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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8189029 | Portable video conferencing system with universal focal point Embodiments of the present invention are directed to compact portable video conferencing systems, which eliminate the need for other meeting room appliances for a video conference. The systems provide the freedom to hold video conferences with a few participants in ... | 05/29/2012 |
| 8089505 | Terminal apparatus, method and computer readable recording medium A terminal apparatus displays an enlarge-processed image based upon an image having predetermined resolution while an image having high resolution is acquired, and switches the displayed image to display an image having the high resolution when the acquiring operati... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8022977 | Camera placed behind a display with a transparent backlight A method and combined video display and camera system are disclosed. In one embodiment, the system comprises a first sheet and a second sheet oriented parallel to the first sheet, the second sheet including a light diffuser. A light source is placed along an edge of... | 09/20/2011 |
| 8004556 | Conference link between a speakerphone and a video conference unit A conference link between devices in teleconference system at one site is disclosed. The linked devices include video conference units, speakerphones or stand-alone loudspeakers. Audio data can be transmitted through the conference link between devices. Audio data p... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7982762 | System and method for combining local and remote images such that images of participants appear overlaid on another in substanial alignment The invention provides a method and system wherein first video images are directly overlaid with remote video images to produce a combined video image which is then displayed to the user and/or stored as appropriate. Preferably at least one of the first and/or remot... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7911495 | Electronic conference support device, electronic conference support method, and information terminal device of electronic conference system An electronic conference support device has a cut screen information management section that stores information related to a cut screen object which forms a portion of a screen image displayed on a presenter-side display unit; a screen image generation processor tha... | 03/22/2011 |
| 7884843 | Method and apparatus for mixing compressed video Disclosed herein is a method and apparatus for mixing compressed video useable in a videoconferencing environment having a plurality of endpoint users. Through the use of the method and apparatus, each endpoint can receive a unique layout displaying some subset of t... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7787007 | Method and system for preparing video communication image for wide screen display A system and method is disclosed for composing a video layout having an aspect ratio of 16:9 from a plurality of video segments having an aspect ratio other than 16:9. For example, the plurality of video segments might have an aspect ratio of 4:3. To create a compos... | 08/31/2010 |
| 7705875 | Display device, system, display method, and storage medium storing its program A display device comprising includes an acquiring unit and a display unit. The acquiring unit acquires information about a conference from a storage device that stores conference information. The display unit creates an icon being representative of a feature of the ... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7593031 | Integrated desktop videoconferencing system Disclosed herein is a videoconferencing system that has been integrated into a flat panel display or computer monitor. The integration provides an improved form factor for the videoconferencing system. In addition, the integration offers the dual use as a computer m... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7554571 | Dynamic layout of participants in a multi-party video conference The present invention provides a video conference system that is capable of adjusting image window sizes based on the number of video conference participants included in an image window. In particular, face recognition technology is applied to determine the number o... | 06/30/2009 |
| 7542067 | System of using digital frames in an idle web video conferencing device A system switches the display screen of an idle web video conferencing device to a digital frame. If there is no video conferencing signal coming into a VoIP phone, its display interface is used as a digital frame. The system includes a display to display the video ... | 06/02/2009 |
| 7492386 | Display management during a multi-party conversation A method and apparatus for managing a display during a teleconference between a primary participant and one or more secondary participants is described herein. According to the present invention, a primary image corresponding to the primary participant and a subset ... | 02/17/2009 |
| 7468738 | Method and system of multilocation video conferencing A method and system of video conferencing. The video conferencing generally relates to supporting video and/or audio conferencing between remotely located individuals. The method and system permit multiple individuals at one location to be viewed from one or more lo... | 12/23/2008 |
| 7440784 | Portable communication apparatus Disclosed is a portable communication apparatus. The portable communication apparatus includes a first housing including a plurality of keys, a second housing including a main display unit and being movable from the first housing about a first hinge axis and being r... | 10/21/2008 |
| 7425977 | Interactive communication apparatus An interactive communication apparatus easy for use with a function of TV phone for providing a user with useful audio/visual information. The interactive communication apparatus comprises a display device for providing a screen display of visual information, a came... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7420585 | Image capture and display device A display device for capturing and displaying images along a single optical axis. The device includes a display panel having a front side and a back side, said display panel capable of being placed in a first display state which allows displaying of an image on said... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7400306 | Driving method for dual panel display A flat panel display device for dual-panel display that comprises an array of pixels formed in rows and columns, a first sub-array of the array of pixels for image display in a first direction, a second sub-array of the array of pixels for image display in a second ... | 07/15/2008 |
| 7391439 | Modular audio-visual system to bring together a local scene and a remote scene An audio-visual system is provided for bringing together a local scene and a remote scene. The audio-visual system includes several concatenated audio-visual modules, and feedback control and control means between the various modules. Each audio-visual module compri... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7385620 | Terminal with projection display A mobile data and/or communication terminal is provided which includes an optical system for the generation of a projected display as well as parts for stabilizing the display when the terminal is moved. ... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7369137 | Method for mapping a single decoded content stream to multiple textures in a virtual environment A system includes a computing device to obtain encoded content data corresponding to at least one participant of a virtual reality environment. A memory device stores at least one texture corresponding to the at least one participant. A single decoder decodes the en... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366295 | Telephone signal generator and methods and devices using the same A method or device includes a telephone with an audio or video effects generator to produce audio or video effects that are transmitted as part of a signal from the telephone. ... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7365871 | Apparatus for capturing, converting and transmitting a visual image signal via a digital transmission system An image capture, conversion, compression, storage and transmission system provides a data signal representing the image in a format and protocol capable of being transmitted over any of a plurality of readily available transmission systems and received by readily a... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7360172 | Contact controls One or more contact controls associated with one or more corresponding contacts are displayed by a computing system at a display device. The contact controls can be hosted by any number of third party applications. The contact controls may include static and/or anim... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7356763 | Real-time slide presentation multimedia data object and system and method of recording and browsing a multimedia data object A system for recording a real-time slide presentation to generate a low bit-rate multimedia data object including a plurality of synchronized overlayed replayable bitstreams including at least a bitstream corresponding to an image of each of a plurality of slides of... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7355622 | System and process for adding high frame-rate current speaker data to a low frame-rate video using delta frames A system and process for highlighting the current speaker on an on-going basis in each frame of a low frame-rate video of an event having multiple people in attendance is presented. In general, this is accomplished by periodically identifying an attendee that is cur... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7352385 | Video editing system, video editing method, recording/reproducing method of visual information, apparatus therefor, and communication system The invention relates to a video editing system and others enabling editing of training video data suitable for training of counselors and others engaged in counseling and others in a direct or indirect face-to-face state and to a recording/reproducing method of vis... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7349005 | Automated video production system and method using expert video production rules for online publishing of lectures An automated system and method for producing videos using expert video production rules. The automated video production system and method of the present invention is particularly well-suited for the online publishing of lectures. The system of the present invention ... | 03/25/2008 |
| 7346698 | Webcasting method and system for time-based synchronization of multiple, independent media streams A method for time-based synchronization of multiple media streams transmitted over a communications network, such as the Internet, by multiple, independent streaming media sources. First and second media streams of data packets are received from first and second med... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339605 | Conference link between a speakerphone and a video conference unit A conference link between devices in teleconference system at one site is disclosed. The linked devices include video conference units, speakerphones or stand-alone loudspeakers. Audio data can be transmitted through the conference link between devices. Audio data p... | 03/04/2008 |
| 7321453 | Image input system This invention provides an image input system capable of setting an arbitrary imaging inhibited area. This system displays a map showing the positions of cameras arranged in an office and the directions in which these cameras can be aimed, or displays the view angle... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7317926 | Synchronous transmission of data with network remote control A novel method and apparatus is disclosed for synchronously delivering complementary data to two devices. Complementary data is used herein to designate at least two streams of related data that, when combined, form an organic whole. In one embodiment of the disclos... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7317472 | Display apparatus A display apparatus is provided with a plurality of display device, at least one of which is a semitransparent display; and a fixing device for fixing the plurality of display devices to be placed along a front-rear direction on a viewer's line of sight each other, ... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313589 | Network projector interface system A network projector interface system is provided. In one embodiment, the system includes client software stored on a recordable medium and at least partially executable on a client computer on a network, where the client software provides a client interface configur... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7295240 | Electronic apparatus An electronic apparatus wherein, when a video camera is employed as a TV telephone or a portable telephone is employed as a TV telephone and when the direction of the display face of an LCD panel is directed (the display direction) is the opposite of that of a lens ... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7290885 | User-interface for projection devices The present disclosure provides a projector assembly including a projection device adapted to project an image, and a user-interface in communication with the projection device. The user-interface may be adapted to privately present user-readable information to a us... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289451 | Delay trading between communication links The available delay budget for a full-duplex communication is distributed between the links depending on their activity, present and near history. By keeping track on if a link in a full-duplex communication system is active or inactive, i.e. Knowing the information... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286564 | Mapping arbitrary signals into SONET A synchronizer/de-synchronizer maps continuous format signals of an arbitrary rate into frames of pre-selected single common rate, such as SONET frames, with no bite changed and very little jitter or wander added. In this way, the continuous format signal may be car... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7280151 | Video camera with a rotatable grip unit A video camera is disclosed which can make photographing without any compulsion. A rotary grip is provided on a side face of a camera body so as to be rotatable relative to the camera body, the camera body having an image pickup device, a camera lens and a circuit b... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7272652 | Facilitating accelerated processing of internet group management protocol messages Processing Internet Group Management Protocol (IGMP) messages in which a response-mode determination process is facilitated after receiving an IGMP Membership Report designating a requested multipoint leaf connection, where in a proactive expedited leave process is ... | 09/18/2007 |
