Configuration of a touch screen display with conferencing
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1. A communication system, comprising:
- a touch screen display device;
a first camera mounted to a first longitudinal side of the touch screen display device and having a horizontal field of view in excess of 90 degrees and centered along a line that is offset from a longitudinal axis of the touch screen display device, toward the touch screen display device, by an angle alpha, the angle alpha being less than 90 degrees;
a second camera mounted to a second longitudinal side of the touch screen display device and having a horizontal field of view in excess of 90 degrees and centered along a line that is offset from a longitudinal axis of the touch screen display device, toward the touch screen display device, by an angle alpha, the angle alpha being less than 90 degrees; and
a conferencing subsystem that controls conferencing communication with a remote system to send touch screen display signals indicative of user interactions with the touch screen display device to the remote system and to receive and display incoming video images from the remote system.
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Abstract
A communication system includes a touch screen display device with first and second cameras mounted on opposite sides of the touch screen display device so a field of view for each camera is pointed inward relative to the touch screen display device. A conferencing subsystem controls conferencing communication to send and receive touch screen display signals and video signals.
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1. A communication system, comprising:
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a touch screen display device; a first camera mounted to a first longitudinal side of the touch screen display device and having a horizontal field of view in excess of 90 degrees and centered along a line that is offset from a longitudinal axis of the touch screen display device, toward the touch screen display device, by an angle alpha, the angle alpha being less than 90 degrees; a second camera mounted to a second longitudinal side of the touch screen display device and having a horizontal field of view in excess of 90 degrees and centered along a line that is offset from a longitudinal axis of the touch screen display device, toward the touch screen display device, by an angle alpha, the angle alpha being less than 90 degrees; and a conferencing subsystem that controls conferencing communication with a remote system to send touch screen display signals indicative of user interactions with the touch screen display device to the remote system and to receive and display incoming video images from the remote system. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15)
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16. A teleconferencing system, comprising:
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a touch sensitive display device having a touch sensitive display screen with a longitudinal length; first and second cameras proximate opposite sides of the touch sensitive display device and having fields of view that, together, capture video images at least as near to the touch sensitive display screen as a distance d along substantially the entire longitudinal length of the touch sensitive display screen, the distance d being approximately 14 inches; and a conferencing subsystem that controls conferencing communication with a remote system to send touch screen display signals indicative of user interactions with the touch screen display device to the remote system and to send outgoing video images from an activated one of the first and second cameras to the remote system and receive and display incoming video images from the remote system. - View Dependent Claims (17)
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18. A teleconferencing system, comprising:
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a touch sensitive display device having a touch sensitive display screen; first and second cameras proximate opposite sides of the touch sensitive display device and having fields of view that, together, capture video images at least as near to the touch sensitive display screen as a distance d, the distance d being approximately 14 inches, the first and second cameras being mounted to the touch sensitive display device so the fields of view of the first and second cameras are directed downwardly relative to a horizontal plane; a conferencing subsystem that controls conferencing communication with a remote system to send touch screen display signals indicative of user interactions with the touch screen display device to the remote system and to send outgoing video images from an activated one of the first and second cameras to the remote system and receive and display incoming video images from the remote system; at least one motion sensor configured to generate a sensor signal indicative of movement; first and second directional speakers mounted to the touch sensitive display device, proximate the first and second cameras, respectively; a camera control component configured to select, based on the sensor signal, one of the first and second cameras as an active camera to provide the outgoing video images; and a visual indicator configured to visually indicate which of the first and second cameras is the active camera. - View Dependent Claims (19, 20)
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