TELE-PRESENCE SYSTEM WITH A USER INTERFACE THAT DISPLAYS DIFFERENT COMMUNICATION LINKS
First Claim
1. A control station coupled to a remote device that has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker and a remote microphone, through at least an initial node, comprising:
- a control station that includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone, said control station displays a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between the remote device and the initial node.
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Abstract
A tele-presence system that includes a remote device coupled to a control station through a communication link. The remote device includes a remote monitor, a remote camera, a remote speaker and a remote microphone. Likewise, the control station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The control station displays a plurality of graphical icons that each represents a different type of communication link between the control station and the remote device. The graphical icons can be selected to allow a user of the control station to change the communication link between the remote device and its initial node.
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19 Claims
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1. A control station coupled to a remote device that has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker and a remote microphone, through at least an initial node, comprising:
a control station that includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone, said control station displays a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between the remote device and the initial node. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A telepresence system that is coupled to at least an initial node, comprising:
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a remote device that has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker and a remote microphone; and
,a control station that includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone, said control station displays a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between said remote device and the initial node. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for communicating between a control station and a remote device coupled by at least an initial node, comprising:
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transmitting an image that is captured by a station camera to the remote device; transmitting an image that is captured by a remote camera to the remote station; transmitting an audio instruction from the control station to the remote device; and
,displaying a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between the remote device and the initial node. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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14. A telepresence system, comprising:
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a remote device that has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker, a remote microphone, and microphone port; and
,an auxiliary microphone that can be coupled to said microphone port; a control station that includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone, said station speaker emits sound that is mixture of sound captured by both said remote microphone and said auxiliary microphone. - View Dependent Claims (15, 16, 17)
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18. A method for communicating between a control station and a remote device, comprising:
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transmitting an image that is captured by a station camera to the remote device; transmitting an image that is captured by a remote camera to the remote station; capturing sound with a remote microphone; capturing sound with an auxiliary microphone; and
,generating a mixture of the sound captured by the remote microphone and the auxiliary microphone from a remote station speaker. - View Dependent Claims (19)
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