Teleconferencing method and system
First Claim
1. A teleconferencing method comprising the steps of:
- capturing a plurality of images at a remote station with an imager, wherein said plurality of images are of different fields of view;
compressing said image data to provide compressed data;
receiving said compressed data at a teleconferencing station;
decompressing said compressed data to provide decompressed data; and
displaying said plurality of images on at least one screen at said teleconferencing station using said decompressed data.
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Abstract
A method and system provides a face-to-face video conference. The method and apparatus comprise a conferencing system consisting of a conferencing station defining a predetermined motif, an image system for generating a substantially full scale image of a person at the conferencing station so that participants at the conferencing station feel that any images of persons displayed by the imager at the conferencing station are present and face-to-face. The method comprises the steps of receiving image data at a teleconferencing station, the image data including data corresponding to at least one person, and displaying an image corresponding to the image data at the teleconferencing station so that at least one participant at the teleconferencing station views an image of said at least one person, thereby providing a face-to-face presence environment whereat the image of at least one person appears substantially life size. The teleconferencing method may further include the steps of generating image data corresponding to an image, transmitting at least a portion of the image data corresponding to at least a portion of the image to a teleconferencing station and displaying the portion of the image data at the teleconferencing station during a teleconference.
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1. A teleconferencing method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a plurality of images at a remote station with an imager, wherein said plurality of images are of different fields of view;
compressing said image data to provide compressed data;
receiving said compressed data at a teleconferencing station;
decompressing said compressed data to provide decompressed data; and
displaying said plurality of images on at least one screen at said teleconferencing station using said decompressed data. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 29)
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17. A teleconferencing method comprising the steps of:
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capturing a plurality of images using an imager;
compressing data generated by said imager to provide compressed data;
transmitting said compressed data to a teleconferencing station;
enhancing said decompressed data to increase a resolution of said plurality of images to provide an enhanced plurality of images when they are displayed at said teleconferencing station; and
displaying said enhanced plurality of images on at least one screen at said teleconferencing station so that at least one participant at said teleconferencing station views said enhanced plurality of images comprising an image of at least one person who appears substantially life size. - View Dependent Claims (18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 30, 31, 32)
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33. A conferencing system comprising:
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an imager for capturing a plurality of images in a plurality of different fields of view, respectively, and for generating image data corresponding to said plurality of images, when said plurality of images are transmitted to and displayed at said conferencing station, a substantially full scale image of a plurality of persons located at a remote conferencing station is displayed at said conferencing station; and
a plurality of CODECs for compressing and decompressing image data transmitted between said conferencing station and said remote conferencing station; and
an image data enhancer for enhancing image data received at said conferencing station after the image data is decompressed and during said teleconference in order to enhance the resolution of the substantially full scale image displayed at said conferencing station. - View Dependent Claims (34, 35, 36, 37, 38, 39, 40, 41, 42, 43, 44, 45, 46, 47, 48)
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