Teleconferencing robot with swiveling video monitor

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2006-10-17

2006-10-17

Ramakrishnaiah, Melur (Department: 2614)

Television

Two-way video and voice communication

Remote control

C348S014100, C348S169000, C700S245000

Reexamination Certificate

active

07123285

ABSTRACT:
A teleconferencing robot for enabling a remote conferee to project a sense of presence into a group meeting. The teleconferencing robot includes: a base; a video monitor movably mounted to the base for receiving and displaying an image of the remote conferee; an attention getting device for getting the attention of conferees in the group meeting; a control device mounted on the base for moving the video monitor and actuating the attention getting device in response to an input control signal derived from a remote signal generated by the remote conferee and sending an outgoing data signal to the remote conferee providing feedback to the remote conferee from the robot; and the video monitor and attention getting device move in response to the input control signal to enable the remote conferee to project a sense of presence into the group meeting, and to confirm the movement by the outgoing data signal.

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