Video conference system
First Claim
1. A video conference system arranged to conduct a video conference among multiple interconnected stations having camera by communicating at least images and sounds among the multiple stations, comprising:
- (a) display means for displaying moving images respectively obtained from the stations on individual windows on a screen of said display means;
(b) station selecting means for selecting one station from among the plurality of stations by selecting one window from said windows on the screen of said display means; and
(c) control means for enabling operating control of a camera disposed in the station selected by said station selecting means.
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Abstract
A video conference system, which is arranged to conduct a video conference among multiple points by communicating at least images and sounds among the multiple points, includes a monitor for displaying moving images respectively obtained from a plurality of connected stations on individual window screens, a pointing device for selecting one station from among the plurality of connected stations which respectively correspond to the moving images displayed on the individual window screens of the monitor, and a controller for enabling operating control of a camera disposed in a selected station.
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30 Claims
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1. A video conference system arranged to conduct a video conference among multiple interconnected stations having camera by communicating at least images and sounds among the multiple stations, comprising:
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(a) display means for displaying moving images respectively obtained from the stations on individual windows on a screen of said display means; (b) station selecting means for selecting one station from among the plurality of stations by selecting one window from said windows on the screen of said display means; and (c) control means for enabling operating control of a camera disposed in the station selected by said station selecting means. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5)
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6. A video conference system arranged to conduct a video conference among multiple interconnected stations having cameras by communicating at least images and sounds among the stations, comprising:
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(a) display means for displaying images respectively obtained from said stations on individual screens; (b) station selecting means for selecting one station from among said stations mode selecting means for selecting a system operating mode from among a first mode in which moving images respectively transmitted from said stations are displayed by said display means in a time-division manner, a second mode in which only an image transmitted from a station in which speaking is occurring is displayed as a moving image, while images transmitted from the others of said stations are respectively displayed by said display means as still images, and a third mode in which only an image transmitted from a station selected by said station selecting means is displayed by said display means as a moving image. - View Dependent Claims (7, 8, 9)
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10. A control device for a plurality of image input devices, comprising:
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(a) display means for displaying moving images respectively obtained from said image input devices on individual windows on a screen of said display means; (b) selecting means for selecting one image input device from among said image input devices by selecting one window from said windows on the screen of said display means; and (c) control means for controlling the image input device selected by said selecting means. - View Dependent Claims (11, 12, 13)
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14. A control device for a plurality of image input devices, comprising:
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(a) display means for displaying moving images respectively obtained from said image input devices on individual screens; (b) selecting means for selecting one image input device from among said image input devices; and (c) mode selecting means for selecting a device operating mode from among a first mode in which moving images respectively transmitted from said image input devices are displayed by said display means in a time-division manner, a second mode in which an image transmitted from a particular image input device is displayed by said display means as a moving image, while images transmitted from others of said image input devices are respectively displayed by said display means as still images, and a third mode in which an image transmitted from an image input device selected by said selecting means is displayed as a moving image. - View Dependent Claims (15)
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16. A control device for a plurality of image input devices, comprising:
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(a) display means for displaying moving images respectively obtained from said image input devices on individual screens; (b) selecting means for selecting one image input device from among said image input devices; and (c) mode selecting means for selecting as a device operating mode one mode from a first mode in which moving images respectively transmitted from the plurality of image input devices are displayed by said display means in a time-division manner and a second mode in which an image transmitted from an image input device selected by said selecting means is displayed as a moving image, while images corresponding to the others of said image input devices are respectively displayed as still images. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A video conference system arranged to be capable of conducting a video conference among multiple interconnected stations having cameras by communicating images among the stations, comprising:
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(a) display means at one of said stations for displaying images obtained from said one station and others of said stations on windows on a screen of said display means, said windows corresponding individually with said stations; and (b) control means for selectively controlling said display means to cause said windows to display images obtained from said one station and said other stations as moving images or still images. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20, 21, 22)
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23. A camera control system for controlling cameras of multiple interconnected stations, comprising:
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(a) a display for displaying moving images respectively obtained from the stations on individual windows on a screen of said display; (b) a station selector for selecting one station from among the plurality of stations by selecting one window from said windows on the screen of said display; and (c) a controller for enabling operating control of a camera disposed in the station selected by said station selector. - View Dependent Claims (24, 25, 26, 27, 28)
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29. A method for controlling a plurality of image input devices, comprising:
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(a) displaying moving images respectively obtained from said image input devices on individual windows on a screen of a display; (b) selecting one image input device from among said image input devices by selecting one window from said windows on the screen of said display; and (c) controlling the selected image input device.
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30. A method for controlling cameras of multiple interconnected stations, comprising:
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(a) displaying moving images respectively obtained from the stations on individual windows on a screen of a display; (b) selecting one station from among the plurality of stations by selecting one window from said windows on the screen of said display; and (c) enabling operating control of a camera disposed in the station selected.
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