Patent ID: 8947500
Filing Date: 2015-02-03
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A telepresence system for connecting a plurality of local conferees with a distant conferee, the system comprising: a local telepresence terminal, having a first codec for encoding video and audio of the plurality local conferees and decoding video and audio of the distant conferee, a first image display for producing an image of the distant conferee, a first speaker to produce the voice of the distant conferee, and a first video camera capturing an image of the local conferees; a plurality of personal control interfaces, one for each of the plurality local conferees, the interfaces each associated with manually activating a selection of a single local conferee image, captured by the first camera, among the plurality of local conferees, thereby switching image capturing between the selection of each of the plurality of local conferees, the plurality of personal control interfaces mounted to the table and extending beyond an edge thereof with each of said plurality of personal control interfaces mounted to at least one of a bottom surface of the table or the edge of the table; and a table around which the plurality of local conferees are sitting, so that each of the plurality of local conferees can easily access their interface.