Patent ID: 8780170

Claim:
A video conferencing display device comprising: a display panel; an illumination source providing illumination through the display panel such that when a user is positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the display panel, the user's eyes reflect illumination from the illumination source back through the display panel; at least one first imaging device having a field of view aimed at an inner surface of the display panel, each first imaging device capturing images through the display panel including illumination reflected by the user's eyes through the display panel; at least one second imaging device having a field of view such that when a user is positioned adjacent to an outer surface of the display panel, an image of the user appears in the captured images of each second imaging device; and processing structure in communication with the at least one first and at least one second imaging devices, said processing structure processing the images captured by each first imaging device to obtain eye tracking data and processing the images captured by each second imaging device using the eye tracking data to create a direct eye image for transmission to a remote device over a network.