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Teleconference module with video codec for motion picture data

  • US 5,936,945 A
  • Filed: 10/15/1996
  • Issued: 08/10/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/15/1991
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A teleconference module comprising:

  • communication control apparatus which controls transmission and reception of video data through a digital communication channel;

    a communication terminal for said digital communication channel;

    an external video output terminal connectable to a display;

    a video codec which decodes said video data received by said communication control apparatus and then outputs a video signal to said external video output terminal, and which codes an input video signal to-be-coded into said video data and then transfers said video data to said communication control apparatus;

    a camera which produces a video signal and transfers said video signal to said video codec;

    a box-shaped housing in which said communication control apparatus, said video codec and said camera are housed; and

    an adjustable supporter which supports said box-shaped housing adjustably.wherein said camera is arranged in substantially a central position of said box-shaped housing with respect to a horizontal direction of a front panel of said box-shaped housing; and

    said teleconference module, in combination with the display performs as a teleconference terminal for exchanging pictures with an opposite communicating equipment through the communication channel when said external video output terminal connects with the display and said communication terminal connects with the digital communication channel.

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