Tele-presence system with a user interface that displays different communication links
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1. A telepresence system, comprising:
- a remote device at a first location that has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker, a remote microphone, and microphone port; and
,an auxiliary microphone that can be coupled to said microphone port;
a control station at a second location, distinct from said first location, that includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone, said station speaker emits sound that is mixture of sound captured by both said remote microphone and said auxiliary microphone, said control station further comprises a control that allows a user to vary said mixture of sound captured by said remote microphone and said auxiliary microphone at said first location.
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Abstract
A tele-presence system that includes a remote device coupled to a control station through a communication link. The remote device includes a remote monitor, a remote camera, a remote speaker and a remote microphone. Likewise, the control station includes a station monitor, a station camera, a station speaker and a station microphone. The control station displays a plurality of graphical icons that each represents a different type of communication link between the control station and the remote device. The graphical icons can be selected to allow a user of the control station to change the communication link between the remote device and its initial node.
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1. A telepresence system, comprising:
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a remote device at a first location that has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker, a remote microphone, and microphone port; and
,an auxiliary microphone that can be coupled to said microphone port; a control station at a second location, distinct from said first location, that includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone, said station speaker emits sound that is mixture of sound captured by both said remote microphone and said auxiliary microphone, said control station further comprises a control that allows a user to vary said mixture of sound captured by said remote microphone and said auxiliary microphone at said first location. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A method for communicating between a control station and a remote device, comprising:
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transmitting an image that is captured by a station camera to the remote device located at a first location; transmitting an image that is captured by a remote camera to the remote station located at a second location, distinct from said first location; capturing sound with a remote microphone at said first location; capturing sound with an auxiliary microphone at said first location; and
,generating a mixture of the sound captured by the remote microphone and the auxiliary microphone from a remote station speaker; and
,manipulating a control of said remote station at the second location to vary said mixture of sound captured by the remote microphone and the auxiliary microphone at the first location. - View Dependent Claims (6)
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