Teleconferencing method and system
First Claim
1. A method for providing a conferencing environment comprising a first suite and at least one second suite, said method comprises the steps of:
- providing a first plurality of components comprising a first plurality of walls, at least one of said first plurality of walls having at least one first display associated therewith, said at least one first display being capable of displaying a first substantially life-size image of at least one remote person situated at a remote location;
assembling said first plurality of components at a first location to define the said first suite;
situating a first plurality of audio-visual components in said first suite;
providing a second plurality of components comprising a second plurality of walls, at least one of said second plurality of walls having at least one second display associated therewith, said at least one second display being capable of displaying a second substantially life-size image of at least one person situated in said first suite;
assembling said second plurality of components at said remote location to define said at least one second suite;
situating a second plurality of audio-visual components in said least one second suite;
enabling said first suite to be connected to said at least one second suite so that (i) said first display at said first suite displays said first substantially life-size image of said at least one remote person situated at said remote location so that said at least one person who views said first display at said first suite will see said first substantially life-size image, and (ii) said second display at said second suite displays said second substantially life-size image of said at least one person situated in said first suite on said second display so that said at least one remote person who views said second display will see said second substantially life-size image of said at least one person displayed on said second display; and
said enabling step comprising the step of enhancing data associated with at least one of said substantially life-size image or said second substantially life-size image to increase a resolution of said first substantially life-size image or second substantially life-size image before it is displayed on said at least one first display or at least one second display, respectively.
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Abstract
A method and system provides a face-to-face video conference. The method and apparatus comprise a conferencing system consisting of a conferencing station defining a predetermined motif, an image system for generating a substantially full scale image of a person at the conferencing station so that participants at the conferencing station feel that any images of persons displayed by the imager at the conferencing station are present and face-to-face. The method comprises the steps of receiving image data at a teleconferencing station, the image data including data corresponding to at least one person, and displaying an image corresponding to the image data at the teleconferencing station so that at least one participant at the teleconferencing station views an image of said at least one person, thereby providing a face-to-face presence environment whereat the image of at least one person appears substantially life size. The teleconferencing method may further include the steps of generating image data corresponding to an image, transmitting at least a portion of the image data corresponding to at least a portion of the image to a teleconferencing station and displaying the portion of the image data at the teleconferencing station during a teleconference.
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37 Claims
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1. A method for providing a conferencing environment comprising a first suite and at least one second suite, said method comprises the steps of:
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providing a first plurality of components comprising a first plurality of walls, at least one of said first plurality of walls having at least one first display associated therewith, said at least one first display being capable of displaying a first substantially life-size image of at least one remote person situated at a remote location; assembling said first plurality of components at a first location to define the said first suite; situating a first plurality of audio-visual components in said first suite; providing a second plurality of components comprising a second plurality of walls, at least one of said second plurality of walls having at least one second display associated therewith, said at least one second display being capable of displaying a second substantially life-size image of at least one person situated in said first suite; assembling said second plurality of components at said remote location to define said at least one second suite; situating a second plurality of audio-visual components in said least one second suite; enabling said first suite to be connected to said at least one second suite so that (i) said first display at said first suite displays said first substantially life-size image of said at least one remote person situated at said remote location so that said at least one person who views said first display at said first suite will see said first substantially life-size image, and (ii) said second display at said second suite displays said second substantially life-size image of said at least one person situated in said first suite on said second display so that said at least one remote person who views said second display will see said second substantially life-size image of said at least one person displayed on said second display; and said enabling step comprising the step of enhancing data associated with at least one of said substantially life-size image or said second substantially life-size image to increase a resolution of said first substantially life-size image or second substantially life-size image before it is displayed on said at least one first display or at least one second display, respectively. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20, 21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
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