Patent ID: 6342915
Filing Date: 2002-01-29
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
An image telecommunication system comprising:a worker's device, put on a worker's person, and configured to collect an image of an object present in a field of view of the worker and to transmit the image outside the worker's device, wherein the worker's device includes: a detector configured to detect a point of view of the worker at fixed periods, and a movement detector configured to detect amounts of movement of the worker at the fixed periods; and a manager's device, placed in a remote place distant from the worker's device, and configured to receive and display the image of the object transmitted from the worker's device on a display screen, wherein the manager's device includes: a fluctuation suppressor configured to suppress fluctuation of the image displayed on the display screen, when it is determined that the worker looks at the object substantially continuously, and a circuit, when a difference between a point of view detected in a current period and a point of view detected in a previous period is within a predetermined range, configured to determine that the worker looks at the object substantially continuously, and to move the image of the object displayed on the display screen in a direction in which the difference is canceled.