Patent · US Active

Telepresence communications system and method

US9160965B2 · kind B2 · utility

136Cited by

18References

19Claims

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Assignee

Thomson Licensing · FR

Inventors

William Gibbens Redmann · Glendale, US
Mark J. Huber · Burbank, US
Mark Leroy Walker · Castaic, US

Key dates

Filing date	Dec 2, 2011
Grant date	Oct 13, 2015
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Feb 17, 2032

Classification

Technology area (CPC H)Electricity
CPC primaryH04N21/4788
WIPO fieldAudio-visual technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

The sharing an image of a local participant in a group with at least one other participant in that group commences by establishing, for that local participant, orientation information indicative of an orientation of the communication channel local participant relative to a display screen and a video camera. The local participant sends his or her image of the local participant along with the orientation information to at least one other participant. The orientation information enables display of the image of the local participant with a common orientation recognized by the at least one other participant.

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