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Video TTY device and method for videoconferencing

  • US 5,978,014 A
  • Filed: 09/19/1997
  • Issued: 11/02/1999
  • Est. Priority Date: 09/19/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A video communications device for use in a video-conferencing arrangement having communication terminals in communicating over a communications channel, comprising:

  • a camera for capturing local images and for generating a set of video signals representing the captured images;

    a teletype device arranged to capture data input by a user and to generate a data signal representing the data input by the user;

    means for alerting a user of a device-status change; and

    a processor-based circuit constructed and arranged to send teletype, video data representing the captured local images, and audio data signals over the communications channel and having a program that, when executed, causes the processor-based circuit to perform the following steps;

    detect a request for a video-conferencing call; and

    send an output signal to activate the indicator.

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