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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8004571 | Projection-based system, apparatus and program of storing annotated object image An information processing apparatus is connected to a projection device and an image capture device, and includes an acquiring portion, a detecting portion, and a controller. The acquiring portion acquires images captured by the image capture device. The detecting p... | 08/23/2011 |
| 7969472 | Automatic camera steering control and video conferencing An automatic camera steering control for directing video conferences including a communicator with a microphone and a voice activated LED emitter. Cameras receive an LED signal transmitted by the LED emitter and focus on the speaker associated with the activated LED... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7839434 | Video communication systems and methods Video data of a videoconference participant is generated and filtered versions of the video data are simultaneously displayed. One of the filtered versions is selected and transmitted to other videoconference participants. ... | 11/23/2010 |
| 7764307 | Remote instruction system, computer readable medium for remote instruction system and method A remote instruction system includes: an imaging unit that captures an image of an object; a projecting unit that projects an annotation image in the imaging area of the imaging unit, the annotation image being formed in accordance with an instruction issued based o... | 07/27/2010 |
| 7705886 | Information processing apparatus and method, recording medium, program, and display device An information processing apparatus for controlling a display device, includes: an acquisition unit acquiring an image of a subject formed in an image capture area made of a plurality of pixels performing an image capture operation, based on outputs from pixels cons... | 04/27/2010 |
| 7679648 | Method and apparatus for coding a sectional video view captured by a camera at an end-point The present invention utilizes video compression techniques in providing multi display and user control of picture layout with a single non-mechanical camera. According to a preferred embodiment of the present invention, a subsection of interest within a general vie... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7623156 | Natural pan tilt zoom camera motion to preset camera positions The system disclosed herein seeks to solve the problem of unnatural, dizzy camera motion when moving a camera between two preset positions, e.g., head and shoulder shots of two videoconference participants. Particularly, the system described herein attempts to mimic... | 11/24/2009 |
| 7589760 | Distributed presentations employing inputs from multiple video cameras located at multiple sites and customizable display screen configurations A computer network-based distributed presentation system and process is presented that controls the display of one or more video streams output by multiple video cameras located across multiple presentation sites on display screens located at each presentation site.... | 09/15/2009 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| 7395508 | Method and apparatus for providing an interactive presentation environment An interactive presentation environment for eMeetings or the like that provides participants with more control over what they see and hear. One embodiment of the interactive presentation environment comprises a meeting recorder adapted to create a recording of a liv... | 07/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7372601 | Modular image processing device A modular image processing device includes a camera module configured to capture images to be printed. A memory module is configured to store data representing the captured images. A printer module is configured to print images from the stored data. The modules incl... | 05/13/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7333135 | Method, apparatus, and system for remotely annotating a target A system, method and apparatus for remotely annotating an object. An embodiment of the present invention includes a video camera projector that captures video images of a local object and projects annotations made by a user at a remote location onto said local objec... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7301555 | Camera telephone device A telephone comprises a camera, a display and processing and communication circuitry. The camera is located in a first body part of the telephone and the display is located in a second body part of the telephone. The body parts are joined via a tilt and swivel hinge... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7296286 | Method and apparatus for transmitting image signals of images having different exposure times via a signal transmission path, method and apparatus for receiving thereof, and method and system for transmitting and receiving thereof A system for transmitting and receiving an image signal has transmission apparatuses and reception apparatuses. Each of the transmission apparatuses includes an image pickup device for alternately outputting first and second image signals obtained by picking up imag... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7283788 | Remote microphone teleconferencing configurations Electronic teleconferencing configurations use one or more remote microphones for added functionality. A base unit includes an interface to a telecommunications network and at least one remote microphone in wireless communication with the base unit, enabling a carde... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7281208 | Image stitching methods and systems In one embodiment, image data that corresponds to a single image, received through multiple DDI calls, is analyzed and merged or otherwise combined into a single image element. This single image element can then be processed, as by being serialized into XAML, so tha... | 10/09/2007 |
| 7268819 | Scanning camera A scanning camera includes an imaging device for capturing an image of an object with a photoelectric-conversion imaging element; a support shaft for supporting the imaging device to change a photographing direction of the imaging device; a frame for supporting the ... | 09/11/2007 |
| 7260278 | System and method for real-time whiteboard capture and processing A system that captures both whiteboard content and audio signals of a meeting using a video camera and records or transmits them in real-time. The Real-Time Whiteboard Capture captures pen strokes on whiteboards in real time using an off-the-shelf video camera. Unli... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7260257 | System and method for whiteboard and audio capture A system that captures both whiteboard content and audio signals of a meeting using a digital camera and a microphone. The system can be retrofit to any existing whiteboard. It computes the time stamps of pen strokes on the whiteboard by analyzing the sequence of ca... | 08/21/2007 |
| 7257236 | Methods and systems for detecting and recognizing objects in a controlled wide area Methods and systems are described herein for high-speed observation and recognition of objects or persons within a controlled area using 3D image data and tomography, stereo-photogrammetry, range finding and/or structured illumination. A wide area security system ma... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7256821 | Network compatible image capturing apparatus and method In order that a digital video (DV) camera function as a WWW server in a network, an image capturing section captures an image of a subject. A DV encoder encodes an image signal input from the image capturing section. A recording and playback section plays back DV da... | 08/14/2007 |
| 7224995 | Data entry method and system According to one aspect of the present invention, a wireless telephony device is equipped with an optical image sensor, and a lens for imaging an object onto the sensor. The optical sensor permits a variety of useful functionality, including decoding of bar codes, w... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7224999 | Radio communication terminal with simultaneous radio communication channels A radio section 1 and a control section 2 allow communications using two radio channels simultaneously, such as TV phone communication and message communication. An LCD 33 displays information concerning each communication simultaneously or sele... | 05/29/2007 |
| 7180882 | Communication terminal apparatus, communication method thereof, and connected destination selection method in wireless LAN To provide a communication terminal apparatus including a first wireless communication unit that can connect with a host computer, a second wireless communication unit that can connect with connecting equipment by wireless, an equipment information storage unit for ... | 02/20/2007 |
| 7161623 | Camera control system, camera server, camera client, control method, and storage medium An arrangement is provided in which previously sensed image information is stored, so that information with an angle desired by the user can be searched for and displayed. Image data sensed by a camera device (100) is captured by an image information capture ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7161624 | Remote control pan head system In a remote control pan head system, communication data is outputted from an operation unit and is inputted to a system controller via a modem, a general communication line and another modem. The system controller recognizes a data format of the inputted communicati... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7151562 | Method and apparatus for external calibration of a camera via a graphical user interface A camera of a camera-based image processing system is calibrated using a graphical user interface (GUI) of the system. A representation of an area in which the camera is to be operated is presented via the GUI, and calibration information is obtained for each of a s... | 12/19/2006 |
| 7148917 | Method and apparatus for indicating a location of a person with respect to a video capturing volume of a camera A video processing system (100) employs a method and apparatus for indicating a location of a person (203) with respect to a video capturing volume (201) of a camera (101). A location determiner (115) receives at least one image fr... | 12/12/2006 |
| 7130705 | System and method for microphone gain adjust based on speaker orientation A system and method for automatically adjusting the gain of an audio system as a speaker's head moves relative to a microphone includes using a video of the speaker to determine an orientation of the speaker's head relative to the microphone and, hence, a gain adjus... | 10/31/2006 |
| 7123778 | Whiteboard imaging system An image capturing system is installable in a room separate from a writing surface and a second area. The image capturing system is adapted to take visual images of the writing surface and second area and identify information written thereon. ... | 10/17/2006 |
| 7079177 | Remote control system and access control method for information input apparatus with limitation by user for image access and camemremote control When an access request (a request for transfer of video and audio information or a request for a camera operation) to a camera apparatus connected to a network via a terminal is issued via the network, a camera management server processes the access request on the b... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7071967 | Personal computer camera adapted to operate as a digital still camera and an audio reproducing apparatus The present invention provides a PC camera with various applications, which is capable of being used as a digital camera independently after separating from the PC. The PC camera includes a memory for storing digital audio data, and a digital audio decoder for repro... | 07/04/2006 |
| 7057636 | Conferencing system and method for the automatic determination of preset positions corresponding to participants in video-mediated communications A video conferencing system and method which automatically determines the appropriate preset camera parameters corresponding to participants participating in the video conference. A camera zooms out or pans the video conference space and looks for participants based... | 06/06/2006 |
| 7050093 | Video camera pivoting apparatus, a pivoting video camera apparatus, and a monitoring system with a pivoting video camera A pivoting unit pivots a video camera at a pivoting speed. The video camera includes a zoom mechanism and a zoom amount signal generation circuit for generating a zoom amount signal. A pivoting speed command signal generating circuit responsive to an operation gener... | 05/23/2006 |
| 7034866 | Combined display-camera for an image processing system An image processing system includes a combined display-camera having an array of interspersed display elements and camera elements, arranged substantially in a common plane of a flat panel or other display. Each of at least a subset of the camera elements has one or... | 04/25/2006 |
| 7024109 | Information processing apparatus Sound information related to an image is inputted together with the image taken by a camera, and is printing outputted as a two-dimensional bar code data with the image by a printer provided in the camera as one body. Specifically, a printed matter is formed by prin... | 04/04/2006 |
| 7002617 | Coordinated audio and visual omnidirectional recording A surveillance system featuring a camera that is directed to focus on a location where a noise has been generated and display an image of the location. The system includes an omnidirectional camera having a lens for viewing a 360° field of view, a visual memory for... | 02/21/2006 |
