Videoconferencing environment
AssigneeHewlett-Packard Development Company, L.P.
InventorMark E. Gorzynski
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Abstract
A method of videoconferencing includes arranging a portable environment to include a first wall generally parallel to and spaced from a second wall and facing a videocamera on the first wall toward the second wall. An on-camera subject zone is implemented between the first wall and the second wall via: (1) setting a field-of-view of the videocamera to include the second wall while excluding a peripheral edge of the second wall; and (2) positioning a subject station between the first wall and the second wall and setting the on-camera subject zone within a boundary defined by the field-of-view of the videocamera extending from the subject station to the second wall.
Claims21
A method of preparing a videoconference environment, the method comprising:
- arranging a portable environment to include a first wall generally parallel to and spaced from a second wall and facing a videocamera on the first wall toward the second wall;
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- implementing an on-camera subject zone between the first wall and the second wall via:
- setting a field-of-view of the videocamera relative to a first distance between the first wall and the second wall and relative to a size and shape of the second wall to cause the field-of-view of the videocamera to include the second wall while excluding a peripheral edge of the second wall;
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- positioning a subject station between the first wall and the second wall and setting the on-camera subject zone within a boundary defined by the field-of-view of the videocamera extending from the subject station to the second wall.
A portable videoconferencing environment comprising:
- an enclosure including:
- an array of walls including a front wall, at least one side wall, and a back wall, the front wall and the back wall being removably attachable, respectively, relative to the at least one side wall to position the front wall generally parallel to and spaced from the back wall with the at least one side wall generally perpendicular to the respective front wall and back wall;
- a subject zone extending at least partially between the front wall and the back wall;
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- a videocamera mounted within the front wall and facing the back wall, the videocamera having a first field-of-view parameter dimensioned relative to a length of the at least one side wall and to an area of the back wall to define a field-of-view at the back wall that excludes the at least one side wall and excludes a junction of the back wall and the at least one side wall.
A modular videoconferencing system comprising:
- a portable booth having a front wall and a back wall generally parallel and spaced from each other, the portable booth defining a subject station between the front wall and the back wall, the back wall including a peripheral edge;
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- a videocamera mounted on the front wall and facing the back wall, wherein the videocamera and the portable booth are arranged according to an environment criterion comprising:
- an aspect ratio parameter in which a first aspect ratio of the back wall is selected to substantially match a second aspect ratio of the videocamera;
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- a field-of-view parameter in which a field-of-view of the videocamera, relative to a distance between the front wall and the back wall, is set to include at least a portion of the subject station and a surface of the back wall while excluding the peripheral edge of the back wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.