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Video telephone headset

  • US 6,211,903 B1
  • Filed: 03/22/1999
  • Issued: 04/03/2001
  • Est. Priority Date: 01/14/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method for simulating eye-to-eye contact in a videoconference, including the steps of:

  • displaying an image of a remote face on a local display, said local display located in a first position;

    collecting an image of a local face through a camera located in a second position, said second position offset from the line of sight directed from said local face toward said first position; and

    , shifting the viewing perspective point of said camera in said collected image from said second position to a third position, said shift including a lateral component such that said third position is adjacent to said line of sight from said local face to said first position, whereby said camera can remain visually unobtrusive and said lateral shift in perspective allows the view collected by said visually unobtrusive camera to appear to be from a perspective point located on said line of sight such that eye-to-eye contact is simulated.

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