VIDEO CONFERENCING WITH SHARED DRAWING
First Claim
1. A collaborative system comprising:
- a drawing surface configured to capture drawings made on the drawing surface by a first user;
a video camera embedded in the drawing surface, the video camera configured to capture a first video stream of the first user;
a controller configured to;
generate, based on information received from the drawing surface, first digital information representing the captured drawings;
transmit, to a remote collaborative system, the first digital information and the first video stream; and
receive, from the remote collaborative system, a second video stream of a second user; and
a projector positioned in front of the drawing surface, the projector configured to project onto the drawing surface a video signal including the captured drawings and the second video stream.
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Abstract
Techniques for enabling video conferencing with interactive sharing of drawings and/or other information. In one set of embodiments, a system is provided that includes a drawing surface, a video camera embedded or integrated into the drawing surface, and a front projector. The drawing surface can capture drawings made on the surface by a user, and the video camera can capture a video stream of the user. The system can send digital information representing the captured drawings and the video stream to a remote system. The system can also receive digital information representing drawings made by a remote user and a video stream of the remote user from the remote system. The front projector can project a video signal onto the drawing surface that incorporates the captured drawings, the drawings made by the remote user, and the video stream of the remote user.
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20 Claims
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1. A collaborative system comprising:
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a drawing surface configured to capture drawings made on the drawing surface by a first user; a video camera embedded in the drawing surface, the video camera configured to capture a first video stream of the first user; a controller configured to; generate, based on information received from the drawing surface, first digital information representing the captured drawings; transmit, to a remote collaborative system, the first digital information and the first video stream; and receive, from the remote collaborative system, a second video stream of a second user; and a projector positioned in front of the drawing surface, the projector configured to project onto the drawing surface a video signal including the captured drawings and the second video stream. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16)
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17. A method comprising:
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receiving, by a computer system, information captured in response to drawings made by a first user on a drawing surface; generating, by the computer system based on the received information, first digital information representing the drawings made by the first user; receiving, by the computer system, a first video stream captured by a video camera embedded in the drawing surface; transmitting, by the computer system, the first video stream and the first digital information to a remote system; receiving, by the computer system from the remote system, a second video stream captured by the remote; and generating, by the computer system, a video signal based on the first digital information and the second video stream, such that the video signal includes the drawings made by the first user and the second video stream, wherein the video signal is projected onto the drawing surface using a front projector. - View Dependent Claims (18)
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19. A non-transitory computer-readable storage medium having stored thereon program code executable by a processor, the program code comprising:
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code that causes the processor to receive information captured in response to drawings made by a first user on a drawing surface; code that causes the processor to generate, based on the received information, first digital information representing the drawings made by the first user; code that causes the processor to receive a first video stream captured by a video camera embedded in the drawing surface; code that causes the processor to transmit the first video stream and the first digital information to a remote system; code that causes the processor to receive, from the remote system, a second video stream captured by the remote; and code that causes the processor to generate a video signal based on the first electronic information and the second video stream, such that the video signal includes the drawings made by the first user and the second video stream, wherein the video signal is projected onto the drawing surface using a front projector. - View Dependent Claims (20)
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