DISTANCE LEARNING VIA INSTRUCTOR IMMERSION INTO REMOTE CLASSROOM
First Claim
1. A videoconferencing system operable to communicate with a remote location, comprising:
- at least one camera positioned to capture an image of one or more local participants;
a second camera positioned to capture an image of a local presenter;
at least one local codec configured to encode and transmit the captured image of one or more local participants and the captured image of the local presenter to a remote location and decode received images from the remote location; and
a first local display configured to display a received and decoded image of one or more remote participants at the remote location,wherein the first local display is situated on a side of the local presenter that is opposite the one or more local participants.
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Abstract
A distance learning scenario includes a local classroom having a local videoconferencing device communicating with a remote videoconferencing device at a remote classroom. A first local camera captures images of the local participants, a second local camera captures images of an instructor, and a local display screen displays images of remote participants. At the remote location, a first remote camera captures images of remote participants, a first remote display screen displays images of local participants, and a second remote display screen displays images of the instructor. The local display screen is situated on a side of the local presenter that is substantially opposite to the side on which the first remote display screen is situated relative to the second remote display screen at the remote location to implement video-mirroring. The local and remote display screens display life-size images of the participants and the instructor.
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1. A videoconferencing system operable to communicate with a remote location, comprising:
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at least one camera positioned to capture an image of one or more local participants; a second camera positioned to capture an image of a local presenter; at least one local codec configured to encode and transmit the captured image of one or more local participants and the captured image of the local presenter to a remote location and decode received images from the remote location; and a first local display configured to display a received and decoded image of one or more remote participants at the remote location, wherein the first local display is situated on a side of the local presenter that is opposite the one or more local participants. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10)
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11. A videoconferencing system operable to communicate with a remote location having one or more remote participants, comprising:
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at least one camera positioned to capture an image of one or more local participants; at least one local codec configured to encode and transmit the captured image of one or more local participants to a remote location and decode a received image of one or more remote participants and a remote presenter from the remote location; a first local display configured to display the received and decoded image of the one or more remote participants; and a second local display configured to display the received and decoded image of the remote presenter; wherein the first local display is situated on a side of the second local display that is opposite the one or more local participants. - View Dependent Claims (12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
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21. A method for conducting a videoconferencing session between a videoconferencing system at a local location and a videoconferencing system at a remote location, comprising:
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capturing images of local participants; capturing images of a local presenter; transmitting the images of the local participants and the local presenter to the remote location; receiving images of remote participants from the remote location; and displaying images of remote participants on a first local display, wherein the first local display is situated on a side of the local presenter that is opposite the one or more local participants. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30)
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