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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8098273 | Video contact center facial expression analyzer module In one embodiment, a method determines an indication of a mood for a caller during a service call. The mood may be determined using a facial analysis of the caller's facial expressions. The mood may indicate an emotion of the user, such as the user is angry, happy, ... | 01/17/2012 |
| 7924306 | Videoconferencing with enhanced illusion of physical presence in a common space A technique for enhancing the illusion of physical presence in a common space during a multipoint video conference is disclosed. The technique may include controlling the appearance of a first portion of the video images separately from an appearance of a second por... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7920160 | Electronic conference assistance method, and information terminal device in electronic conference system There is provided an information terminal device in an electronic conference system, including a reception unit that receives information on a state of attendance of participants in a conference, who are present in a plurality of conference holding spaces; a disadva... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7884845 | Minutes taking system, minutes taking method, and program product therefor A minutes taking system includes a change detection portion that detects a change of a displayed image for a description object out of displayed images that are a plurality of stream images serving as information displayed in a conference, a separation detection por... | 02/08/2011 |
| 7688345 | Audio output in video conferencing and speakerphone based on call type A conference call may involve participants with video conferencing systems and participants with speakerphone systems. In some embodiments, sound from speakerphone participants may be sent through a speakerphone sound system while sound from video participants may b... | 03/30/2010 |
| 7525565 | 3D video conferencing A 3D video conferencing station (200, 300, 500, 700) comprises: a camera (104) for acquiring a first (604) and second (602) image of a first user (110); and optical means for visualizing stereo images of a second user, the optical ... | 04/28/2009 |
| 7518631 | Audio-visual control system A visual control system controls a controlled component. In one embodiment, the visual control system controls the controlled component based on a visual location of a user. In another embodiment, input from a visual perception device is used to provide focus contro... | 04/14/2009 |
| 7420615 | Portable electronic device including swivel accessorial module A portable electronic device (10) includes a main body (20), and a pluggable module (30) rotatably attached to the main body. The main body includes a display screen (271) embedded in a front (27) thereof, and two symmetrical groov... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7412264 | Lone worker monitor A system has a monitor attached to and monitoring sound and vision around the user and using cellular telephone communications to convey monitored information. The monitor calls a primary server which alerts a secondary server of call receipt. The secondary server c... | 08/12/2008 |
| 7391882 | Prior knowledge, level set representations and visual grouping A method for detecting an object in an image includes determining a shape model from aligned training examples, and implementing the shape model as a prior within a level set framework for determining the object in the image, wherein the level set framework determin... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7391856 | Intelligent switching system for voice and data A teleconferencing system for voice and data provides interconnections among user sites via a central station. User stations at user sites each alternate operation between a data mode connecting a user computer and modem to a user telephone communication path and a ... | 06/24/2008 |
| 7379565 | Method and system for determining displacement of a pixel, and recording medium therefor This method determines the displacement of a pixel between a first and a second image, the first image representing, moreover, an object in a first scene taken from given viewpoint, and the second image representing the same object in a second scene, this second sce... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7380033 | Communication apparatus implementing time domain isolation with restricted bus access A communication apparatus includes a radio frequency circuit that operates on a radio frequency signal and a digital processing circuit coupled to the radio frequency circuit. The digital processing circuit includes a plurality of bus masters coupled to a shared bus... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7376388 | Broadcasting venue data to a wireless hand held device Methods and systems for broadcasting venue-based data to a wireless hand held devices are disclosed herein. Data transmitted from one or more venue-based data sources may be received by at least one hand held device present within a venue, such as a sports stadium o... | 05/20/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7369130 | Method and apparatus for editing image data, and computer program product of editing image data A method for editing an image on a display unit, an apparatus for executing the method and a computer program product for the method, wherein a predetermined CG object is designated in an image on the display unit, and in order to edit the image, a first command lis... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7362369 | Image-taking control apparatus for controlling a plurality of drivable parts of said apparatus such that each drivable part finishes its operation at substantially the same time An image-taking control apparatus lets the operations of a plurality of drivable parts, including a first drivable part whose driving speed can be switched only in steps, finish substantially simultaneously. A speed selector selects an operation speed for each of th... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7352809 | System and method for optimal transmission of a multitude of video pictures to one or more destinations A system and method for optimal transmission of a multitude of video pictures consisting of end video encoders wherein more than one encoder is utilized. The system and method improve the image quality of a broadband image comprised of a plurality of images by gener... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7346912 | Method and system for managing video devices Hot deployable video management modules maintain a video device management platform by integrating independently developed support for new or updated video devices at runtime. A video device module loader builds a management interface for the new or updated video de... | 03/18/2008 |
| 7339617 | Image providing device and its providing method, image processing device and processing method, and storage medium In this invention, a transmit/receive section 34 receives, from monitor, request for transmission of picture image through network and transmits, to the monitor, the entirety or a portion of picture image from which distortion has been eliminated. A memory se... | 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 |
| 7336296 | System and method for providing position-independent pose estimation A system and method to estimate the absolute coarse pose of a rigid body, and more specifically of an individual's head as captured by overhead wide-angle cameras, by integrating position and pose information. Position information ideally includes three-dimensional ... | 02/26/2008 |
| 7330607 | Apparatus and method for controlling an auto-zooming operation of a mobile terminal An apparatus and method for controlling an auto-zooming operation of a mobile terminal. The apparatus and method for controlling an auto-zooming operation of a mobile terminal can automatically adjust the size of a target subject captured by an image capture device ... | 02/12/2008 |
| 7328239 | Method and apparatus for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference session A system and method for automatically data streaming a multiparty conference. The system allows a session moderator or other guests to request data streaming of the multiparty. The data-stream-initiation request is received from an Internet-based interface. Upon rec... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7328264 | System and method for fractional resource scheduling for video teleconferencing resources The present invention discloses a system and method for reserving fractionally schedulable resources. The system includes a scheduling engine to receive reservation requests. The scheduling engine applies the reservation request to a resource usage table correspondi... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321384 | Method and apparatus for using far end camera control (FECC) messages to implement participant and layout selection in a multipoint videoconference A method and an apparatus for providing layout selection, participant selection, and/or participant-to-participant far end camera control of the selected participant for use in a continuous presence multipoint videoconference. The method includes receiving an FECC m... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7321783 | Mobile entertainment and communication device A mobile entertainment and communication device in a palm-held size housing has a cellular or satellite telephone capable of wireless communication with the Internet and one or more replaceable memory card sockets for receiving a blank memory card for recording data... | 01/22/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7317473 | Image-based method and system for building spherical panoramas The invention relates to building spherical panoramas for image-based virtual reality systems. The image-based spherical panoramas can be navigated in any desired view direction (360-degrees) by suitable three-dimensional image browsers or viewers. The method and sy... | 01/08/2008 |
| 7313593 | Method and apparatus for providing full duplex and multipoint IP audio streaming A conference server enables collaborative communications among a variety of client processes of varying configurations all operatively coupled over a computer network to each other and to the server. The server receives audio streams from participating client proces... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7312809 | Method and apparatus for controlling a conference call Provided is a method for controlling a Video Multi-Conference Unit (MCU) using an endpoint device. The MCU intercepts, interprets and acts upon commands sent across the communications network from the endpoint device. The commands may be sent using a user control de... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7301657 | Printer including video decoder A printer includes an interface for receiving compressed digital video; and a circuit for performing video-decoding of the compressed video received by the interface. Such a printer can print selected video frames, without the assistance of a personal computer. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7301536 | Electro-optic vision systems An image processing system for delivering real scene information to a data processor. The system includes the data processor, an image-delivery mechanism, an information delivery mechanism, and a graphic processor. ... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7298400 | Video system for use with video telephone and video conferencing This invention provides a video system including an image pickup device for converting an optical image into a video signal, an image pickup direction changing device for changing the image pickup direction of the image pickup device, an image display device for dis... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7293279 | Advanced set top terminal having a program pause feature with voice-to-text conversion A system for automatically pausing a video program in response to detection of the occurrence of a audio communications event or triggering event. In response to an incoming phone call, message, web page, or other communications information, the system pauses the vi... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292267 | Dual mode digital imaging and camera system A dual mode digital imaging system has a still processing mode that produces an output image in a first color space and a motion processing mode that produces an output image in a second color space, in particular a first color space that is RGB and a second color s... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7292273 | Digital camera accommodating recording media from other digital cameras A signal recording/reproducing apparatus includes a CCD imager. The still image taken by said CCD imager is recorded, together with resolution information, on a recording medium. The recording medium is recorded, together with resolution information, is a still imag... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7289113 | Projection display system with pressure sensing at screen, and computer assisted alignment implemented by applying pressure at displayed calibration marks An interactive display system comprising a touch sensitive display surface for sensing pressure applied thereto and in response generating control signals indicating locations of the applied pressure, a personal computer for receiving the control signals and in resp... | 10/30/2007 |
| 7284664 | Methods and apparatus for performing data acquisition and control Mechanisms and techniques provide a data acquisition basic input output system between a central controller and a set of modules networked to the central controller. The central controller obtains at least one command to be sent to at least one module of the set of ... | 10/23/2007 |
| 7283175 | System and method for determining lip synchronization between audio and video in a digitized environment using buffer calculation The disclosed embodiments relate to a system and method for maintaining synchronization between a video signal and an audio signal that are processed using clocks that are locked. The system may comprise a component that determines at least one initial level of a bu... | 10/16/2007 |
