System for electronically-mediated collaboration including eye-contact collaboratory
US6466250B1 · kind B1 · utility
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| Filing date | Feb 4, 2000 |
| Grant date | Oct 15, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 4, 2020 |
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- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04M3/567
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A system and method for producing and receiving electronically-mediated collaboration is presented. The electronically-mediated collaboration system and method include a high-fidelity audio system as well as application and cursor sharing, and a session manager module to synchronize among participants. In one embodiment, the system includes an eye contact collaboratory that manipulates video and eye position input to synthesize virtual camera images which simulate ordinary gaze behavior in a collaboratory system. An audio component optionally spatializes the voices of the participants to appear to coincide with their images.
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