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AssigneeTrinity Video Communications, Inc.
InventorsThomas D. Duddy, Mark Fauth, Stanley J. Bartsch, Mark Klarer, Barry J. Sawayer
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A CODEC-driven touch screen video conferencing control system provides a touch screen entry and display device that interfaces with the CODEC of the existing video conferencing system so that remote operation is compatible with the pre-programming of the video conferencing system. A computer with video capture device captures the output video of the video conferencing CODEC and transmits it to the touch screen so that what is displayed on the touch screen is all of the controls for the video conferencing system as pre-programmed by the video conferencing system manufacturer. There is no requirement to employ a cursor on the video conferencing monitor screen. In fact, through use of the present invention, none of the control functions of the video conferencing system appear on its monitor screens. Rather, those functions are solely displayed on the touch screen of the remote control device.
In a video conferencing system including at least one monitor, a conventional remote controller, at least one camera and a coder and decoder (CODEC) facilitating compression of video signals for transmission and de-compression of video signals for display, said CODEC being electrically connected to said camera and monitor and including a receiver for receiving signals from said remote controller, said CODEC having a first port for transmission and receipt of Application Programming Interface (API) signals and a second port for transmission and receipt of capture video signals, the improvement comprising a touch screen remote controller for said video conferencing system comprising:
In a video conferencing system including at least one monitor, a conventional remote controller, at least one camera and a coder and decoder (CODEC) facilitating compression of video signals for transmission and de-compression of video signals for display, said CODEC being electrically connected to said camera and monitor and including a receiver for receiving signals from said remote controller, said CODEC having a first port for transmission and receipt of Application Programming Interface (API) signals and a second port for transmission and receipt of capture video signals, the improvement comprising a touch screen remote controller for said video conferencing system comprising:
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