Patent ID: 6507357
Filing Date: 2003-01-14
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
A method for conveying eye contact from one video teleconference participant to another, comprising the steps of:presenting a video signal comprising an image of a remote participant onto a display screen; positioning a beam-splitter in front of said display screen, the beam-splitter offset from the front surface of said display by an angle of less than about 45Â°; capturing an image of a local participant reflected from the beam-splitter together with a portion of the video signal presented on the display screen; clipping and morphing the video signal so that it corresponds to the portion of the video signal presented on the display screen and captured; and subtracting the clipped and morphed video signal from the captured image of the local participant and portion of the video signal presented on the display screen to create a resultant local participant image signal.