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Image telecommunication system

  • US 6,342,915 B1
  • Filed: 03/12/1998
  • Issued: 01/29/2002
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/13/1997
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. An image telecommunication system comprising:

  • a worker'"'"'s device, put on a worker'"'"'s person, and configured to collect an image of an object present in a field of view of the worker and to transmit the image outside the worker'"'"'s device, wherein the worker'"'"'s device includes;

    a detector configured to detect a point of view of the worker at fixed periods, and a movement detector configured to detect amounts of movement of the worker at the fixed periods; and

    a manager'"'"'s device, placed in a remote place distant from the worker'"'"'s device, and configured to receive and display the image of the object transmitted from the worker'"'"'s device on a display screen, wherein the manager'"'"'s device includes;

    a fluctuation suppressor configured to suppress fluctuation of the image displayed on the display screen, when it is determined that the worker looks at the object substantially continuously, and a circuit, when a difference between a point of view detected in a current period and a point of view detected in a previous period is within a predetermined range, configured to determine that the worker looks at the object substantially continuously, and to move the image of the object displayed on the display screen in a direction in which the difference is canceled.

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