Patent ID: 8941715
Filing Date: 2015-01-27
Classification: H04N

Abstract:
1. A telepresence apparatus comprising: a front projection screen including an ambient light rejecting filter system for preventing the reflection of ambient room light thereby enhancing the contrast and brightness of an image on the projection screen; a projector for projecting an image upon the screen of a distant conferee located at a distant location, the image viewed by a local conferee at a local location upon the screen, wherein the local conferee and the projector reside on an image producing side of the screen; and a camera capturing an image of the local conferee, the camera located on an opposite side of the screen of the local conferee and the projector, wherein the camera is aimed through a hole in the projection screen and the ambient light rejecting filter system, the hole disposed at an eye level of the distant conferee, wherein the hole is concealed by one of a scrim, a one way mirror, an ambient light rejecting filter system, a screen hole plug and a background in the image of a room of the distant conferee at the distant location.