Virtual visits
US8379090B1 · kind B1 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Nov 5, 2009 |
| Grant date | Feb 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Dec 13, 2030 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
- CPC primaryH04N23/90
- WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A collaborative video touring method may allow local personnel of a facility and users who are located remotely from the facility to interactively participate in a virtual visit of the facility, during which the local personnel and the remote users may tour a number of different areas of the facility. In some implementations, the visited facility may have a video monitoring system with one or more adjustable video cameras, each of which may be directed at different areas of the facility, and the video captured by the various cameras may be displayed concurrently to the local personnel and to the remote users. Such concurrent display may, in some embodiments, allow the users at the different locations to interactively discuss the video being displayed, similar to if the remote users were physically touring the facility with the local personnel.
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