Patent ID: 7697024

Claim:
A method of providing video transmission from a first videophone to a second videophone comprising: tracking a facial image of a first speaker using said first videophone using one or more image tracking algorithms; transmitting a video of said facial image to said second videophone used by a second speaker during conversation between said first speaker and said second speaker; and stabilizing the relative movement occurring between adjacent frames of said video of said facial image, wherein said one or more image tracking algorithms is used for: first correlating said facial image to a plurality of images stored in a database resident in said first videophone, said first correlating initially performed to select a preferred facial image of said plurality of images, and second correlating said facial image to said preferred facial image to generate an output, said output providing a feedback signal to reposition a lens of said videophone such that said facial image is continuously tracked, wherein a microphone of said first videophone is used for receiving utterances of said first speaker of said first videophone and third correlating said utterances to said plurality of facial images for supplementing said one or more image tracking algorithms during said first correlating.