the human figure picture extracted by the human figure extracting means;

    camera parameter storage means for storing the camera parameters calculated by said human figure extracting means; and

    human figure instructing means for reading out camera parameters corresponding to a human figure picture selected as a shooting target from the human figure pictures stored in said human figure picture storage means from said camera parameter storage section, and outputting the camera parameters to said camera driving means.

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