Patent ID: 9628772
Date: 2017-04-18
CPC Classifications: G05B,H04N

Claim:
1. A method of transmitting video to a remote user from an industrial site where a process control system is operated, the method being performed by a video communication device being placed at a location of the industrial site and performed in relation to a communication session carried out between the video communication device and a device of the remote user, the method comprising: obtaining a three-dimensional model of the location and the various objects at the location; obtaining the position of the video communication device at the location; capturing video images of the location using a camera of the video communication device; determining a current orientation of the camera; adding a representation of the video communication device to the three-dimensional model of the location so that the video communication device is shown in the model; and transferring, in the communication session from the video communication device to the device of the remote user, the three-dimensional model and the orientation of the camera and the position of the video communication device together with a video stream comprising the captured video images.