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Teleconference facility with high resolution video display

Patent 4890314 Issued on December 26, 1989. Estimated Expiration Date: Icon_subject August 26, 2008. Estimated Expiration Date is calculated based on simple USPTO term provisions. It does not account for terminal disclaimers, term adjustments, failure to pay maintenance fees, or other factors which might affect the term of a patent.

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Inventors

Assignee

Application

No. 237501 filed on 08/26/1988

US Classes:

348/14.01, TWO-WAY VIDEO AND VOICE COMMUNICATION (E.G., VIDEOPHONE)348/14.07, Display arrangement (e.g., multiscreen display)348/14.08Conferencing (e.g., loop)

Examiners

Primary: George, Keith E.

Attorney, Agent or Firm

Foreign Patent References

  • 60-213178 JP 10/12/1985

International Class

H04N 007/14

Abstract

A station for use in a teleconferencing system is disclosed. The station includes an arrangement comprising a plurality of image sensing devices, each of which provides a sub-image. The sub-images are joined to form a single high resolution video display. Illustratively, the arrangement comprises a plurality of image sensing devices and one or more mirrors to insure that the fields of view of the image sensing devices are contiguous at all relevant distances. Alternatively, an array of image sensing devices may be utilized wherein the horizontal and vertical scans of the devices are cropped.

Other References

  • Bernard A. Wright, "The Design of Picturephone.RTM. Meeting Service (PMS) Conferencing Centers for Video Teleconferencing," IEEE Communications Magazine, Mar. 1983, pp. 30-36
  • Brochure, "Imtech Digital Videowall System", .COPYRGT.1987, Imtech International, Inc., N.
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