System for maintaining eye contract during videoconferencing
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1. A system for capturing and displaying images of participants in a videoconference comprising:
- means for placing the image of the remote participant in the line of sight between the local participant and the local camera capturing the image of said local participant, whereby eye contact is established and maintained during the videoconference, comprising;
a. common and pre-existing personal computer monitors, including cathode ray tubes and liquid crystal displays of desktop and laptop and notebook computers, and b. common and pre-existing personal computer video cameras, including cameras with a flat base, and c. partial- or full-screen images of remote participants, and d. common and pre-existing videoconferencing software, and e. common and pre-existing communications network connections.
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Abstract
This invention is a system for maintaining eye contact during videoconferencing. Unlike prior art, it involves no special materials or software and can work with common and pre-existing person computer cameras and monitors. If this system is used by participants on both sides of the videoconference, the result is a natural conversation between the participants, with eye contact as if they are sitting across from each other. Unlike prior art, which are full-screen, dedicated systems, the present invention accommodates common ‘windows’ based applications.
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1. A system for capturing and displaying images of participants in a videoconference comprising:
- means for placing the image of the remote participant in the line of sight between the local participant and the local camera capturing the image of said local participant, whereby eye contact is established and maintained during the videoconference, comprising;
a. common and pre-existing personal computer monitors, including cathode ray tubes and liquid crystal displays of desktop and laptop and notebook computers, and b. common and pre-existing personal computer video cameras, including cameras with a flat base, and c. partial- or full-screen images of remote participants, and d. common and pre-existing videoconferencing software, and e. common and pre-existing communications network connections. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
- means for placing the image of the remote participant in the line of sight between the local participant and the local camera capturing the image of said local participant, whereby eye contact is established and maintained during the videoconference, comprising;
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6. A system for capturing and displaying images of participants in a videoconference comprising:
- means for placing the image of the remote participant in the line of sight between the local participant and the local camera capturing the image of said local participant, whereby eye contact is established and maintained during the videoconference, comprising;
a. common and pre-existing personal computer monitors, including cathode ray tubes and liquid crystal displays of desktop and laptop and notebook computers, and b. specially built or integrated personal computer video cameras, and c. partial- or full-screen images of remote participants, and d. common and pre-existing videoconferencing software, and e. common and pre-existing communications network connections. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9, 10)
- means for placing the image of the remote participant in the line of sight between the local participant and the local camera capturing the image of said local participant, whereby eye contact is established and maintained during the videoconference, comprising;
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