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Video conference system and method of providing parallax correction and a sense of presence

  • US 5,500,671 A
  • Filed: 10/25/1994
  • Issued: 03/19/1996
  • Est. Priority Date: 10/25/1994
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for establishing a video conference between a plurality of remotely located conference rooms each containing at least one conferee, a video camera, and an image receiver, the image receiver, video camera, and eyes of each conferee associated therewith defining a parallax angle of said each conferee, comprising the steps of:

  • generating, with a first video camera, a video signal representative of a sequence of input image frames of a first conferee;

    analyzing said input conferee image frames, in real time, to determine a parallax angle in each frame;

    generating a corresponding sequence of parallax-compensated image frames; and

    transmitting a signal indicative of said sequence of parallax-compensated image flames to an image receiver viewed by a second conferee, whereby eye contact is provided between said second conferee and a displayed image of said first conferee.

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