Patent ID: 6831676
Filing Date: 2004-12-14
Classification: H04M,H04N

Abstract:
A video teleconferencing system for providing a synthesized, virtual conference room with one or more actual attendees conferenced with one or more remote stations wherein remote attendees are positioned, all of the remote attendees simultaneously displayed on a single display screen, said attendees being physically present at one or more remote locations, the system having at least one local station for sending and receiving both video and audio signals and one remote station for sending and receiving both video and audio signals, the system comprising:a display screen at each of said local and said remote stations, said display screen for displaying each of said remote attendees in a synthesized conference room setting by displaying the received video signals; a plurality of sensors trained on each of said actual attendees at each of said local and said remote stations, said plurality of said sensors at each station adapted for generating a plurality of electronic signals representing one view of each of said attendees at each station, each of said stations adapted for displaying all of the remote attendees on said display screen for viewing by the actual attendee; a system for combining said plurality of said electronic signals for generating a composite electronic signal representing all of said remote attendees; and an image generator for generating a three dimensional representation of each of said remote attendees for display upon said display screen.