Patent ID: 8427523

Claim:
A system, comprising: a plurality of cameras each directed to at least one unique user section of a plurality of user sections of a conference table, each user section comprising a unique portion of the conference table, each user section associated with a unique one of a plurality of local participants, the plurality of cameras operable to generate a local video image of the at least one unique respective local user section to be viewed by a plurality of remote participants; a first plurality of displays configured to concurrently reproduce remote video images of the plurality of remote participants such that each remote participant is uniquely viewable on a single display of the first plurality of displays; wherein the plurality of cameras are each positioned a predetermined distance below a top edge of one display of the first plurality of displays; wherein the first plurality of displays and the plurality of cameras are aligned such that an eye gaze of any user within the plurality of user sections may be captured and accurately reproduced for viewing by the plurality of remote participants as any user within the plurality of user sections views the first plurality of displays; and at least one additional display configured to reproduce at least one image other than the remote video images of the plurality of remote participants concurrently reproduced by the first plurality of displays; wherein a central axis of each camera is aligned to be perpendicular with a front edge of the conference table at a center point of the unique user section associated with the camera.