Tele-presence system with a user interface that displays different communication links
First Claim
1. A control station, at a first location, that establishes a communication session with a remote device at a second location through at least an initial node, the remote device has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker and a remote microphone, the control station comprising:
- a station camera;
a station monitor;
a station speaker; and
,a station microphone, wherein, during said communication session, said station monitor displays a graphical interface including a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between the remote device and the initial node, and wherein said graphical interface is not displayed on the remote monitor.
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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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13 Claims
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1. A control station, at a first location, that establishes a communication session with a remote device at a second location through at least an initial node, the remote device has a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker and a remote microphone, the control station comprising:
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a station camera; a station monitor; a station speaker; and
,a station microphone, wherein, during said communication session, said station monitor displays a graphical interface including a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between the remote device and the initial node, and wherein said graphical interface is not displayed on the remote monitor. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4)
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5. A telepresence system that is coupled to at least an initial node, comprising:
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a remote device at a first location, the remote device includes a remote camera, a remote monitor, a remote speaker and a remote microphone; and
,a control station at a second location, the control station includes a station camera, a station monitor, a station speaker and a station microphone, wherein said control station establishes a communication session with said remote device and, during said communication session, said station monitor displays a graphical interface including a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between said remote device and the initial node, and wherein said graphical interface is not displayed on said remote monitor. - View Dependent Claims (6, 7, 8)
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9. A method for communicating between a control station at a first location and a remote device at a second location, the control station and the remote device are coupled by at least an initial node, comprising:
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establishing, by the control station, a communication session with the remote device; transmitting an image that is captured by a station camera to the remote device; transmitting an image that is captured by a remote camera to the control station; transmitting an audio instruction from the control station to the remote device; and
,displaying, on a monitor of the control station, an image captured by the remote camera and a graphical interface including a plurality of graphical icons that each represent a different type of communication link between the remote device and the initial node; and
,displaying, on a monitor of the remote device, an image captured by the station camera and not displaying the graphical interface on the monitor of the remote device. - View Dependent Claims (10, 11, 12, 13)
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