Patent ID: 8836750

Claim:
A telepresence system, comprising: a video collection device, configured to collect images on a local end; an audio collection device, configured to collect audios on the local end; a video display device, configured to display images from a remote end; an audio player, configured to play audios from the remote end; an audio and video communication device, configured to transmits the images collected by the video collection device on the local end and audios collected by the audio collection device on the local end to the remote end through a network, wherein the video display device comprises a projection screen and at least one projector configured to project the image of the remote end to the projection screen; a background disposed behind the projection screen, wherein the projection screen is a semi-transparent projection screen or a transparent projection screen, so that the background is visible through the projection screen; the system further comprises a transparent optical conduction component, the transparent optical conduction component has an optical redirection area covering the projection screen; and the video collection device is configured to photograph the images reflected by inner surface of the optical redirection area.