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Videoconferencing arrangement having multi-purpose digital still camera

  • US 7,339,604 B1
  • Filed: 10/01/1997
  • Issued: 03/04/2008
  • Est. Priority Date: 02/19/1992
  • Status: Expired due to Term
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1. A method of videoconferencing comprising the steps of:

  • providing a videocommunicator having a video signal input port, a video signal output port, and a video signal encoding circuit with a programmable DSP circuit adapted to compress video data and with a programmable general purpose processor circuit;

    using a digital still camera to generate video input signals to the video input port of the videocommunicator, the video output port of the videocommunicator capable of communicatively coupling to a communications channel for providing videoconferencing; and

    using the videocommunicator for controllably altering a display, including at least one of pan, tilt and zoom functions, of the video input signals without controlling the digital still camera.

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