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Cloaking System Using Optoelectronically Controlled Camouflage
A Cloaking System designed to operate in the visible light spectrum, utilizes optoelectronics and/or photonic components to conceal an object within it.
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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7432951 | Video-telephony integration An integrated video-telephony system is provided. The system allows a video communication session to be established to complement an audio communication session when communication devices or endpoints associated with the audio communication session are also video co... | 10/07/2008 |
| 7428000 | System and method for distributed meetings A system and method for teleconferencing and recording of meetings. The system uses a variety of capture devices (a novel 360° camera, a whiteboard camera, a presenter view camera, a remote view camera, and a microphone array) to provide a rich experience for peopl... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7425980 | Videoconferencing systems with recognition ability A videoconferencing system which encodes different streams of information. The information may include video, audio, speech recognized versions of the audio, and language translated versions of the audio. Text may be sent as part of the videoconference. ... | 09/16/2008 |
| 7426193 | Multipoint audiovisual conferencing system According to the present invention there are provided a system, method and program storage device for establishing a connection for an endpoint to a scheduled audiovisual conference between a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants connecting to the... | 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 |
| 7373309 | System and method for calculating and displaying estimated wait times for transaction request based on the skill required to process the transaction request A reception management system for handling transactions includes a plurality of ACMs (Automated Contract/Consulting Terminals) for receiving procedure requests for predetermined transactions from customers, a plurality of ROTs (Remote Operation Terminals) to be empl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7372956 | Method and apparatus for providing an interactive home agent with access to call center functionality and resources A call center system supports remote agent stations through a network by establishing a data link between a computer platform at the remote agent station and a CTI-processor connected to a telephony switch at the call center, and switching incoming calls from the ca... | 05/13/2008 |
| 7369153 | Videoconferencing method and system for connecting a host with a plurality of participants An improved videoconferencing system and method are provided for connecting a host to a plurality of participants. Unlike other videoconferencing methods and systems, the videoconferencing system and method of these preferred embodiments allow each of the parties of... | 05/06/2008 |
| 7366285 | Multi-modal communications method A method of collecting information is provided. The method includes sending an interactive text markup programming language script, using a session initiation protocol (SIP) message, to a communications device. The interactive script includes a first query and a sec... | 04/29/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7342601 | Communication system, communication device, seating-order determination device, communication method, recording medium, group-determination-table generating method, and group-determination-table generating device In a communication system having at least three communication devices communicating with each other, a seating-order determination device for generating seating-order information for information sent from each communication device and for transmitting the seating-or... | 03/11/2008 |
| 7328240 | Distributed multipoint conferencing Facilitating a distributed multipoint conference using, for example, the ITU-T H.323 protocol may involve establishing a connection (e.g., that supports a unicast stream) between multiple endpoints, including at least a requesting endpoint and one or more other part... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7321382 | Virtual communication device configuring method and apparatus An apparatus is adapted to configure a virtual communication device that includes communication devices accessible to the apparatus. A signal interface receives from a calling communication device information data including first and second content parts, and an inf... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7312811 | Video communication system A system and method in which two voltages are provided to a camera site. The voltages are used to power cameras having separate voltage requirements. ... | 12/25/2007 |
| 7308188 | Audio reproducing apparatus Even when both a digital audio signal and an analog audio signal are inputted, a type of inputted digital audio signal is identified, and an internal signal path is automatically switched based on the result of the identification operation and previously set content... | 12/11/2007 |
| 7292544 | Multipoint audiovisual conferencing system According to the present invention there are provided a system, method and program storage device for establishing a connection for an endpoint to a scheduled audiovisual conference between a plurality of participants, the plurality of participants connecting to the... | 11/06/2007 |
| 7280492 | Videoconferencing system A multicasting conferencing system is described wherein permanently or temporarily assigned addressing may be used. When permanently assigned multicast addressing is used, several channel parameters are assigned to a multicast session, and any terminals desiring to ... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7260205 | Call waiting using external notification and presence detection Alerting an intended recipient of a phone call includes identifying an account based on a phone call received from a caller and accessing configuration data related to the account. The configuration data is used to identify an identity associated with the ccount. On... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257202 | Telephone communication system A video-phone call with a portable video-phone terminal is enabled for a cellular phone which has not video-phone service provided, by making use of cameras and display devices placed on the street. For a video-phone call to a portable video-phone terminal, a media ... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7257217 | Call features for automatic call distribution system Call features for an Automatic Call Distribution (ACD) system implemented within a packet-based telephone environment are disclosed. Within a packet-based network, data messages are transferred between the ACD system and customer telephone stations while the custome... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7251788 | Simulated speed-of-light delay for recreational benefit applications Recreations which simulate space travel with space communication simulate the communication delays that would inhere at space distances. Recreation-related communications are passed through a store-and-forward server in which they are stored before forwarding for a ... | 07/31/2007 |
| 7245664 | Transmission control method of coded video signals and transmission system A system for transmitting coded digital video signals in a packet form through a signal line and a method of controlling the system. A transmission portion converts the digital video signals to a signal stream as a sequence of a plurality of packets each containing ... | 07/17/2007 |
| 7243123 | Video call routing with presence determination A request to establish video communication with a recipient associated with multiple communication devices is received. The recipient is identified using information contained within the request. A set of communication devices associated with the recipient is determ... | 07/10/2007 |
| 7233345 | Communication apparatus and method A communication apparatus includes an image sensing unit, voice recognition unit, keyword detection unit, auxiliary image selection unit, input image selector switch, and transmission unit. The image sensing unit senses a camera image. The voice recognition unit rec... | 06/19/2007 |
| 7230639 | Method and apparatus for selection of signals in a teleconference A method and apparatus for providing appropriate output signals to output devices in a teleconference setting is disclosed. Input signals are obtained from input devices, and descriptive information describing the teleconference is received from several sensors. On ... | 06/12/2007 |
| 7228150 | Camera mounted two-way wireless personal video/audio communication system A two-way wireless personal video/audio communication system comprises a video mode switch for selecting a desired one of X, N, and R modes, and a video signal control circuit for transferring a video signal from a camera circuit to a display circuit in the N mode, ... | 06/05/2007 |
| 7221752 | Method and configuration for operation of an operator switching position in a telecommunications system A service feature server makes it possible to provide service features in addition to the service features that are already provided in a telecommunications system. A separate module is provided for this purpose in the telecommunications system, which coordinates th... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7221389 | Automatic equalization of video signals A video compensation system for analog video transmission is described. The compensation system is employed in an analog video switching circuit such that each time a conductive path is switched, the system automatically tests the new switch path for a new compensat... | 05/22/2007 |
| 7218356 | System and method for inductive line synchronization A synchronization signal generating apparatus and method in which an input circuit is inductively coupled to an alternating current signal line. The input circuit generates a rectified signal. A switch has a switch input and a switch output in which the switch input... | 05/15/2007 |
| 7212516 | Network spanning heterogeneous call center and method of operation A network spanning heterogeneous call center system and method of operation is disclosed. A particular illustrative system is for use with a circuit-switched private branch exchange and a packet-switched private branch exchange. This system includes a circuit-switch... | 05/01/2007 |
| 7206400 | Method and system for data field reuse An automatic call distribution system is adapted to connect a telephone call of a caller to an agent station through a public switched telephone network (PSTN) where call information identifiers received from the PSTN are repopulated. The method includes the steps o... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7206822 | Active stream format for holding multiple media streams An active stream format is defined and adopted for a logical structure that encapsulates multiple data streams. The data streams may be of different media. The data of the data streams is partitioned into packets that are suitable for transmission over a transport m... | 04/17/2007 |
| 7202886 | Videophone terminal The present invention provides a videophone terminal by which the emotions and impressions of a user can be transmitted to and easily understood by a co-communicant. When a user performs a predetermined operation or when an audio processor identifies a predetermined... | 04/10/2007 |
| 7200214 | Method and system for participant control of privacy during multiparty communication sessions A method and system for participant control of privacy during a multiparty communication session includes receiving a request from a first participant to a multiparty communication connection for a sidebar between the first participant and a second participant to th... | 04/03/2007 |
| 7184531 | System and method for authorizing a party to join a conference A system, method, apparatus, means, and computer program code for allowing an authorized party to join a conference are provided. In some embodiments, an application may create or generate a request for an MCU to handle an ad-hoc or meet-me type conference. The appl... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7170545 | Method and apparatus for inserting variable audio delay to minimize latency in video conferencing A method and apparatus to insert variable audio delay during video conferencing to achieve conflicting goals of lip-sync and interactive conversation. The amount of audio delay is variable according to the condition of the videoconferencing: long audio delay is inse... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7158534 | Unified distributed architecture for a multi-point video conference and interactive broadcast systems A unified architecture for a multipoint VC session and interactive broadcasting system is provided that includes a server, one or more video accessing points, reflectors and client machines. The server sets up the video communication sessions (VC sessions), each of ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7119855 | Image display with display-switching function In an image display having a image generator for forming and displaying an optical image in accordance with inputted image signal and a controller for controlling the image generator, a controller (5) has a display-condition switching controller (510, 511 | 10/10/2006 |
| 7113201 | Image processing apparatus Image data from a plurality of cameras 2-1, 2-2, 2-3 showing the movements of a number of people, for example in a meeting, and sound data from a directional microphone array 4 is processed by a computer processing apparatus 24 ... | 09/26/2006 |
| 7109860 | Surveillance apparatus integrated with mobile phone The present invention is to provide a surveillance apparatus for monitoring the situation of a visitor through a mobile phone, which comprises a monitor assembly including a microprocessor, a digital/analog converter connected to the microprocessor, an electric bell... | 09/19/2006 |
