Camera apparatus for electronic conference

Details Camera apparatus for electronic conference Camera apparatus for electronic conference

1995-02-27

1998-03-31

Woo, Stella

Television

Two-way video and voice communication

User positioning

348373, H04N 714

Patent

active

057344140

ABSTRACT:
A camera unit for an electronic conference is adapted to be set on a monitor, and comprises a stationary support base set on the monitor, a camera unit body provided on said stationary support base so as to be horizontally rotatable, a lens block supported to the camera unit body so as to be vertically rotatable, and a control device incorporated in the camera unit body, for controlling the rotation of the camera unit body and the lens block and the focal distance and zooming ratio of the lens block, the lens block is adapted to be turned between a horizontal position at which the lens block is stored in a recess formed in the camera unit body, and picks up a person in front thereof, and a vertical position at which the lens block is projected forward from the camera unit body so as to pick up a document set therebelow, and the control device controls the focal distance and zooming ratio of the lens block in accordance with a horizontally rotating position of the camera unit body and a vertical rotating position of the lens block.

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