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Portable video-telecommunication device, data transmission method, in particular audio/video data, and other application

  • US 9,232,179 B2
  • Filed: 08/05/2011
  • Issued: 01/05/2016
  • Est. Priority Date: 08/05/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. A video telecommunication system capable of a wired and a wireless transmission of audio and video data, comprising:

  • a plurality of portable video telecommunication devices comprising;

    a movable camera and at least one microphone for synchronous video and sound capturing; and

    a speaker;

    wherein the movable camera, the microphone, and the speaker are connected to a central unit equipped with cache memory and a microprocessor via a first communication interface in order to establish connection to external devices,wherein the microprocessor is connected to a second communication interface in order to transmit and receive data through a telecommunications network, andwherein the movable camera, the microphone, the speaker, and the central unit are supplied power by a power supply unit, andat least one central server; and

    at least one terminal wirelessly coupled to a portable video telecommunication device through the central server through an interface,wherein a user of the terminal can remotely control movement of the movable camera to view the synchronous video and sound captured by the movable camera and the microphone of the portable video telecommunication device, andwherein the user of the terminal can select a single portable video telecommunication device for control from the plurality of portable video telecommunication devices using the interface,wherein the synchronous video and sound compressed on the fly by the central server based on the type and the quality of the connection between the portable video telecommunication device and the central server.

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