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US 2010/0073456 A1Published application
Videoconferencing terminal and method of operation thereof to maintain eye contact
AssigneeLucent Technologies Inc.
InventorCristian A. Bolle
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Abstract
A videoconferencing terminal, a method of videoconferencing and a videoconferencing infrastructure. In one embodiment, the terminal includes: (1) a flat panel display and (2) a camera associated with the flat panel display and configured to receive light from an object through the flat panel display and acquire an image of the object.
Claims23
A videoconferencing terminal, comprising:
- a flat panel display;
- and
- a camera associated with said flat panel display and configured to receive light from an object through said flat panel display and acquire an image of said object.
A method of videoconferencing, comprising:
- receiving light from an object through a flat panel display into a camera;
- and
- acquiring an image of said object.
A videoconferencing infrastructure, comprising:
- a plurality of videoconferencing terminals associable with a telecommunications network, each of said terminals including:
- a flat panel display,
- a camera associated with said flat panel display,
- a microphone associated with said camera and configured to generate an audio signal based on acoustic energy received thereby,
- a speaker associated with said camera and configured to generate acoustic energy based on an audio signal received thereby, and
- a controller coupled to said flat panel display and said camera and configured to control said flat panel display and said camera to cause said camera to receive light from an object through said flat panel display and acquire an image of said object.
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