Patent ID: 6848842

Claim:
A stationary camera device comprising: a base unit adapted to selectively rest on either a housing of a display device or on a base table holding the display device, said base unit have a left side and a right side; a plurality of camera holders attached to said base unit on said left and right sides of said base unit; and cameras mounted on extreme ends of said plurality of camera holders; wherein said base unit is adapted to selectively rest on either the housing of the display device or on the base table of the display device so as to extend along a lateral direction, said lateral direction is defined as a direction that is parallel to a surface of the base table and also parallel to a display screen of said display device, and a direction orthogonal to said lateral direction is a vertical direction; wherein each of said plurality of camera holders is movable relative to said base unit in at least said vertical direction such that said cameras can be positioned at an optional height along a left side and a right side of a display screen of the display device from a position of said base unit on either of the housing of the display device or on the base table holding the display device; and wherein said camera holders can be extended from and retracted into said base unit in said lateral direction so as to be adjustable to different widths of the display device.