Patent ID: 8823768

Claim:
A conference system that comprises a first conference device and a second conference device installed at a first site, and that is connected with an external conference device installed at a site different from the first site, through a network, wherein: the first conference device comprises: a first image taking unit that takes a video image of a conference attendee at the first site, the second conference device comprises: a second image taking unit that takes a video image of a conference attendee at the first site; a video image input unit that receives the video image taken by the first image taking unit; a selecting unit that selects one from a group consisting of the video image received from the video image input unit and the video image taken by the second image taking unit; a transmitting unit that transmits the selected video image to the external conference device; and a detecting unit that detects an event which has occurred in the second conference device, and when an event which has occurred at the second conference device is detected, the selecting unit selects the video image taken by the second image taking unit.