Did You Know...
...that one person who claimed to be the inventor of the television is Russian emigre Vladimir Zworykin? In 1929 David Sarnoff, founder of RCA, asked Zworykin what it would take to develop TV for commercial use. He said: a year and a half and $100,000. In reality, it took 20 years and $50 million! Before his death in 1982 at the age of 92, Zworykin said of his invention: "The technique is wonderful. It is beyond my expectations. But the programs! I would never let my children even come close to this thing."
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8159522 | Camera unit There is provided a camera unit used in a communications system having a display section and arranged to exchange sound and images via communication between at least two locations. The camera unit includes a camera section having an image sensor for photoelectricall... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8154583 | Eye gazing imaging for video communications Video communication systems and methods for communicating between an individual in a local environment, and a remote viewer in a remote environment are provided. The system has an image display device; at least one image capture device which acquires video images fo... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8120640 | Videophone apparatus Between a display of a videophone apparatus and a cover thereof, there are disposed lenses 114, 116, 118 and a half mirror, having sufficiently small areas as compared to the surface areas of the display and the cover. The half mirror enables light from the d... | 02/21/2012 |
| 8072481 | Telepresence communication system A telepresence communication system for group meeting rooms and personal home and office systems provides improved human factor experience through substantially life size images with eye level camera placement. The system provides switched presence interfaces so tha... | 12/06/2011 |
| 7965310 | System and camera for transferring digital images to a service provider A method and digital camera for capturing images to be provided to a service provider. The camera includes a capture device for capturing digital images; a memory for storing the captured digital images; an interface to a communications device for transmitting the s... | 06/21/2011 |
| 7916167 | Display device having image pickup function and two-way communication system A compact and lightweight display device having an image pickup function and a two-way communication system which can shoot an image of a user as an object and display an image at the same time without degrading image quality by disposing a semi-transmitting mirror ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7884846 | Systems and methods for enhancing teleconferencing collaboration An advanced video teleconferencing system facilitates an engaging and realistic video conferencing experience. Key design elements and video, audio, and control capabilities are provided for a video conferencing experience that cannot be attained with conventional m... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7773108 | Method of maintaining eye contact in video conferencing using view morphing A view morphing algorithm is applied to synchronous collections of video images from at least two video imaging devices, and interpolating between the images, creates a composite image view of the local participant. This composite image approximates what might be se... | 08/10/2010 |
| 7760229 | Reflected backdrop for communications systems A video conferencing system has a two-way mirror, which is between the observer and the display device, positioned at an angle to reflect a backdrop surface. The backdrop surface, which is further away from the two-way mirror than the image plane of the image displa... | 07/20/2010 |
| RE41103 | Remote electromechanical control of a video communications system According to an example embodiment, the present invention is directed to a video communication system having a user-friendly, intuitive-like control for altering the video camera view at a remote terminal. The local terminal includes a display and a movement-respons... | 02/09/2010 |
| 7605837 | Display system and method A display system is disclosed as including first and second visual display units (VDU's), each for displaying visual images for viewing; a first digital video camera for capturing images of a first individual viewing images displayed by the first VDU; at least secon... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7515173 | Head pose tracking system Video images representative of a conferee's head are received and evaluated with respect to a reference model to monitor a head position of the conferee. A personalized face model of the conferee is captured to track head position of the conferee. In a stereo implem... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7515174 | Multi-user video conferencing with perspective correct eye-to-eye contact A video conferencing system provides perspective correct eye-to-eye interaction for multiple participants at sites remote from each other. The system provides at each site a configuration of participant viewing positions, a multidirectional image capture system for ... | 04/07/2009 |
| 7477283 | Integral eye-path alignment on telephony and computer video devices using a pinhole image sensing device A two-way visual communication device and methods for operating such a device are disclosed. An embodiment of the disclosed invention may comprise a visual display device and one or more pinhole imaging devices positioned within the active display area of the visual... | 01/13/2009 |
| 7385623 | System for bidirectional audio and video recording and reproduction The invention relates to a system for bidirectional audio and video recording and reproduction between at least two locations. Said system comprises, in addition to data transmission lines or transmitters and receivers, at least one respective television camera (... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7372371 | Notification lights, locations and rules for a computer system Notifications to computer users are provided via indicators such as lights. The indicators are controlled according to rules, to convey computer-related state information to users in a consistent manner. Locations of visible indicators are chosen to facilitate easy ... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7349004 | Mobile telephone handset A mobile telephone handset comprising a radio telecommunications interface for wirelessly transmitting and receiving radio signals to and from a mobile telecommunications network is disclosed. The handset comprises first and second audio loudspeakers positioned to o... | 03/25/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7336294 | Arrangement and method for improved communication between participants in a videoconference An arrangement and a method of a videoconferencing end-point provide for eye contact between users at different sites. A conference camera is placed in the light beam of a projector apparatus without degrading the camera-captured view by the projector light. This is... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7324664 | Method of and system for determining angular orientation of an object A method of and system for determining the angular orientation of an object, such as a person's head. In one aspect, a plurality of images of the object is obtained. Values are assigned to a plurality of positions in a polar plot using data from the images. A centro... | 01/29/2008 |
| 7321839 | Method and apparatus for calibration of camera system, and method of manufacturing camera system A first mirror and a second mirror are disposed in such a manner that their reflective surfaces are parallel and face toward each other. A mark is drawn between the first mirror and the second mirror. An image of the reflections of the mark in the first mirror and t... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7292735 | Virtual image artifact detection Artifacts are detected in a cyclopean virtual image generated from stereo images. A disparity map is generated from the stereo images. Individual projected images are determined based on the disparity map and the corresponding stereo images. A difference map is comp... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289506 | Data transmission A data transmission system is provided for transmitting a data signal between a server and a communications terminal over a transmission link having a variable bandwidth. The data signal is a scalable compressed multimedia clip comprising a sequence of images. Each ... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7286101 | Image display method and image display system Images are displayed on an image display screen by projection light for displaying images onto the image display screen. The image display screen is integrally formed with diffusion/reflective parts, which reflect the projection light on a side of the image display ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7273089 | Electronic apparatus having a heat-radiating unit for radiating heat of heat-generating components According to one embodiment of the invention, an electronic apparatus comprises a main unit, a display unit and a support unit. The main unit contains a heat-generating component and a heat-receiving portion. The heat-receiving portion is thermally connected to the ... | 09/25/2007 |
| 7271839 | Display device of focal angle and focal distance in iris recognition system The present invention relates to a display device of a focal angle and distance in an iris recognition system, in which the device includes: a distance measurer for measuring a distance between a user and an iris recognition camera, and an indicator for quantitative... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7272243 | Machine vision system and method for estimating and tracking facial pose The present invention includes in a system and method for estimating and tracking an orientation of a user's face by combining head tracking and face detection techniques. The orientation of the face, or facial pose, can be expressed in terms of pitch, roll and yaw ... | 09/18/2007 |
| 7262573 | Medical tele-robotic system with a head worn device A robot system that includes a robot and a remote station. The remote station includes a head worn device worn on the head of a user. The head worn device senses movement of the user's head and generates corresponding input signals. The input signals are processed i... | 08/28/2007 |
| 7260274 | Techniques and systems for developing high-resolution imagery Systems and techniques for synthesizing high-resolution images are described. Using as input hybrid high- and low-resolution images (110, 120), processing techniques including three-dimensional image warp-based (160) rendering may assist in developing ... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257272 | Virtual image generation Artifacts are detected in a cyclopean virtual image generated from stereo images. A disparity map is generated from the stereo images. Individual projected images are determined based on the disparity map and the corresponding stereo images. A difference map is comp... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7227565 | Electronic apparatus equipped with image capturing device and microphone In a mobile telephone including a camera 2a and a microphone 4 loaded in front, and a camera 2b on the back, the sensitivity of the microphone 4 is set at a normal level when the camera 2a is selected, and the ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7227567 | Customizable background for video communications A video telecommunications system 100 for effecting a communication between at least first and second participants including an image alteration agent 358 that (i) removes desired and/or undesired image information | 06/05/2007 |
| 7224834 | Computer system for relieving fatigue A computer system for relieving an operator's fatigue includes an input device, an image processing circuit, a fatigue determination circuit, and an information generator circuit. The computer system also includes an output device, a response information storage dev... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224394 | Portable electronic equipment having a photographic function and a concealable lens When no photographing is carried out, a control unit applies no voltage to a dimming film of a lens concealing plate, sets a light blocking state to scatter incident light, and prevents a camera lens from becoming visible. When an operator depresses a photographing ... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7209160 | Versatile teleconferencing eye contact terminal The present invention enables eye contact between conferees during a teleconference using a terminal equipped with a beam-splitter. The camera is positioned behind the viewing side of the beam-splitter to capture the conferee's image through the beam-splitter. The r... | 04/24/2007 |
| 7202887 | Method and apparatus maintaining eye contact in video delivery systems using view morphing A view morphing algorithm is applied to synchronous collections of video images from at least two video imaging devices, and interpolating between the images, creates a composite image view of the local participant. This composite image approximates what might be se... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7187809 | Method and apparatus for aligning video to three-dimensional point clouds A method and apparatus for performing two-dimensional video alignment onto three-dimensional point clouds. The system recovers camera pose from camera video, determines a depth map, converts the depth map to a Euclidean video point cloud, and registers two-dimension... | 03/06/2007 |
| 7173647 | Videophone A videophone for communication with eye contact by means of image and/or sound includes image recording means for recording images, image reproducing means for reproducing an image recorded by another videophone, sound recording means for recording sound, sound repr... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7173649 | Video airship The video airship is a lighter-than-air airship, preferably spherical, including a video display disposed with substantially all of the craft's outer surface, a nearly invisible computerized electric propulsion-control system, speakers, microphones, video cameras, c... | 02/06/2007 |
